Kitniyyot (Jewish law)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
קיטניות (הלכה)
Name (Latin)
Kitniyyot (Jewish law)
Name (Arabic)
كيتنيوت (الشريعة اليهودية)
Other forms of name
Kitnios (Jewish law)
Kitniot (Jewish law)
Ḳiṭniyes̀ (Jewish law)
Kitniyos (Jewish law)
Kitniyot (Jewish law)
Legumes (Jewish law)
See Also From tracing topical name
Kashrut
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Library of congress: sh2009010897
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2009052355: Sheinkopf, David I. Expositions in Jewish dietary laws, c2010.
  • Kashrut.com WWW site, Dec. 17, 2009main 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)