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    17 Mar Kashruth Question of the Week

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    CAN AN ASHKENAZ PERSON EAT IN A SEPHARDIC HOUSE (OR VICE VERSA) ON PESACH?

    That’s a fantastic question! This question comes with two different concepts that you have to try to juggle. On the one hand, Pesach in particular is a yom tov of minhagim and one should always follow their minhagim. Of course, all Ashkenazi Jews don’t eat kitniot on Pesach and that’s a minhag they should follow under all circumstances. The other important concept is Sholom Bayis, and Pesach is also about shalom and living with your family on great terms. Saying that you’re not going to eat in a specific person’s house because they eat kitnios is not the right way to go. Therefore, what I recommend is that if you’re invited to a home of family, (I’m not talking about friends because you don’t have to go to friends on Pesach) and they have different minhagim than you, then go but don’t eat from the food that you don’t eat. It’s preferable that they should have, for example, a separate pot for rice that’s used exclusively for the rice. If that’s impossible, then as long as you don’t eat from the foods that you don’t eat, then even if they use the same pots for those foods it’s okay.