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Simon, Jared, Mallory, and their house elf, Thimble Tack, are the main characters in the story. Simon, Jared and Mallory are teenage brothers and sisters who have just moved to a new house in the middle of nowhere. Mallory is the oldest. Simon and Jared are twins. Jared finds a field guide that tells everything they need to know about the unseen creatures. The children all work hard to get themselves out of trouble. If you want to know what happens in this book, read it. It is a really good book.
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The Blue team got five strong innings from junior left-hander Jared Burton (Knoxville, Tenn.) – who allowed two runs on five hits. Meanwhile, freshman lefty Josh Jacques (Rollinsford, N.H.) suffered some tough luck and was dealt the loss as the Buccaneer rookie allowed four runs on six hits in five innings of work.
In the top of the first, York tripled in senior outfielder Andrew Green (Powell, Tenn.) – who led off the game with a single. Then, in the top of the third, the Blue squad strung together back-to-back singles by Green and Brandon Wilson (Sevierville, Tenn.) – and after Jeremy Taylor (Fayetteville, Ga.) moved the runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt – York blasted a three-run homer, which gave his team enough offense to propel Blue to the victory.
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The Astrogator's GuideEdit
The Astrogator's Guide is the name of the first book in the The Astromundi Cluster boxed set.
Adventures in the Shattered SphereEdit
Adventures in the Shattered Sphere is the name of the second book in the The Astromundi Cluster boxed set.
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- Category:AitSS (the Adventures in the Shattered Sphere category)
- Category:TCA (the The Celestial Almanac category)
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Canon officially launched its new MREAL System for Mixed Reality on Wednesday. Unlike traditional virtual reality-type systems that essentially block out the real world, this new imaging solution simultaneously merges virtual objects with those of the real world at full scale and in three dimensions.
MREAL could have the potential to make the current generation of 3D displays seem rather flat by comparison, but at an announced price of US$125,000, the system isn't exactly something for the consumer market -- at least, not anytime soon.
"Definitely not tomorrow," said Dennis Amorosano, director and general manager, at Canon's software product marketing and solutions business development division. "This technology certainly has the potential for consumer applications provided we can take the core informational technology and make it more lightweight, and get it to a price point that would make sense from a consumer standpoint."
What it could do is allow developers and designers to have full-scale versions of products that could be viewed from all sides.
"Our primary target is really looking at product life cycle management -- ongoing product design and development -- and that is where we are focusing our energy as we bring this product to market," Amorosano told TechNewsWorld.
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Canon's MR Platform is the result of software integration with leading design applications that include Siemens PLM Software's NX, a solution for computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering, and the 3D visualization software RTT DeltaGen, which is what is able to render the mixed reality images through the Canon head-mounted display.
It is this technology that provides the lifelike realism -- and it accomplishes it without requiring the user to experience it in a closed environment such as Star Trek's holodeck. With the head-mounted system, the mixed reality can go just about anywhere.
"This technology is an enhancement of technology that includes an immersive power wall or power cave," said Ryan Schnackenberg, head of software at RTT USA.
"The power wall is usually a rear-projection scenario, while a cave has projection around you," he explained. "This technology no longer has to leverage those brick-and-mortar technologies."
There are other advantages to being able to break the four walls, including the fact that those systems are complex from an infrastructure standpoint, added Schnakenberg.
"Those need to be tweaked customizations -- revitalized, rebooted. This technology doesn't have those requirements," he said.
"This technology can almost fit in a box, and you can take it with you and either into a design studio, where it can be used to design products and manufacture products -- or you can take it on the road to a full consumer clinic-type scenario," Schnakenberg told TechNewsWorld. "This allows consumers to interact with a product they might not have had the opportunity to interact with otherwise."
This raises the question whether it could eventually -- if not tomorrow, as Canon's Amorosano noted -- trickle down to consumers. It is all a matter of seeing the costs come down.
"You're not going to sell this at the price point it is at now to consumers; you have to get down to that $1,000 kind of price tag," Amorosano noted, but "the technology itself has the potential for us to get into a more consumer-type of product [rather] than being just something that is B2B."
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Before it can trickle down or find other uses, the goal is to get people to experience it, which is already happening.
The way this technology is able to merge the real with the virtual may need to be seen to be fully appreciated, and those attending Wednesday's presentation got that opportunity by "sitting" in a car that actually existed only within the computer.
"It was remarkable," said Holly Muscolino, research director at IDC, after taking part in the presentation.
"It was remarkably real. I wanted to reach out and touch the car. It looks very tactile, like you can physically touch it," she added.
"This could be fit into the educational experience where you can interact with what you are learning about," Muscolino suggested.
The fact that it is so immersing opens the door to other possibilities, including making museum attractions more interactive. Canon's executives presented several options, but given the ongoing budget battles, is this a technology that a cash-strapped museum can afford? On the other hand, might it be something a museum can't afford not to have?
"It all depends on the use case. As a museum, you need to look at what it costs to change an exhibit. What is the cost to move content around?" said Amorosano.
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The Prophet Daniel predicted there would come a time -- just before the return of the Messiah -- in which man's knowledge would be greatly increased. Many secrets of the universe would be revealed. That time is now -- as predicted, in Hal Lindsey's best-selling book, "The Late Great Planet Earth". In this riveting non-fiction book, the father of modern-day Bible prophecy cracks the "Apocalypse Code" and deciphers long-hidden messages about man's future and the fate of the Earth.
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I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.
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Reversing Books
On pure aesthetics, it's a total win: The colors are more muted, more similar in tone. It's less distracting and cluttered. Her accessories are part of the same color scheme. It's lovely.
However there's no way it would fly at my house -- library organization was one of the most fraught negotiations of our early marriage, and not being able to see what books you have would defeat all organizational efforts -- but I thought it was interesting, nonetheless. Would you do this to your books?
*Just for the record, I'm firmly in the bourgeoisie, as defined by Wikipedia: part of the middle or merchant classes, and derived social and economic power from employment, education, and wealth. And not shocked by Elizabeth's blog--it takes more than reversed books to shock me. :)
16 comments:
- Anthropomorphica said...
I like the idea, it gives the chance of a surprise read. Intuitive reading ;)
- August 10, 2010 at 6:31 AM
- Heather said...
I like the look, but it would drive me crazy!
- August 10, 2010 at 6:53 AM
- paisley penguin said...
I love the idea because of the color coordination thing. Might have to try it. Not sure if I could live with it but I am willing to give it a shot!
- August 10, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- clbarnhizer said...
i might do it to my to-be-reads - as I read them, turn them around, til they are all read. Just for fun. It would drive my husband nuts, tho'.
- August 10, 2010 at 10:25 AM
- Sara said...
clbarnhizer -- that's a great idea! I might even be able to sell that to my husband!
- August 10, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Hi Sara- thanks for reposting! I'm a big fan of The Steampunk Home :)
Alas, though I liked the cleaner look of spine-in shelving, my boyfriend vetoed it almost immediately. He's the type of person who has to see something to remember that it exists (if it were up to him, our belongings would be in stacks around the house). I'm still looking for an alternate way to get some visual unity out of our massive book collection. Perhaps brown paper covers?
I love clbarnhizer's idea- if my boyfriend wasn't an obsessive re-reader that would be ideal for me!
PS: I'm amongst the bourgeois as well- but I try to give myself a shock every once in a while to keep things interesting!
- August 10, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- HollyElise said...
Love the way it looks.
But I am waaay to OCD about my books being organized alphabetically to be able to live with it myself!
- August 10, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- Kalani said...
Interesting; I was recently reading a very animated discussion over this trend on some other blog (maybe apartmenttherapy?) It also tends to get discussed in the same conversations as organizing the books by color rather than content. My own organization is a combination of aesthetics and use -- my leather-bound books tend to be on the same shelf as each other even if they are very different subject-wise. Or a certain edition of children's book classics might take up a shelf. But I love the look of the book spines all lined up, and I have too many to be able to find them if they were turned backwards. I have seen books that are all covered with paper -- white butcher paper is inexpensive and uniform, paper grocery sacks have a lovely natural brown once cut open, and if you have only a few books or want to highlight some, you could get a few beautiful specialty papers at an art store. Ooh, or you could print out tiny pictures and titles for the spines that are all uniform if you want to be able to browse visually. I love books.
- August 10, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- costumegal said...
I have a friend who has covered all of the books in one of his rooms with plain brown paper. It looks very cool, and they are not books that he goes to often.
I could live with that if I added a nice vintage style label with the title on the spine. If I had time...
- August 11, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- Lynne said...
I too am OCD enough that this would make me crazy. Also, the longest books' pages seem like they would start to curl. Covering them to get a more uniform color palate is a terrific idea which I may use, though.
- August 11, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Fogwoman Gray said...
Um.....no. Since I actually read my MANY books, this would be darned silly.
- August 11, 2010 at 10:55 PM
- Laura E. said...
Brown paper was my first thought too. Then you could write the titles on in calligraphy, or perhaps use block letters to stamp or ransom-note-style put the titles on.
- November 14, 2010 at 11:18 PM
- RoseRed said...
The readers that I know only reverse their books when the title is something they wouldn't wish their mothers to see. Naturally, as soon as they leave the room these are the books I inspect first. Alas, I have never been shocked. I'm afraid this style idea might give one's guests the impression that one owns rather a lot of books one wouldn't want their mother to see and I don't think it is something I will be trying soon.
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- Richard said...
You could always paint or stencil the title onto the front of the pages in an ornate font. When you compress a book, the page edges make a surprisingly flat surface. There's actually an entire art form based around it. Look up "edge painting".
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As San Francisco Weekly and others have noted, while discussing Occupy Wall Street on November 17, Ann Coulter stated: "So at the moment anyway, I mean I don't know what's going to happen in New York today, but at the moment I'm not really worried of a movement like SDS which really swept a lot of the college campuses taking over. Of course if it does, just remember the lesson from my book: it just took a few shootings at Kent State to shut that down for good."
SUSSMAN: I wanted to ask you this morning, you wrote this book almost as if you knew this movement was going to break loose.
COULTER: Yes, yeah the FBI ought to be looking into me. I mean, I knew there would be mob uprisings again, it -- they are, they are demonic thus the title of my book. We will always have the demonic among us. There will always be evil in the world. I did not anticipate that it would happen actually while I was on my book tour. Because -- but, it's been awhile since there's been something at least as broad as this, fortunately so far not as frightening or threatening as the weathermen or SDS, and it's hard to imagine how it could be in today's America.
Maybe it's just my sunny optimism, but I just feel like there's so much -- America is in a much, much better place now than it was historically with the internets, with talk radio, with Fox News.
SUSSMAN: Right.
COULTER: It was so easy for the liberals to control a large part of the country. I mean you always did have the silent majority as Nixon called it, but I just think it's easy for the silent -- easier for the silent majority to communicate with one another now. And thus, for example, instead of speaking in abstract terms, with the Occupy Wall Street, I mean I'm sure you've been online. All these kids with flipcams are out there filming the Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, and I'm sure occupy -- I bet I can find a video of what you were just describing, which sounds horrible, and I'm sorry about your bank by the way, and people can see for themselves and get the news they want themselves.
So at the moment anyway, I mean I don't know what's going to happen in New York today, but at the moment I'm not really worried of a movement like SDS which really swept a lot of the college campuses --
SUSSMAN: Yes.
COULTER: -- taking over. Of course if it does, just remember the lesson from my book: it just took a few shootings at Kent State to shut that down for good. And despite the Neil Young song --
SUSSMAN: Right.
COULTER: -- and every single article on Nexis/Lexis, those protests were -- I mean that must have been a very frightening time without the silent majority being able to communicate with one another via email, the Internet --
SUSSMAN: Yes.
COULTER: -- talk radio. And you know, those kids, the ones who started the Kent State riots was Bill Ayers' best friend and according to Ayers, homosexual lover. He ended up blowing himself up in that townhouse in Greenwich Village when they were trying to blow up army recruits -- a dance for army recruits and their dates. They were running through Kent State smashing jewelry store windows, burning the ROTC building to the ground, and when the firemen showed up, they threw rocks at the firemen, they slashed the fire trucks' hoses. This was really out of hand -- it wasn't some peace [unintelligible], you know, peace, love not war --
SUSSMAN: Right.
COULTER: -- rally, and also, according to the recent reporting by James Rosen, the National Guard may have been shot upon first. But the point is, these kids never realized that they couldn't go run around burn down a building and get anything from -- but praise from the mainstream media.
SUSSMAN: Wow, wow.
COULTER: This is the first time they got bullets back, and that put an end --
SUSSMAN: That was the end.
COULTER: -- to the protests pretty quickly. [emphases added]
Sadly, this is hardly the first time that Coulter has fantasized about the killing of her political enemies. It's not even the first time she invoked the Kent State massacre to do so.
In June, Coulter went on Fox News' Hannity and said: "There was the shooting at Kent State and gosh, I know, liberals don't like it and you look on Nexis and oh, the whole country was embarrassed. We'll I'm not embarrassed. That's what you do with a mob."
In August 2009, Coulter told Sean Hannity that White House adviser Ezekiel Emanuel "is on my death list."
In August 2006, Coulter wrote a column on then-Sen. Lincoln Chafee's (R-RI) race for re-election that she headlined: "They Shot the Wrong Lincoln."
In July 2006, after radio host Melanie Morgan asserted that if then-New York Times executive editor Bill Keller were convicted of treason for publishing leaked information she "would have no problem with him being sent to the gas chamber." Coulter wrote: "I prefer a firing squad, but I'm open to a debate on the method of execution. A conviction for treason would be assured under any sensible legal system." That same day, during an appearance on the radio, Coulter again suggested that New York Times staff members should be "executed."
In a January 2006 appearance at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, Coulter said of then-Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: "We need somebody to put rat poison in Justice Stevens's créme brulée." Coulter attempted to explain away her remark as "just a joke, for you in the media."
In 2001, two days after the 9-11 attacks, Coulter wrote on National Review Online: "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war." Those comments, and Coulter's subsequent reaction to the controversy over them led to Coulter's column being dropped from National Review Online.
In a 1998 book, Coulter argued that the national debate during the Monica Lewinsky controversy should not have focused on whether Clinton "did it," but "whether to impeach or assassinate" him. The quotation appeared in Coulter's 1998 book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case against Bill Clinton. She later asserted that her suggestion came in the context of a description of "the entire history of impeachment, which we got from the British. I explained how we changed it here in America. In Britain ... one of the punishments [for impeachment] was hanging."
Yet, Coulter remains a darling of Fox News. Indeed, Hannity interviewed Coulter as recently as November 15 and on the November 16 edition of Fox News' The Five, co-host Eric Bolling, while disagreeing with an argument Coulter had made, described her as "a good friend of mine. A brilliant, conservative commentator." (Transcript via Nexis.)
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It seems like just yesterday, but the Little League World Series memories are still vivid in minds of the Sterling Golden Warrior seniors who were there.
The 2013 Warriors softball team features six players who were on the first Sterling team to visit Alpenrose Stadium in Portland, Ore., back in the late summer of 2008. All six are seniors now, and this spring marks their final chance to represent Sterling on the softball scene.
"I still remember that like it was yesterday," Priscilla Aponte said. "It's weird to think this is our last high-school season."
"It seems like it went by really fast," Bailey Oetting agreed. "It's been 5 years, but it's crazy that we're already seniors."
Time may have flied, but so have the Golden Warriors. Four of those six seniors were part of last year's run to the 3A sectional final, a team that boasted a school-record 31 wins.
In fact, the group has never failed to win a conference championship, and they're looking for more of the same in 2013.
"You always hear about programs reloading," coach Rick Henderson said. "That's how I feel about this team right now. We have so much talent – almost too much – that it's tough to find spots for everybody … and that's a problem you'd love to have every year."
Those six seniors – Aponte, Oetting, Darien Bardoner, Stephanie Kester, McKenna Pearson and Jenn Rahn – aren't the only Warriors with LLWS experience. They are joined by freshmen Abri Hale, Shannon Long and Erin Stroup, who were integral parts of Sterling's 2011 LLWS championship team.
Two groups of Little League heroes, one varsity softball team. Talk about bridging the gap between age groups.
"It's really cool that we all get to play together now," Oetting said. "To be 3 years apart, and two successful Little League World Series teams apart, it's fun to be playing on the same team now."
Fun isn't the only word to describe the mingling of two talented groups of players used to success.
"You can definitely feel the competitiveness between the two age groups," Aponte said. "They want to prove they belong on varsity, and that just pushes us older players and makes us better."
Henderson, now in his second stint and 10th year overall as Sterling's varsity coach, was unsure how his veterans would react to the talented upstarts. What he got, though, was close to what he expected from a group of third- and fourth-year varsity players.
"It could have gone either way, but I've loved the senior leadership," he said. "They could have been jealous or mad at us coaches for even thinking of bringing up some of the younger girls. But they've responded so well, just gone out and really picked it up from Day 1 in everything they've done."
According to the seniors, jealousy was never really in the cards. Instead, the idea of a strong group of underclassmen coming into the program only boosted their morale.
After all, the goal this year at Sterling is a fourth straight conference crown and another deep postseason run … and talent is talent, no matter how old the players are.
"It really makes us a stronger program, and that's what it's all about," Kester said. "We have so much talent, and it's not only the Little League World Series girls; we've got some really good players who weren't on those teams, too. We're so deep, and if we can put it all together, I think we'll be hard to beat."
For two groups of girls who have already made their marks and left their legacies in Sterling's Little League program, the seniors now know how key their younger teammates can be in helping them leave Sterling High School with similar accolades.
"We want to go out with a bang," Oetting said. "This is our last chance, and we definitely want to make the most of it."
"We want to put Sterling softball on the map again," Aponte added. "We've been fortunate to do that in the past, and that's the way we want to leave high school, too."
LLWS stars
On Sterling varsity roster
2008 LLWS players: Priscilla Aponte, Darien Bardoner, Stephanie Kester, Bailey Oetting, McKenna Pearson, Jenn Rahn (all seniors)
2011 LLWS players: Abri Hale , Shannon Long, Erin Stroup (all freshmen)


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Continuing a theme of posts on how bicycling has become an emblem of urban chic (part 1, part 2) particularly for merchandisers, here are some photos from Budapest's newly expanded international airport terminal (formerly Ferihegy 2, now Liszt Ferenc 2). Since opening this summer, the terminal's new duty free shops have been decked out in a bicycling theme. The bikes are everyday-use type bikes and they're meant as a symbol of "urban life." They're being used to sell everything from handbags and thermos bottles to scarves.
One of the bikes on display is a "retro" bike. For background, there's an ersatz picnic scene, a small-town touch that might be at odds with the urban chic thing, but then again, I'm no merchandiser.
And then a typical Dutch-style bike, with step-through frame and flowers and angels and stuff.
An appeal to the female shopper, I reckon, although it seems to also have charmed my co-worker Miklós.
There were a few bike-shaped product displays draped with colourful scarves and stacked with scented bath oils -- much like my own bike.


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The Quinoa - Kitniyos Conundrum
Generally, this time of year is the busiest for Rabbonim the world over; fielding questions on every aspect of the myriad and complex halachos of Pesach observance. This year is no different. Yet, interestingly, the question that seems to be utmost on people's minds is not about chametz or even cleaning properly. No, in 2015, the biggest issue still seems to be whether quinoa (pronounced Keen-Waah) is considered Kitniyos and whether Ashkenazim can eat it on Pesach. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the U.N. (Oom Shmoom in the Israeli vernacular) declared 2013 as the 'International Year of the Quinoa'. Whatever the reason, after receiving this question numerous times in one day, this author decided to address the issue.
Quinoa Questions
While not (yet) too common here in Israel, quinoa has developed an international following. Packed with protein (essential amino acids) and fiber, as well as magnesium, phosphorus, calcium and iron (and naturally cholesterol free!), quinoa packs quite a dietary punch. Although billed as the 'Mother of All Grains' and 'the Super Grain', this native of the Andes Mountains (think Bolivia and Peru) is actually a grain that isn't; it does not even contain gluten. It turns out that quinoa is really a member of the 'goose-foot' family (Chenopodium), related to beets and spinach. But while its health benefits sound terrific, it may still be problematic on Pesach.
Kitniyos Clash
It is well known that the actual prohibition of Chametz on Pesach pertains exclusively to leavened products made from the five major grains: wheat, barley, oats, spelt or rye[1]. Yet, already in place from the times of the Rishonim[2], there was an Ashkenazic prohibition against eating Kitniyos (legumes; literally 'little things') on Pesach, except in times of famine or grave need[3]. Although several authorities opposed this prohibition[4], nonetheless it is binding on Ashkenazic Jewry in full force, even today[5]. Although the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch refers to the Kitniyos prohibition as an 'issur', the Mishna Berura as a 'chumra', the Aruch Hashulchan as a 'geder', Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank zt"l as a 'gezeira', Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l as a 'minhag', and the Klausenberger Rebbe zt"l as a 'takana', nonetheless they all maintain that it is compulsory on all Ashkenazic Jewry. In fact, the Aruch Hashulchan writes that "once our forefathers have accepted this prohibition upon themselves, it is considered a 'geder m'din Torah' and one who is lenient is testifying about himself that he has no fear of Heaven". He adds that one who breaks this prohibition deserves to be bitten by a snake.
Several reasons are given for the actual prohibition[6] including that Kitniyos often grow in close proximity to grain; are commonly stored together with grain and actual chametz might actually end up mixed inside the Kitniyos container; cooked dishes made from grain and Kitniyos look similar; and that Kitniyos can likewise be ground up into flour. (A "bread" of sorts can actually be made from them.) Since there are many who will not be able to differentiate between them and their biblically forbidden chametz counterparts, Kitniyos was likewise prohibited.
Potatoes, Peanuts, and Corn…Oh My!
So how does our quinoa measure up? Although it has been used in the Andes for millennia, it has only recently, in the last score or so, gained popularity around the world. Does quinoa fit the Kitniyos criteria or not?
Perhaps we can glean some insight to quinoa's Kitniyos status from halachic precedents of other now-common food staples that were introduced long after the Kitniyos prohibition started, such as potatoes, peanuts and corn.
It would seemingly be quite difficult for anyone to mix up potatoes with chametz grain, so that rationale to regard potatoes as Kitniyos is out[7]. But potatoes can be and are made into potato flour and potato starch, and there are those who do bake potato 'bread'! Yet, even so, we find that potatoes are not considered Kitniyos[8].
One of the main reasons for this is that at the time when the Ashkenazic Rishonim established the decree prohibiting Kitniyos, potatoes were completely unknown! It is possible that had they been readily available they might have found themselves on the "forbidden list" as well! Yet, since they were never included, as well as not fitting most of the criteria, contemporary authorities could not add "new types" to the list[9]. As Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l noted[10], Klal Yisrael never accepted the Kitniyos prohibition to include potatoes.
Similar logic was used by several poskim, including Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l, to permit peanuts for Pesach for those who did not have an opposing minhag[11]. Yet, this was not as widely accepted[12] since peanuts, a true legume, as opposed to potatoes, can get mixed up with grain. In fact, the minhag in Yerushalayim (dating back at least several centuries[13]) is to consider both the peanut and its oil Kitniyos.
On the other hand, we find that another New World crop, corn, was seemingly unanimously included as part of the Kitniyos prohibition[14]. Aside for the fact that the words 'corn' and 'grain' both stem from the same root, 'corn' is actually only the name for the grain 'maize' that is used in the United States, Canada, and Australia. In other parts of the English-speaking world and much of Europe, the term 'corn' is a generic term for cereal crops, such as real chametz - wheat, barley, oats, or rye. In fact, the infamous British Corn Laws (1815 - 1846) were concerning wheat and other grains, not corn![15]
Additionally, corn exhibits many characteristics of real deal Kitniyos: it grows near other grains, has small kernels, is made into flour (that can be easily confused with grain flour), and corn bread is made from it. Therefore, since corn fits much of the criteria of Kitniyos, it was included in the prohibition.
Quinoa Controversy
So, which category should quinoa be a part of? Like the potato and be excluded from the prohibition? Or like corn and be considered Kitniyos? Actually, contemporary authorities and Kashrus agencies have been debating just this very question. It turns out that quinoa is halachically similar to the peanut, meaning that its status is debated.
Several Kashrus agencies, including the Star-K[16], who follow the psak of Rav Moshe Heinemann, and the cRc (Chicago)[17], following the psak of Rav Gedalia Schwartz, as well as the Kof-K[18], maintain that quinoa is essentially Kosher for Pesach. Since it is not even remotely related to the five grains (in fact, it is also not a legume and not botanically related to peas and beans which are of the original species of Kitniyos included in the decree), and was not around at the time of the Kitniyos prohibition, it is not considered Kitniyos. Additionally, the Star-K tested quinoa to see if it would rise, yet instead, it decayed, a sure sign that it is not a true grain. The only issue, according to them, is the fact that quinoa is processed in facilities that other grains are processed in. Therefore, they maintain, that if quinoa is processed in facilities under special reliable Pesach supervision, there is no Pesach problem. In fact, this year as well, the Star-K gives special kosher for Passover hashgacha on certain types of quinoa[19].
However, Rav Yisroel Belsky[20], Rosh Yeshiva of Torah V'Daas and Posek for the OU disagreed. He argued that since quinoa fits every criterion for Kitniyos, it should be included in its prohibition. Quinoa is the staple grain in its country of origin. It is grown in proximity of and can be mixed up with the five grains. It is collected and processed the same (and in the same facilities) as the five grains, and is cooked into porridge and breads the same as the five grains. He maintained that it should be compared to corn, which was, for similar reasons, included in the Kitniyos prohibition. Although quinoa is a New World food item and was not included in the original prohibition, nevertheless, he explained that that line of reasoning applies exclusively to items that are not clearly Kitniyos, to foods that may share only several characteristics with Kitniyos. However, since quinoa and corn would certainly have been included in the gezeira had they been discovered, as they share every criterion of Kitniyos, they are consequently by definition considered Kitniyos.
On the other hand, the OU's other main posek, Rav Herschel Schachter, Rosh Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, permits quinoa, concluding that if it is processed in a special facility with no other grains, it should be essentially permitted for Passover use. Due to the difference of opinions of their top Poskim, in the past, the OU did not certify quinoa as Kosher for Pesach[21]. However, in 2014, the OU made a decision allowing quinoa for Pesach, provided that it is processed with special Passover supervision. In fact, the OU is recommending quinoa for Pesach 2014 and actually certifying special Pesach processing runs.[22] [23] [24] This certification continues this year, for Pesach 2015 as well.[25]
However, not every Kashrus agency in North America agrees. The OK[26] does not certify quinoa for Pesach as they consider it Kitniyos, as does the COR of Toronto[27]. This author has heard that the Kashrus Authority of Australia deems it Kitniyos as well. This is also the Badatz Eida Chareidis of Yerushalayim's approach, as in their most recent Madrichei HaKashrus[28], they maintain that food items that are planted in the ground as seeds (zironim), harvested as seeds (garinim) and are edible, are considered Kitniyos. As mentioned previously, the Yerushalmi Mesorah for this goes back centuries[29]. This certainly includes quinoa as Kitniyos.
Other Poskim who ruled similarly include Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv zt"l, who paskened that it should be considered Kitniyos[30] after being shown quinoa and hearing from representatives of various kashrus agencies, and Rav Asher Weiss (the renowned Minchas Asher), who recently addressed this topic in his weekly halacha shiur[31], and concluded that it is indeed Kitniyos. This was also the opinion of Rav Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth zt"l, venerated author of Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchasa[32]. Similarly, the current Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rav Dovid Lau, wrote that quinoa is only permitted on Pesach for 'Ochlei Kitniyos'[33]. This also appears to be the Israeli Rabbanut's position as well[34]. Additionally, the largest Sefardic kashrus agencies in Israel, the Beit Yosef and Rav Shlomo Machpud's Yoreh De'ah, although giving hashgacha on quinoa for Pesach, both qualified that it is reserved exclusively for 'Ochlei Kitniyos', squarely calling quinoa Kitniyos. In light of all this, it seems much less likely to see quinoa gracing a Pesach table in Eretz Yisrael.
Rav Avrohom Blumenkrantz zt"l, in his annual Kovetz Hilchos Pesach[35], took a middle-of-the-road approach, acknowledging both sides to this quinoa quarrel. He did not give carte blanche for everyone to use it for Pesach, but concluded that anyone who suffers from gluten or any Pesach-related allergies or conditions (ex. celiac) may comfortably use quinoa on Pesach without hesitation. Rav Mordechai Tendler, grandson of Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l and author of Mesores Moshe, told this author that this is the approach that he felt his venerated grandfather would have taken (and not as many mistakenly opine that Rav Moshe zt"l would have permitted it outright[36]) had quinoa been introduced while he was still alive.
Quinoa Conclusion?
It seems that there truly is no clear-cut conclusion to this contemporary kashrus controversy. Can one eat it on Pesach? One must ask his local halachic authority for guidance to clear up any quinoa / Kitniyos kashrus confusion or questions. But all concerns being equal, in this author's mind one thing is certain regarding a holiday that is all about Mesorah and tradition: quinoa was not served at Bubby's Seder!
This article was written l'Refuah Sheleima for R' Chaim Baruch Yehuda ben Hinda Sarah and l'Zechus for Shira Yaffa bas Rochel Miriam v'chol yotzei chalatzeha for a yeshua teikif umiyad.
For any questions, comments or for the full Mareh Mekomos / sources, please email the author: email@example.com.
Rabbi Spitz recently appeared on the 'Kashrus On the Air' radio show, discussing Quinoa and Kitniyos issues. To hear a recording of the show please click here: https://soundcloud.com/jroot-radio/yosef-wikler-apr-07?in=jroot-radio/sets/kashrus-on-the-air.
Rabbi Yehuda Spitz serves as the Sho'el U' Meishiv and Rosh Chabura of the Ohr Lagolah Halacha Kollel at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach in Yerushalayim.
[1] Mishna Pesachim (Ch. 3, 1), Gemara Pesachim 42a - 43a, Rambam (Hilchos Chametz U'Matza Ch. 5, 1). These are also the only grains with which one may fulfill his Mitzva of Achilas Matza - see Mishna Pesachim 35a, Rambam (Hilchos Chametz U'Matza Ch. 6, 4), and Tur / Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 453, 1).
[2] See for example Mordechai (Pesachim 588), SMa"K (222), Ra'avad (Hilchos Chametz U'Matza Ch. 5, 1), Haghos Maimoniyos (ad loc.), Ohr Zarua (vol. 2, 256, pg. 59, 3rd column), Rabbeinu Manoach (on the Rambam Hilchos Chametz U'Matza Ch. 5, 1; cited in Biur Halacha 453, 1 s.v. v'yeish), Maharil (Minhagim, Hilchos Maachalos Asuros b'Pesach 16), Terumas HaDeshen (113, & 133), Ritva (Pesachim 35a s.v. hani), and Tur (O.C. 453). Not that they all hold of the prohibition of Kitniyos, but they all mention it. See also the Pri Megadim's Pesicha to Hilchos Pesach (vol. 2, Ch. 2, 6) and the Chida's Tov Ayin (18).
[3] Chayei Adam (127, 1), Mor U'Ketzia (beg. O.C. 453), Shu"t Chasam Sofer (O.C. 122), Mishna Berura (453, 7 & Shaar HaTziyun 6), and Aruch Hashulchan (ad loc. end 5). For a discussion on what is considered great need in order to allow Kitniyos, see Shu"t Zeicher Yehosef (O.C. 157), Shu"t Shoel U'Meishiv (Mahadura Tinyana vol. 4, 128) and Shu"t Divrei Malkiel (vol. 1, 28, 20). However, the Vilna Gaon is quoted (Maaseh Rav 184) as being extremely makpid with Kitniyos, even 'B'shnas B'tzores'.
[4] See Beis Yosef (beg. O.C. 453), quoting Rabbeini Yerucham, who called the Kitniyos prohibition a "minhag shtus", and Rabbeinu Yechiel. The prohibition is also noticeably rejected by the Tur (O.C. 453), who writes regarding abstaining from rice and Kitniyos on Pesach as a "chumra yeseirah, v'lo nahagu kein". The Ya'avetz (Mor U'Ketzia beg. O.C. 453), quoting his father, the great Chacham Tzvi, famously declared that if he had the ability to cancel the Kitniyos prohibition he would, as it mostly affects the poor.
[5] Rema (O.C. 453, 1 & Darchei Moshe ad loc. 2), Levush (ad loc. 1), Pri Chadash (ad loc. 1; he cites a mekor from the Gemara - Pesachim 40b), Gr"a (Biur HaGr"a ad loc. & Maaseh Rav 184; he cites a mekor from the Gemara - Pesachim 40b), Chayei Adam (127, 1), Shulchan Aruch HaRav (O.C. 453, 3 - 5), Shaarei Teshuva (ad loc. 1), Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (117, 4), Mishna Berura (453, 6 and Biur Halacha s.v. v'yesh), and Aruch Hashulchan (453, 4 & 5). See also the Maharsham's Daas Torah (ad loc.) and the Chida's Tov Ayin (18) who discuss the strength of this prohibition. Even the Shulchan Aruch (Beis Yosef ad loc.) calls it an Ashkenazic issue. Although the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch refers to the Kitniyos Prohibition as an 'issur', the Mishna Berura as a 'chumra', the Aruch Hashulchan as a 'geder', the Har Tzvi as a 'gezeira', Rav Moshe Feinstein as a 'minhag', and the Klausenberger Rebbe as a 'takana', nonetheless they all maintain that it is binding on all Ashkenazic Jewry. Yet, although not me'iker hadin, there are some Sefardim who are machmir as well, especially with rice - see Ben Ish Chai (Year 1, Parshas Tzav 41), Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's Darchei Halacha glosses to the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (117, 2) and Chazon Ovadia (Pesach ppg. 82 - 86). Interestingly, the Ben Ish Chaiadds that one who is machmir not to eat rice on Pesach may not cook nor serve rice to someone who does.
[6] See O.C. 473, 1 in Beis Yosef and Rema and major commentaries - Gr"a (5), Chok Yaakov (5 & 6), Shaarei Teshuva (1), Shulchan Aruch HaRav (3, 4, & 5), Mishna Berura (6), and Biur Halacha (s.v. v'yesh).
[7] See Shu"t Levushei Mordechai (O.C. vol. 1, 127 s.v. a"d) and Halichos Shlomo (Moadim vol. 2, Pesach Ch. 4, Devar Halacha 28). This is a very important factor, as the Levushei Mordechai writes that although there are several reasons mentioned for the Kitniyos ban, the most important one is that Kitnyos look similar to grain and get mixed up. This would obviously exclude potatoes from the Kitniyos category.
[8] Although the Chayei Adam (Nishmas Adam, Hilchos Pesach, Question 20) writes that potatoes should be Kitniyos and the Pri Megadim (O.C. 453 M.Z. 1) mentions that he knows of such a minhag, nevertheless the vast majority of poskim, including the Pri Megadim himself (O.C. 464 E.A. 1) rule that potatoes are not considered Kitniyos. Others who write that potatoes are not Kitniyos include the Shu"t Sheilas Ya'avetz (vol. 2, 147, 4 s.v. u'vhiyosi), Shu"t Divrei Malkiel (vol. 2, end 112; he adds an additional reason to be lenient: potato flour doesn't look like grain flour and has a different consistency, therefore mitigating potential mix-ups), Aruch Hashulchan (O.C. 453, 5; he adds that with the advent of potatoes one should never have to rely on the hetter of permitting Kitniyos b'shaas hadchak), Shu"t Levushei Mordechai (O.C. vol. 1, 127), Kaf Hachaim (O.C. 453, 21), Shu"t Igros Moshe (O.C. vol. 3, 63), Halichos Shlomo (ibid.), Shu"t VaYaan Yosef (Mishpatecha L'Yaakov O.C. 41), and Shu"t Chelkas Yaakov (new print, O.C. end 207). It is widely quoted that the famed Divrei Chaim of Sanz questioned how the Chayei Adam could possibly have forbidden potatoes on Pesach when his sefer is titled 'Chayei Adam', literally 'the Life of Man' and potatoes are a necessity in life. In this vein, for introducing potatoes to the European continent, Sir Francis Drake was merited to be classified by the Tiferes Yisrael (Avos Ch. 3, Mishna 14, Boaz Beg. 1) as one of the Chasidei Umos Ha'Olam, as over the centuries potatoes have saved countless lives from starvation. Others included in this exclusive list include Johannes Guttenberg, who invented the printing press and thus enabled the disseminating of Torah on a mass scale, Johann Reuchlin, who defended the Talmud from being burned in numerous debates against the apostate Pfefferkorn, and Edward Jenner, creator of the modern smallpox vaccine, saving 'tens upon tens of thousands' of people. Thanks are due to Rabbi Elchanan Shoff, author of V'Ani BaHashem Atzapeh and Birchasa V'Shirasa, for pointing out this fascinating source.
[8] For more on this topic, as well as the potato's fascinating halachic history, see this author's recent article "The Halachic Adventures of the Potato" - http://ohr.edu/this_week/insights_into_halacha/5184.
[9] Shu"t Sheilas Ya'avetz (vol. 2, 147, 4 s.v. u'vhiyosi), Shu"t Levushei Mordechai (O.C. vol. 1, 127 s.v. v'ra'isi), Shu"t Igros Moshe (O.C. vol. 3, 63), and Shu"t Chelkas Yaakov (new print, O.C. end 207), similar to the rule set by the Chok Yaakov (O.C. 453, 9). Others who cite this sevara include the Shu"t Melamed L'Hoyeel (Shu"t vol. 1, 87 & 88), and Shu"t Seridei Aish (vol. 2, 37, 2; new print vol. 1, 50). However, it is important to note that there are other essential reasons as to why potatoes were excluded. Of the four criteria given for the gezeirah of Kitniyos, potatoes only fit one, that it can be made into a flour and a 'bread' of sorts can be baked from it. No one, not even a blind person, would mix up a potato with a grain kernel!
[10] Halichos Shlomo (Moadim vol. 2, Pesach Ch. 4, Dvar Halacha 28). However, Rav Shlomo Zalman personally was stringent with potato flour [starch] (ad loc. footnote 109). It is known that the Badatz Eida Chareidis of Yerushalayim were also stringent until the renowned Minchas Yitzchak became the Ga'avad and ruled that there was no reason to be machmir, even with potato starch. Other poskim who explicitly permit potato starch on Pesach include the Aryeh D'vei Ila'i (Shu"t, Kuntress Avnei Zikaron 10, based on the Pri Chadash's hetter - O.C. 461, 2 regarding matzah meal), the Arugas HaBosem (Shu"t 124), the Levushei Mordechai (Shu"t O.C. vol. 1, 127) and Shaarim Metzuyanim B'Halacha (117, end 7 s.v. v'ugos).
[11] Shu"t Igros Moshe (O.C. vol. 3, 63). Others who accept peanuts for Pesach include the Seridei Aish (Shu"t vol. 2, 37, 2; new print vol. 1, 50 - through a combination of factors), the Yeshuas Moshe (Shu"t vol. 1, 35; he opines that the Kitniyos prohibition never applied to legumes that are eaten raw, but concludes similar to Rav Moshe, that if one has an existing minhag not to eat peanuts on Pesach he still should not do so), and the Rivevos Efraim (Shu"t vol. 7, 257; only if it came still in its shell). [This logic is based on the Shulchan HaRav's understanding (O.C. 453, 5) that the prohibition of Kitniyos only applies when it gets wet). Other poskim who ruled that way (as how can Kitniyos be more stringent than grain - which only can become chometz when wet) include the Chayei Adam (vol. 2, 128, 1) and Maharsham (Shu"t vol. 1, 183 and Daas Torah O.C. 453), who cites that Rav Shlomo Kluger (Nidrei Zerizin, 8) held this way as well. Those who were stringent include the Shoel U'Meishiv (Mahadura Kama vol. 1, 175), the Avnei Nezer (O.C. 373 and 533), the Maamar Mordechai (Shu"t 32), and the Sdei Chemed (Maareches Chometz U'Matza 6, 1). This was also one of the points of contention between Rav Kook and the Badatz Chasidim of Yerushalayim regarding the permissibility of sesame oil for Pesach - see footnote 13]. See also Shu"t Atzei HaLevanon (vol. 1, 18) who also permits peanuts for Pesach; yet based on his description it seems he is referring to a pistachio (as per the Yeshuas Moshe ibid.).
[12]There are several poskim who technically agree in logic that the peanut should not be considered Kitniyos; yet, still, since it can get mixed up with grain, they rule that only its oil or derivatives may be used. These include Rav Chaim Soloveitchik (cited in Mikraei Kodesh Pesach vol. 2, 60, 2), the Melamed L'Hoyeel (Shu"t vol. 1, 87 & 88; he mentions though that the minhag in Yerushalayim is to consider both the peanut and its oil Kitniyos), the Har Tzvi (Mikraei Kodesh ad loc.), Rav Yosef Eliyahu Henkin (Teshuvos Ibra Ch. 2, 28, 3, and in his posthumously published Shu"t Gevuros Eliyahu vol. 1, 141, 3), and the Chelkas Yaakov (Shu"t new print O.C. end 207). The issue of whether oil from Kitniyos maintains Kitniyos status is a complicated one and actually is a huge machlokes haposkim to this day. Additionally, some authorities make a distinction if the Kitniyos item in question is inedible in its natural form. See Terumas Hadeshen (113), Shu"t Maharil (28), Rema (O.C. 453, 1), Shulchan Aruch HaRav (ad loc.), Pri Chadash (O.C. 447, se'if 5), Maaseh Rav (184), Nishmas Adam (Hilchos Pesach, Questions 32 & 33), Birkei Yosef (O.C. 447, 14 & 453, 5), Shu"t Shaarei Yeshua (Shaar 6, 4), Shu"t Halachos Ketanos (vol. 1, 103), Shu"t Beis Shlomo (Y"D 177), Shu"t Beis Shearim (O.C. 215), Shu"t Ba'er Yitzchok (11), Shu"t Divrei Yissachar (33), Shu"t Maharsham (vol. 1, 183), Shu"t Avnei Nezer (O.C. 373 & 533), Shu"t Chavalim B'Neimim (vol. 1, 7), Shu"t Marcheshes (3), Shu"t Lev Chaim (vol. 2, 52), Sdei Chemed (Maareches Chometz U'Matzah 1, 2), Shu"t Kol Gadol (22), Shu"t Minchas Elazar (vol. 1, 16 s.v. ach hinei & vol. 4, 30), Shu"t Yad Yitzchok (vol. 3, 8, 20), Shu"t Darchei Noam (10), Shu"t Peulas Tzaddik (vol. 2, 116), Shu"t Zichron Yehuda (139), Shu"t Ma'amar Mordechai (32), Shu"t Melamed L'Hoyeel (Shu"t vol. 1, 87 & 88; he adds that Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch permitted sesame oil for Pesach), Shu"t Seridei Aish (vol. 2, 37, 2; new print vol. 1, 50), Shu"t Orach Mishpat (O.C. 111 - 113), Shu"t VaYaan Yosef (Mishpatecha L'Yaakov O.C. 41), Mikraei Kodesh (Pesach vol. 2, 60, 2), Shu"t Minchas Yitzchok (vol. 3, 138, 2 & vol. 4, 114, 3), Teshuvos Ibra (Ch. 2, 28, 3), Shu"t Gevuros Eliyahu (vol. 1, 141, 3; also printed in Kovetz Am HaTorah vol. 10, 1979, pg. 6), Shu"t Cheishev HaEifod (vol. 2, 18), Shu"t Divrei Yatziv (O.C. vol. 2, 196), Shu"t Chelkas Yaakov (new print O.C. end 207), Shu"t Rivevos Efraim (vol. 7, 257), Halichos Shlomo (Moadim vol. 2, Pesach Ch. 4, Dvar Halacha 28), Shaarim Metzuyanim B'Halacha (117, end 6), Kovetz Teshuvos (vol. 3, 81, 5), Orchos Rabbeinu (vol. 4, pg. 166, 49), Shma'atseh D'Moshe (Pesach, Shemuos Moshe 453, 2, pg. 368), Mesores Moshe (301, pg. 149), Kuntress Yad Dodi (pg. 119, Question 53), Shu"t Yissa Yosef (O.C. vol. 2, 111, 4), Aderes Shmuel (Piskei Rav Shmuel Salant zt"l; Hilchos Pesach 113, pg. 117 - 118), the Badatz Eida Chareidis of Yerushalayim's annual Madrich HaKashrus (5772, Ch. 15, pg. 47; 5773 Ch. 15, pg. 163; 5774 Ch. 15 pg. 172 - 173), Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz zt"l's annual Kovetz Hilchos Pesach (Ch. 'Food Products on Pesach', par. Oil; 5766 / 2006 pg. 377 - 378), and Kovetz Moriah (388 - 390, Nisan 5774), in a posthumously published teshuva of Rav Akiva Yosef Schlesinger. Anecdotally, this author once heard from noted historian Rabbi Berel Wein that he was head of the OU's Kashrus department when the question arose whether or not to allow peanut oil for Pesach. Rabbi Wein related that he had remarked that "the great Kovno Rav, Rav Yitzchok Elchanan Spektor ruled that peanut oil is not Kitniyos, and Berel Wein is not going to be the one to say it is".
[13] See the Chida's Birkei Yosef (O.C. 447, 14 & 453, 5) who writes that in Eretz Yisrael, already in his time (late 1700s) they were machmir not to use sesame oil on Pesach. This is also cited by the Melamed L'Hoyeel (Shu"t vol. 1, 87 & 88 – late 1800's, that the minhag in Yerushalayim (Takkanas Yerushalayim) dating back to at least 5602 / 1842 (!) was not to use sesame oil, nor various nuts for Pesach. See also the recently published Aderes Shmuel (Piskei Rav Shmuel Salant zt"l; Hilchos Pesach 113, pg. 117 - 118) that cites an article from Rav Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky published in the 'Chavatzeles' in 5655 / 1885 that the Gedolei Yerushalayim of the time, Rav Shmuel Salant, the Mahari"l Diskin, and the Lubliner Gaon (author of the Shu"t Toras Chessed), Rav Shlomo Zalman Ladier, all took a stand and publicized not to use sesame oil on Pesach (and not as erroneously publicized earlier in different periodicals that the Mahari"l Diskin permitted it). In fact, in 5669 / 1909 there was a huge machlokes between Rav Avrohom Yitzchok HaKohen Kook (at the time Chief Rabbi of Yaffo) and members of the Badatz HaChasidim of Yerushalayim, Rav Dovid Lipman Shuvkes, Rav Yosef Yehuda HaLevi Strassborg, and Rav Avraham HaKohen, about the permissibility of using sesame oil for Pesach (as fascinatingly detailed at length, with the teshuvos of both sides printed in the plainly titled "Kuntress"). Although under his personal hashgacha for Pesach, Rav Kook was nevertheless informed not to let the manufacturers bring the sesame oil to Yerushalayim, as there it was always considered Kitniyos. This is further attested to by Rav Yisrael Nisan Kuperstock in his Shu"t Ani Ben Pachma (26) in 5688 / 1928, that the leniency for sesame oil on Pesach was not accepted in Yerushalayim. An enlightening teshuva from that time, by Rav Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, author of 'Lev HaIvri', detailing the above machlokes, as well as Rav Schlesinger's lenient ruling and logic, was recently printed in Kovetz Moriah (388 - 390, Nisan 5774). Some opine that this minhag Yerushalayim dates back to the Talmidei HaGr"a, as it is well known (see Maaseh Rav 184) that the Vilna Gaon was extremely makpid, even considering seeds, as well as their oils, as Kitniyos. See Shu"t Yissa Yosef (O.C. vol. 2, 111, 4) who writes that Rav Elyashiv's being machmir for cottonseed oil ['Minhag Yerushalayim Shemen Kutna Kitniyos B'Pesach' – see Orchos Rabbeinu (vol. 4, pg. 166, 49], is based on the Ma'aseh Rav. The Badatz Eida Chareidis of Yerushalayim trace their minhagim regarding Kitniyosback to the Ma'aseh Rav as well (see their Madrich HaKashrus for Pesach, 5773 pg. 163 and 5774 pg. 172 - 173). It is known that Rav Moshe Feinstein was personally machmir for the Vilna Gaon's shitta as well, and did not use cottonseed oil on Pesach. [See Shma'atseh D'Moshe (Pesach, Shemuos Moshe 453, 2, pg. 368), Mesores Moshe (301, pg. 149), and Kuntress Yad Dodi (pg. 119, Hilchos Pesach Question 53)].
[14] Chok Yaakov (O.C. 453, 1), Elya Rabba (ad loc. end 2), Pri Megadim (Eshel Avraham ad loc. 1), Ba'er Heitiv (ad loc. 1), Machatzis HaShekel (ad loc. 1), Aruch Hashulchan (ad. loc. 3), Mishna Berura (ad loc. 4), and Shemiras Shabbos K'Hilchasa (new print - Ch. 40, 92). The Chasam Sofer (Shu"t O.C. 121) even feels that we should treat corn as a 'chashash dagan'!
[15] Thanks are due to Rabbi Arnie Wittenstein for pointing this out to me.
[16] See Kashrus Kurrents article titled "Quinoa: The Grain That's Not" by Rabbi Tzvi Rosen of the Star-K, originally published in 1997, and the Star-K 2013 Passover Directory pg. 52.
[17] See cRc alert dated February 23, 2012: "In 2007 HaRav Gedalia Dov Schwartz, Shlit''a, the Av Beis Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council, issued a p'sak that quinoa is not considered kitniyos and therefore may be used on Pesach. Most of the quinoa comes from Peruand Boliviaand has been grown in areas where other (problematic for Pesach) grains were generally not grown. However, as the popularity of quinoa has risen, this is no longer the absolute case. This was confirmed this year by a Star-K mashgiach who visited Boliviaand found that barley does indeed grow in those areas. It was also recently discovered that some farmers cover their quinoa with barley and/or oats to keep the birds from eating the quinoa while it dries. Finally, there is a concern that the sacks used to transfer the quinoa may have been previously used to hold barley or oats. We have, therefore, determined that the only way to allow quinoa for use on Pesach is to track the quinoa from certain farms that are free from the above concern.The Star-K spearheaded this endeavor and sent a mashgiach to find such a farm. While they were successful in their search, it proved to be challenging from a practical point of view, as the company visited generally sells their products in large quantities. The Star-K has now worked with other companies to pack the usable quinoa into smaller packages, and several options have been approved for Pesach quinoa consumption".
[18] As per personal communication received from a Rabbinic Coordinator at the Kof-K.
[19] As per the cRc and Kof-K, it is important to note that even the quinoa that is under Pesach supervision should be carefully checked before Pesach for any foreign matter before use. This can be done by spreading the quinoa out on a plate and carefully checking there are no other grains or foreign matter mixed in. However, this author has been informed by Rabbi Zvi Goldberg of the Star-K that if one purchases the quinoa for Pesach that is under their hashgacha, checking is unnecessary.
[20] Ve'Kasher HaDavar (July 2012, pg. 9).
[21] Although the OU's other main posek, Rav Herschel Schachter, permits quinoa, until recently the OU did not grant it Pesach approval out of deference to Rav Belsky's ruling.This is what the OU released about quinoa in the past: http://oukosher.org/passover/guidelines/food-items/quinoa/:"There is a difference of opinion among Rabbinic decisors (machloket ha-poskim) as to whether quinoa is considered kitniyot. Ask your Rabbi for his guidance. Additionally, while quinoa is not one of the five grains that can create chametz (wheat, oat, barley, spelt and rye), and quinoa is not grown in the same vicinity as the grains mentioned above, the processing of quinoa is sometimes done at the same location where they process wheat and wheat flour. It is highly doubtful that the mills are effectively cleaned between grains. The concern of wheat flour or particles finding their way into the quinoa flour would be a serious one".
[22]This is what the OU released regarding quinoa on December 20, 2013: Quinoa is Now Kosher for Passover with OU-P Certification. Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher, announced today that quinoa, the grain-like seed grown in South America, is Kosher for Passover when processed with special OU Passover supervision and bearing the OU-P symbol. His statement is as follows: "It is only recently that quinoa has become popular outside of its high-altitude growing area in the Andean mountain region of South America. Known for its nutritional qualities, it has been referred to as a "superfood." In recognition of its unique properties and growing popularity with consumers, 2013 has been proclaimed by the UN "The International Year of Quinoa." Due to conflicting reports regarding growing conditions and final usage of this new world, gluten-free pseudo-cereal plant, OU Kosher was hesitant to conclusively declare it Kosher for Passover and non-kitniyot. (Kitniyot is a category of foods that were forbidden by Ashkenazic custom during Passover because 1) they bear similarities to and might become confused with forbidden grains and 2) can become intermingled with those grains. Included in this group are: beans (all), buckwheat/kasha, caraway, cardamom, chickpeas, corn, fennel, fenugreek, grains-of-paradise, lentils, millet, mustard, peas, poppy seeds, rapeseed/canola, rice, sesame seeds, snow peas, sorghum, sugar-snap peas, soybeans, sunflower seeds and — according to some — include even cottonseed.) Following extensive research and on-site investigation of cross-contamination issues by OU Kosher personnel at all quinoa growing areas including: Puno, Cuzco, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Junin and Chiclayo in Peru; and Alto la Paz and Chayapata in Bolivia; as well as the collection, washing and milling stations of quinoa, OU Kosher is pleased to announce that, for the first time, it is recommending quinoa for Passover, when processed with special OU Passover supervision and bearing the OU-P symbol. In addition to quinoa, OU Kosher has concluded that related canihua, kiwicha and maca seeds processed under supervised conditions may also be approved for Passover (OU-P)." This author has also communicated with Rabbi Shoshan Ghoori of Aish HaTorah Chile, who had the unique experiences of performing the quinoa investigation in the Andes Mountains for the OU. He presented the following information and findings after studying various growing and processing regions of the Andes: Since quinoa is a prized product both for export and for local consumption it is generally grown in large fields that are focused on just quinoa. He added that as quinoa popularity and prices rise this point is even stronger. He has found that the traditional use of quinoa is not the same as the use of grains. It is not generally made into breads or other similar grain type foods by the Andean communities, but rather is an all around 'super food' used for soups, and teas etc., just like maca, canihua and kiwicha. After visiting approximately fifteen quinoa processing plants he has yet to have found one (not a gathering nor a washing station) that produces or mixes problematic grains (that could be an issue for chometz or Kitniyos) in the same plant as quinoa.
[23] This does not mean that Rav Belsky has actually changed his position. In fact, this author has heard from several of his talmidim, as well as my father, renowned kashrus expert Rabbi Manish Spitz, who spoke with Rav Belsky directly, that he still personally does not recommend quinoa for Pesach use.
[24] This author was not entirely surprised by the OU's eventually permitting quinoa for Pesach use, as a contact at a Kashrus agency wrote to me several years ago that "As far as U.S. psak, the Star-K, Kof-K, cRc Chicago, and half the OU (Rav Schachter) hold its not kitniyos, so its very strong and not likely to go away or become the minhag to assur. I think the OU will probably be mattir in future years based on Rav Schachter's psak, but I am only guessing".
[25] See article on the OU's website here: https://oukosher.org/passover/articles/ou-p-2015/. "The OU continues to give certification to Passover Quinoa. Pereg and Goldbaum will be selling OU-P quinoa as well as Setton Farms. The OU-P quinoa is from a factory in South America which does not deal in Chametz or Kitniyot and was packed with a Mashgiach Temidi. Pereg will be introducing quinoa flour as a new OU-P item this year."
[26] As per personal communication received from a consumer liaison at the OK.
[27] See article on the COR website titled "Is Quinoa Quitniyos"; and in personal communication with Rabbi Tsvi Heber, Director of the COR. He wrote that while the COR will not change its shitta vis-à-vis its own certified establishments, it has decided to advise the tzibbur to consult with their own Rav regarding the status of quinoa.
[28] Badatz Eida Chareidis of Yerushalayim's annual Madrich HaKashrus (Ch. 15, 4; 5772, pg. 47; 5773, pg. 163; 5774, pg. 173). This can also be seen on pg. 38 of the 5773 Pesach Madrich HaKashrus by the listing of baby cereals which are permitted for Pesach use even though they contain Kitniyos, such as rice, quinoa, and corn flour; and on pg. 133, quinoa is outright classified as Kitniyos (pg. 143 in the 5774 edition). Thanks are due to Rabbi Tzvi Price for pointing this out to me. Although this author has heard differing accounts from various North American kashrus agencies on as to what mv"r Rav Yaakov Blau zt"l, head of the Badatz's hashgacha, held regarding quinoa, yet, when I asked his son, Rav Chaim Yosef Blau (an expert in his father's shittos) about his father's position, he replied that he never heard his father discuss it, implying that it would not be different than the Badatz's official position. See also Rav Dovid Lau's Shu"t Maskil L'Dovid (end 15, s.v. quinoa) who reports that after hearing differing accounts as to Rav Blau's shitta regarding quinoa, he asked him directly and Rav Blau zt"l replied that he never checked into the matter sufficiently to permit it for Pesach and when he was asked previously (over 15 years ago) he simply replied that "he did not know (anything about the topic)". Thanks are due to Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Frankel for providing this author with this important source.
[29] See footnote 13.
[30] As heard from Rav Elyashiv's talmid, Rav Nochum Eisenstein, Mara D'Asra of Maalot Dafna, Yerushalayim, and in personal communication with Rabbi Sholem Fishbane, Kashrus Administrator of the cRc. Rav Elyashiv's position and his meeting with members of American kashrus agencies regarding quinoa's status first appeared in the English Israeli Yated Ne'eman in 2006.
See also http://www.ohelyonah.com/shutim/
[31] Shiur delivered on March 6th 2013- https://www.box.com/shared/a1y5cl7vio1x34ziwh6h. Rav Weiss also has an unpublished teshuva on topic – see http://en.tvunah.org/2014/03/23/quinoa-on-pesach/.
[32] As mentioned in this article by Rav Dovid Avraham Spektor of Bet Shemesh:
[33] Shu"t Maskil L'Dovid (end 15, s.v. quinoa). He concludes that although quinoa is commonly referred to as 'The Mother of All Grains', nonetheless, since it is not an actual grain, it is still permitted for Sefardim to eat on Pesach. See here: http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=41222&st=&pgnum=223&hilite=.
[34] Rav Lau's teshuva Kitniyos and quinoa is reprinted in the Rabbanut's Madrich HaKashrus (Pesach 5774 pg. 47) as their official position on quinoa.
[35] Kovetz Hilchos Pesach (2006, ppg. 141 - 143). This is also the position taken by Rabbi Dovid Ribiat, author of The Thirty-Nine Melachos, in his recent Kuntress Hilchos Pesach - Halachos of Pesach (pg. 153, 3 par. Halachic conclusion) "In practice, persons with limited diets, or who are otherwise sensitive to gluten and ordinary grain products may rely on the lenient opinions regarding quinoa. This applies even to those whom grain products are not dangerous, but merely a cause of significant discomfort".
[36] In this author's estimation, the point Rav Tendler was making is that there seems to be a common misconception that Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l, in his oft-cited teshuva defining peanuts' Kitniyos status (Shu"t Igros Moshe O.C. vol. 3, 63), gave a blanket hetter for any "New World" food item. In this author's opinion, this is not entirely correct, as was mentioned previously that everyone considers corn as Kitniyos, even though it was introduced long after the Kitniyos restriction. Rather, Rav Moshe used that as a sevarah (and he was neither the first nor the only posek to do so) to explain why potatoes were not included in the restriction, as well as peanuts for those who did not have an existing minhag. Meaning, Rav Moshe held that minhag and similarity to all Kitniyos factors also play an important role in classifying Kitniyos; ergo, he did not intend to give a carte blanche hetter for every 'new food'. As such, Rav Tendler was relating, it would seem tenuous at best to apply that teshuva as the exclusive basis to a hetter permitting quinoa for Pesach. This is also the understanding of his uncle, Rav Moshe's son, Rav Dovid Feinstein (see Kuntress Yad Dodi pg. 119: Hilchos Pesach, Question 51) as well as Rav Moshe Dovid Tendler, Rav Moshe's son-in-law; both whom do not recommend Ashkezaim eating quinoa on Pesach. Rav Asher Weiss (the Minchas Asher) has recently written a yet-unpublished teshuva as well, questioning a blanket hetter for every 'New World' food item. See http://en.tvunah.org/2014/03/23/quinoa-on-pesach/. Other well-known Rabbanim who have gone on record as considering quinoa Kitniyos include Rav Osher Yaakov Westheim of Manchester, Rav Yaakov Ariel of Ramat Gan, and Rav Yaakov Reisman of Far Rockaway.


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Dr. Robert Nash described his classroom as a "place to do a barn-raising instead of a boxing match" during his Thursday Chapel talk.
Nash, a University of Vermont professor for 41 years, was on campus for a number of sessions on "moral conversations." For 25 years, he told those gathered Thursday morning, he has tried to practice moral conversations.
See his full Chapel Talk on the Wabash YouTube Channel.
"It is the most difficult way of communicating, my buttons can be pushed as easily as your buttons can be pushed," he said. "Me and my students seek to become co-truth seekers and not adversaries."
The key, he said, was to be in the here and now and be in a conversation for one another. He spoke of Zen and focusing on the moment.
He shared an anecdote from his own classroom where one outspoken student angered nearly everyone present. It was a student who brought the class back to "moral conversation."
"We need to go back to conversation starters and avoid conversation stoppers," Nash recalled the student saying. His class then brainstormed on ways to achieve "moral conversation."
The conclusion, though simplistic, are tough to achieve. Nash's students reiterated the importance of "no name calling, not repeating the same old arguments, not denouncing others, avoiding positioning yourself when speaking, speaking just for yourself not others and helping others shine in conversation" as some of the keys to moral conversation.
Dr. Nash and the co-author of his book, "How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation." DeMethra Bradley will present a Thursday evening workshop for the entire campus and a Friday lunchtime workshop for faculty and staff.


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Selection of the H&M Spring 2010 Women's Collection. See the men's collection here.
some pieces are really beautiful! I especially like lace-perfecto-like jacket and floral patterns. Are thos red and black shoes men's or women's?ReplyDelete
it's all women's hereReplyDelete
well this stuff is pas mal! when is it comin to the stores in zh?any idea on that?ReplyDelete
Wow, this stuff all looks really good! I'm sure this is also a result of your excellent photography though: things never look this good in-store! I will probably actually buy some stuff from this designer collaboration with H&M simply because I always regret it when I don't (c. f. the Comme des Garcons collection!) Maybe I'll start small...ReplyDelete
Anonymous: it's slowly arriving in stores over the next two months
jilsahner: I can assure you, it actually looks this good. You just have to pick the right pieces :) but thanks though.
Thanks for the great preview!
I love that lace biker jacket - might get it if I don't see too many people buying it =P
oooo wow. i think ill be after that lovely rucksack!ReplyDelete
one of the jackets looks like a coco chanel copy, or maybe its just an inspiration source.ReplyDelete
i can literally say i would wear every single one of these pieces. incredible. and affordable!ReplyDelete
Everything looks so romantic! Love it all!
H&M is really getting into more high fashion looking pieces. not at all how they used to be! I like it, everythings so pretty now.ReplyDelete
i'm lovin H&Ms new collections, everything is very chic and afforable. i also love how they balance out their high fashion pieces with their more chill streetwear. its great!ReplyDelete
lovely collection !ReplyDelete
Are those drop crotch floral pants? I don't really know how I feel about the print which is a shame because combining harem and flowers is too epic to even comprehend.ReplyDelete
yes, they have a slightly dropped crotchReplyDelete
I love the lace biker jacket and sequined sweater!
love the collection, esp the shoes.
omg everything looks amazing! those shoes and the floral pants and that lace jacket! ahh soo good :)ReplyDelete
Looks amazing!!! I love the necklace!
Thanks for posting! I like the bodice and the jacket with zippers, rest is kinda blah.ReplyDelete
will you be previewing the mens stock? seen some of the spring look book and love some of the pieces! especially the harem pants and the tye dye pieces xxReplyDelete
menswear will follow in the next two days :)ReplyDelete
hui mein badeanzug! ich werds dir gleich klauen, das bild! :)ReplyDelete
I love those pretty dresses and I think they will good on me, lol.ReplyDelete
I'm actually disappointed with what I can see from their summer collection; as is always the case I'm sure menswear is going to be far better, simply because there tends be a general structural/coloured theme whereas women can pretty much wear any patterned garment, hence the hideous over patterned flower cardigan and jodhpurs.ReplyDelete
The sweater with roses is awesome !ReplyDelete
extremely vintage looking.
The lace biker jacket, very witty
The overall Idea of incorporating the two ideas of vintage with a modern silhouette is quite nice
i loooooooooooove this collection. all of the items in this post are TO DIE FOR :)
I need that lace biker jacket!
love your blog :)
I am madly in love with these <3ReplyDelete
I hope you took close up pictures of the men collection as well? :)ReplyDelete
I thought you were putting on the menswear pics :( lolReplyDelete
I looove the stuffReplyDelete
Did this come to the United States yet? If not, when because I love the collection!ReplyDelete
wow i like EVERYTHING, can't wait too see these in the stores..
(i never left a comment but i'm a huge fan of your blog)
I'm so excited for this!! Have you seen the jewelery from 2010 H&M ?? The pieces are all so beautiful!! Yay!
Wow, i absolutely love this collection.
Definitely going to buy some of these pieces, amazing stuff!
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Just curious do you take photos for H&M or do you just bring your camera and take photos of the ones you like?
I bring my camera and photograph the pieces I likeReplyDelete
Why does Dallas not have an H&M?!!!ReplyDelete
Can you maybe tell me from which label the harem flower pants is? Thank you.ReplyDelete
well it's all H&M but I'm not sure of which line it is...ReplyDelete


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TOKYO — The United States said Thursday it would deploy new military hardware in Japan and reiterated its backing for Japanese control of islands disputed with China as the allies prepare for shifting security threats in the region.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met their Japanese counterparts in Tokyo and officially agreed to revise the guidelines for defense cooperation between the two nations for the first time since 1997. They formalized a deal to move some U.S. troops from Okinawa to Guam and plan to cooperate on cyber defense.
The U.S.-Japan alliance is the "cornerstone of peace and prosperity across the Asia-Pacific," Kerry told reporters after the meeting. "Our relationship has never been stronger or better than it is today. We are continuing to adapt, however, to confront the different challenges of the 21st century," he added, saying they would set a strategic road map for the next 15 to 20 years.
Kerry and Hagel met with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera Thursday, reconfirming the U.S. commitment "to the security of Japan through the full range of of U.S. military capabilities, including nuclear and conventional," according to a joint statement from the two governments.
The two countries pledged to create "a more robust alliance" as China boosts military spending and expands its naval reach, while North Korea is increasing the range of its ballistic missiles and threatening neighbors with nuclear attacks. Almost 70 years after the U.S. imposed a pacifist constitution on Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is seeking to reinterpret the document to allow it to defend allies.
"I explained the Abe cabinet's security policy based on active pacifism and this was welcomed by my U.S. counterparts," Kishida told reporters.
China has denounced the expansion of the alliance and what it says is a new Japanese militarism. Tensions between the two nations have remained high since Japan purchased three disputed islands in the East China Sea in September 2012. Since then Chinese patrol boats have regularly plied the waters near the islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China to challenge Japan's claims of sovereignty.
"The United States has made it clear that, while we don't take a position on the ultimate sovereignty of the Senkaku islands, we do recognize Japan's administration of those islands," Kerry said. "We urge the parties not to engage in any unilateral action," he added. Kishida thanked him for his support.
Kerry said China had a role in pressuring North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program. U.S. officials "acknowledge there will be differences" in the relationship "but we seek to to find the things we can cooperate on," such as a shared interest in a denuclearized North Korea.
A "rising China is welcome as long as" it adheres to international standards and values and works in constructive ways, Kerry said. He added that the U.S. was prepared to engage with North Korea on the condition it is prepared to denuclearize.
The U.S. also used the meeting to announce the location of a second missile-defense radar to be deployed in Japan and the two countries discussed existing plans to shift 5,000 marines from Okinawa to Guam as the U.S. seeks to reduce the impact of its forces on local communities. Under the plan, Japan will pay up to $3.1 billion of the estimated $8.6 billion total cost of the relocation, the two governments said in a statement.
The U.S. said in the statement it will rotate Global Hawk unmanned aircraft through Japan from 2014 and will deploy P-8 maritime patrol aircraft to Japan for the first time from December this year.
As part of a deeper alliance, the countries pledged to expand cooperation in fighting global terrorism and piracy and work together to provide humanitarian aid. Japan and the U.S. plan to work with private industry to counter cybersecurity threats and will seek to leverage space and satellite technology to enhance maritime security, the countries said in the joint statement.
Kerry and Hagel began their day with a visit to Chidorigafuchi, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. officials ever to visit the secular cemetery that honors Japanese war dead, including those who fought against the U.S. in World War II. Visits by Japanese politicians to the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, which honors war dead including some convicted of war crimes, have fueled tensions with China and South Korea, both of which suffered under Japanese occupation.