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Kitniyyot (Jewish law)

LC control no.sh2009010897
Topical headingKitniyyot (Jewish law)
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Variant(s)Kitnios (Jewish law)
Kitniot (Jewish law)
Ḳiṭniyes̀ (Jewish law)
Kitniyos (Jewish law)
Kitniyot (Jewish law)
Legumes (Jewish law)
See alsoJews--Dietary laws
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Found inWork cat.: 2009052355: Sheinkopf, David I. Expositions in Jewish dietary laws, c2010.
Kashrut.com WWW site, Dec. 17, 2009 main menu (What is kitniyot? ... In addition to the Torah's restrictions on owning, eating, and benefiting from chametz, an Ashkenazic minhag was developed in the middle ages to not eat certain foods known collectively as "kitnios")
Encyc. Judaica, 2007 (In the Mishnah legumes are referred to as kitniyyot, a name derived from katan "small" because the seeds are usually small)