Question: Before Pesach, may one prepare kitniyos on a kosher lpesach stove top – as well as cleaning those pots in hot water in the sink. What are the status… Read more »
Category: Legumes (Kitniyot)
Status of pots used for kitniyos put away for a whole year
Question: Can an Ashkenazi use pots used for kitniyos that were put away for a whole year for Pesach? Answer: Yes he can, and there is no need to do… Read more »
Putting Kitniyot Away for Pesach
Question: Does one have to remove kitniyot from their location on Pesach? What about kitniyot derivatives itself and /or found in foods? Like high fructose corn syrup found in soda, etc?… Read more »
Is Quinoa Chametz?
Question: Is Quinoa chametz? Answer: Quinos is certainly not chametz. It doesn’t need to be thrown out before Pesach, or to be sold. Some authorities prohibit the consumption of consumption… Read more »
Is Rice Chametz?
Question: Is rice chametz? Thanks. Answer: Rice is not chametz. However, rice is a form of kitniyot (legumes), and the custom of Ashkenazic Jewry is to refrain from eating it… Read more »
Beliyos of Kitniyos
Question: Someone took a oven that is kosher for Pesach from a gemach to use on Pesach. They cooked in it a kugel and by mistake they put in it oil… Read more »
Attending Holiday with Kitniyos
Question: Kavod HaRav, I am a baal teshuva from a non-observant family (for several generations) of askenazic descent, I live in a sephardi community and always daven at sephardi synagogues…. Read more »
Pesach Dog Food
Question: My dog, to whom I owe great hakarat hatov, has been diagnosed with both IBS-irritable bowel syndrome and chronic kidney failure. The vet says if she eats other than… Read more »
Matzah-Balls and Kitniyos
Question: In my opinion, if matzo balls are allowed for Passover then kitniyot should also be allowed for Passover. I feel the reverse is true: Kitniyot is OK and matzo… Read more »
Pumpkin Seeds for Pesach
Question: Are pumpkin seeds, in any form or shape, permissible to eat on Passover or are they considered kitnyot? Answer: Pumpkim seeds are considered kiyniyot (as ruled by Rav Shlomo… Read more »
Animal Food on Pesach
Question: What food can I give my parrot on Pesach? Answer: You can give the parrot seeds or various types. Although Ashkenazim do not eat these on Pesach (they are… Read more »