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The following question arises frequently nowadays: What should a married couple do if one spouse comes from a family that refrains from kitniyot <\/strong>and the other from a family that eats kitniyot<\/strong>? A similar matter was addressed by one of the great Rishonim, R. Shimon b. Tzema\u1e25 Duran (Tashbetz<\/strong> 3:179), who writes that they obviously cannot eat together at the same table while food permissible to one is forbidden to the other. Therefore, the wife must adopt her husband\u2019s customs, for \u201ca man\u2019s wife is like his own body.\u201d We learn that when a Yisraelit<\/strong> marries a kohen<\/strong>, she attains the status of a kohenet<\/strong>, and she may eat teruma<\/strong>. Conversely, a kohenet <\/strong>who marries a Yisrael<\/strong> becomes a Yisraelit<\/strong>, for whom teruma <\/strong>is forbidden. We likewise learn from the laws of kehuna<\/strong> that if the husband dies, and she has no child from him, she reverts to her family custom, but if she has a child from him, she keeps his custom. If she remarries, she adopts her husband\u2019s practices. (When it comes to determining Jewishness, the mother is determinant; if she is Jewish, so is her child, regardless of the father\u2019s status.)<\/p>\n

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  1. Moshe Feinstein (Igrot<\/strong> Moshe <\/strong>O\u1e24 1:158) adds that the wife\u2019s status is similar to that of one who moves to a place where the accepted custom is different from his own. If he intends to settle there, he relinquishes his previous custom and accepts the custom of his new home (based on SA YD 214:2, O\u1e24 468:4, and MB 14 ad loc.<\/strong>). When a woman marries, it is as if she moves permanently into her husband\u2019s house, and she must therefore adopt his customs. Accordingly, if an Ashkenazic woman marries a Sephardic man, she may eat kitniyot<\/strong> during Pesa\u1e25 and need not perform hatarat<\/strong> nedarim <\/strong>(annulment of vows).[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    \n[2]<\/a>. Igrot Moshe <\/strong>O\u1e24 1:158 proves that this is a Torah law from the fact that the Torah exempts a married woman from the obligation to honor her parents, since this mitzva would require her to actively clothe and feed her parents if necessary, and her obligations to her household take priority (SA YD 240:17; obviously if there is no clash between the two obligations, the great mitzva of honoring her parents is incumbent upon her). Thus, according to the Torah, a woman\u2019s place is in her husband\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

    Igrot Moshe <\/strong>also asserts that she need not perform hatarat nedarim<\/strong>. MB 468:14 implies the same in stating that one who moves from one locale to another must behave according to the custom of the new place. It is implied that since this is the halakha<\/strong>, there is no need for hatarat nedarim<\/strong>. This is also the opinion of Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/strong> 468:43. Additionally, in extenuating circumstances even Ashkenazic communities did not accept the custom of refraining from kitniyot<\/strong> and can therefore be lenient in situations of famine or sickness (MB 453:7). Similarly, two different customs in one household would certainly cause tension. However, Sidur Pesa\u1e25 Ke-hilkhato<\/strong> 16:13 states that she must perform hatarat nedarim<\/strong>, and \u1e24azon Ovadia<\/strong> (p. 56 and n. 10) states that it is better to perform hatarat nedarim<\/strong>. Nevertheless, in practice, she need not perform hatarat nedarim<\/strong>, and this is the common practice.<\/p>\n

    May Ashkenazim perform hatarat nedarim <\/strong>and eat kitniyot<\/strong>?<\/strong> Mahari Ben Lev \u00a738 states one who refrained from eating kitniyot<\/strong> because he thought they are \u1e25ametz<\/strong> may perform hatarat nedarim<\/strong>, but one who knew, or whose ancestors knew, that kitniyot<\/strong> is merely a stringent custom may not perform hatarat nedarim<\/strong>. Accordingly, Ashkenazim may not perform hatarat nedarim <\/strong>and eat kitniyot<\/strong>. According to Pri \u1e24adash <\/strong>\u00a7468, one need not perform hatarat nedarim<\/strong> to annul a custom that originated in a mistake, and if they knew that it is just a stringent custom, it is possible to perform hatarat nedarim<\/strong>. (However, we need to examine whether he would apply this reasoning to a custom accepted by an entire community; perhaps even according to Pri \u1e24adash<\/strong> hatarat nedarim<\/strong> would not be effective in such a case.) \u1e24atam Sofer <\/strong>O\u1e24 \u00a7122 upholds the opinion of Mahari Ben Lev. This is in fact the customary practice: we do not find Ashkenazim performing hatarat nedarim <\/strong>to eat kitniyot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The following question arises frequently nowadays: What should a married couple do if one spouse comes from a family that refrains from kitniyot and the other from a family that eats kitniyot? A similar matter was addressed by one of the great Rishonim, R. Shimon b. 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