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Kitniyot are a category of foods defined by Jewish law and tradition which Ashkenazi Jews (Jews from Eastern Europe, Germany, etc.) refrain from eating during the Biblical festival of Passover .¹ Kitniyot include maize (North American corn), as well as rice, peas and legumes, which Ashkenazi Jews do not eat during the seven days of Passover , although Sephardic Jews do. Jews are prohibited by the Torah (Exodus 13:3) from eating Chametz : Chametz is any food that rises or can be leavened, baked from the grain of wheat, barley, spelt, oats or rye. According to rabbinic law, the only way in which "Kosher le-Pesach" (Passover-approved) food can be made from these foodstuffs is by quickly baking goods made from them at a very high temperature, in order to prevent any rising or natural leavening. The reason for the prohibition of kitniyot are complex. In European countries where Ashkenazi Jews lived, it was often too difficult to distinguish between meal ground from chametz and meal ground from kitniyot; further, these food products in the market were stored nearby and sometimes mixed together to a small degree. Jewish law is extraordinarily stringent about the prohibition against even the slightest amount of chametz in the house during Passover, much more so than the regular laws of keeping kosher . Thus a tradition developed to avoid these products altogether, and this eventually developed into what most of the European Jewish community accepted upon themselves as a custom that nearly had the status of a law, a minhag . Sephardic and Yemenite Jews generally do not accept the necessity of this minhag , and thus eat kitniyot on Passover. Some Ashkenazi Jews in Israel who have married Sephardic Jews adopt the Sephardic custom; this often occurs with Orthodox rabbinic approval - a noted leniency, since Orthodox rabbi usually hold that one may not reject the minhagim (customs) of one's parents. In light of the gathering of Jews of all ethnic groups back in the land of Israel , Masorti Jews (Israel Conservative Jews) hold that all Jews living in Israel may safely abandon the minhag of refraining from kitniyot.²

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Kitniyot , qit'niyyoth ( ) (literally little things ) are a category of foods defined by Jewish law and tradition which Ashkenazi Jews (Jews from Eastern Europe, Germany, etc.) refrain from eating during the Biblical festival of Passover .

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Kitniyot , ( , qit'niyyot ) ( legumes ) is a Hebrew word meaning legumes . During the Passover holiday, the word kitniyot takes on a broader meaning to include the category of foods that may not be eaten during Passover by Jews following traditional Ashkenazi laws and customs. Long-standing tradition in other communities and recent rulings have given support in certain cases for variation from this practice. Kitniyot according to the Passover tradition include legumes, but also grains and seeds. Examples include rice, corn, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, soy beans, peas, and lentils. קִטְנִיּוֹת (in Hebrew).

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Category of food that some Ashkenazi Jews do not eat on Passover Kitniyot ( , qitniyyot ) is a Hebrew word meaning legumes . During the Passover holiday, however, the word kitniyot (or kitniyos in some dialects) takes on a broader meaning to include grains and seeds such as rice, corn, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, soybeans, peas, and lentils, in addition to legumes. According to Orthodox Ashkenazi and some Sephardic customs, kitniyot may not be eaten during Passover. Although Reform and Conservative Ashkenazi Judaism currently allow for the consumption of kitniyot during Passover, long-standing tradition in these and other communities is to abstain from their consumption. קִטְנִיּוֹת (in Hebrew).

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Category of food that some Ashkenazi Jews do not eat on Passover Kitniyot ( , qitniyyot ) is a Hebrew word meaning legumes . During the Passover holiday, however, the word kitniyot (or kitniyos in some dialects) takes on a broader meaning to include grains and seeds such as rice, corn, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds, in addition to legumes such as beans, peas, and lentils. The Torah prohibits Jews from eating chametz during Passover . Chametz is defined as leaven made from the " five species of grain " ( wheat , barley , and three similar grains). Food made from any other species is not considered chametz . However, among Orthodox Ashkenazi and some Sephardic customs, the custom ( minhag ) during Passover is to refrain from not only products of the five grains but also other grains and legumes, known as kitniyot , even though they are not chametz . קִטְנִיּוֹת (in Hebrew).

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Category of food that some Ashkenazi Jews do not eat on Passover Kitniyot in the market Kitniyot ( Hebrew : קִטְנִיּוֹת , qitniyyoth ) is a Hebrew word meaning legumes . During the Passover holiday, however, the word kitniyot (or kitniyos in Ashkenazi dialects ) takes on a broader meaning to include grains and seeds such as rice, corn, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds, in addition to legumes such as beans, peas, and lentils. The Torah prohibits Jews from eating chametz during Passover . Chametz is defined as leaven made from the " five species of grain " ( wheat , barley , and three similar grains). Food made from any other species is not considered chametz . However, among Ashkenazi and some Sephardic customs, the custom ( minhag ) during Passover is to refrain from not only products of the five grains but also other grains and legumes, known as kitniyot , even though they are not chametz . קִטְנִיּוֹת (in Hebrew).

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