Originally published 4/10/11, 12:12 pm.
See M'gillah 5b regarding planting on Purim.
«But now that we have established that work is permitted on Purim, [then] why did RAV curse the man whom he saw sowing flax?
Because it was a case of "things that are essentially permitted yet some treat them as forbidden" .... RAV therefore cursed the man for violating the custom» [tr schottenstein]
How is the custom of qitniyyot any different?
Don't they also constitute a case of an essentially permitted food that some treat as forbidden?
Shalom,
RRW
1 comment:
The issue isn't the basic idea of kitniyos. It's that every year more food gets added to the list!
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