{"id":30618,"date":"2010-03-17T16:16:38","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/passover\/kitniyot_a_lesson_in_legumes\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T18:43:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T18:43:34","slug":"kitniyot_a_lesson_in_legumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/kitniyot_a_lesson_in_legumes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitniyot: A Lesson in Legumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Kitniyot-1-e1471976232553-768x512.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Kitniyot-1-e1471976232553-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Kitniyot-1-e1471976232553-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Kitniyot-1-e1471976232553.jpg 960w\" alt=\"Kitniyot\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>OU-D, OU-Fish, OU-P\u2014is there anything left? YES! The OU has unveiled a new kashrut symbol: <b>OU-Kitniyot<\/b>. This symbol is designed to help those who eat kitniyot during Passover. For background data, tune in here to Rabbi Eli Gersten, the Rabbinic Coordinator with OU Kashruth assigned to record OU halachic policies, as he addresses such questions as: Which botanicals are considered \u201cKitniyot\u201d? Why do some consume them when others avoid them like the plague (or like 10 plagues)? You\u2019ll go \u201cnuts\u201d over what you hear! If you have questions or comments for Rabbi Gersten please send them to: <a href=\"mailto:gerstene@ou.org\">gerstene@ou.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OU-D, OU-Fish, OU-P\u2014is there anything left? YES! The OU has unveiled a new kashrut symbol: OU-Kitniyot. This symbol is designed to help those who eat kitniyot during Passover. For background data, tune in here to Rabbi Eli Gersten, the Rabbinic Coordinator with OU Kashruth assigned to record OU halachic policies, as he addresses such questions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":898,"featured_media":40981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-passover","post_format-post-format-audio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kitniyot: A Lesson in Legumes - Jewish Holidays<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rabbi Eli Gersten discusses the new OU-Kitniyot designation and which botanicals are considered \u201cKitniyot\u201d? 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