{"id":5593,"date":"2011-03-04T09:02:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T07:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5593"},"modified":"2021-03-21T10:56:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T08:56:23","slug":"04-09-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-09-02\/","title":{"rendered":"02.\u00a0The Sephardic Custom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the era of the Rishonim, all Sephardic communities ate <strong>kitniyot<\/strong> and rice during Pesa\u1e25, though they were careful to pick out forbidden grains. Indeed, R. Yosef Karo writes (<strong>Beit<\/strong> <strong>Yosef<\/strong> \u00a7453) that nobody worries about \u201csuch things except for Ashkenazim.\u201d This is the custom of most contemporary Sephardic communities.<\/p>\n<p>However, some leading Sephardic A\u1e25aronim have written that many pious Jews refrain from eating rice during Pesa\u1e25 because of a case in which some wheat was discovered in rice even after it had been checked several times (<strong>Pri<\/strong> <strong>\u1e24adash<\/strong>, \u1e24ida). The Jews of Izmir have a custom not to eat rice on Pesa\u1e25 (<strong>Lev<\/strong> <strong>\u1e24ayim<\/strong> 2:94), and many Jews of Morocco refrain from eating rice and other types of dry <strong>kitniyot<\/strong> on Pesa\u1e25. In Baghdad, many laypeople did not eat rice on Pesa\u1e25. For those who eat rice on Pesa\u1e25, the ruling was that they must first check it two or three times (<strong>Ben Ish \u1e24ai<\/strong>, Year One, Tzav 41). Each person should continue his ancestral custom. Where there is doubt or difficulty in doing so, it is best to consult a rabbinic authority.<\/p>\n<p>Certain spices such as cumin, turmeric, and fenugreek often have grains mixed in and should not be eaten without a prior meticulous inspection.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays rice is stored in the same packing-houses as flours and semolina. Therefore, those who eat rice on Pesa\u1e25 must buy packages that are certified kosher for Pesa\u1e25 or check the rice thoroughly three times (see <strong>Ama<\/strong> <strong>Devar<\/strong> 1:62) .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the era of the Rishonim, all Sephardic communities ate kitniyot and rice during Pesa\u1e25, though they were careful to pick out forbidden grains. Indeed, R. Yosef Karo writes (Beit Yosef \u00a7453) that nobody worries about \u201csuch things except for Ashkenazim.\u201d This is the custom of most contemporary Sephardic communities. 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