Kitniyot (Hebrew: קִטְנִיּוֹת, qitniyyot) is a Hebrew word meaning legumes. [1] During the Passover holiday, however, the word kitniyot (or kitniyos in some dialects) takes on a broader meaning …

In addition to the Torah’s restrictions on owning, eating and benefiting from chametz, an Ashkenazic minhag developed in the middle ages to not eat certain foods known collectively …

In the 19th century, R. Israel Salanter, the founder of the Musar (ethics) movement in Lithuania, ate kitniyot on Passover in public during a time of scarcity, dramatically demonstrating that …

2014年4月14日 · Kitniyot (קִטְנִיּוֹת, also pronounced kitniyos) are a class of foods that many Ashkenazim and some Sefardim do not eat on Passover since they may be conflated with …

The following is a convenient kitniyot list plus what is permitted but requires special checking.

2009年4月4日 · The word "kitniyot" is generally translated as "legumes" or "beans" but, alas, the use of a name is less than an exact science, as we can see from the language of Rabbi Yosef …

Kitniyos are popularly defined as legumes. But what are legumes? The Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 453, defines kitniyos as those products that can be cooked and baked in a fashion …

6 天之前 · We at Kashrut.org view the Kitniyot custom as a stringency that was appropriate for its time—but no longer necessary today. The reasons for the original custom no longer apply, and …

However, in the early medieval period, it became customary for Ashkenazi Jews to not eat a category of foods called kitniyot. What are kitniyot? Kitniyot are loosely translated as legumes …

Which brings us to the category of prohibited Passover food called "kitniyot." Sometimes referred to generically as "legumes," this includes rice, corn, soy beans, string beans, peas, lentils, …