MISHNA BERURA YOMI MISHNA BERURA DIRSHU MARCH 20

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S"A SIMAN 453 SIF 1 MISHNA BERURA SIF KATAN 2 If one does not have wheat. MISHNA BERURA DIRSHU CHELEK 5(PESACH) Q:ARE PISTACHIO NUTS POTATOS AND COTTONSEED OIL KITNIUS? A:RAV MOSHE IN IGROS MOSHE SAYS THAT PISTACHIO NUTS ARE NOT KITNIUS.RAV CHAIM SOLIVATCHIK AND RAV MOSHE IN IGROS MOSHE SAY COTTONSEED OIL WITH A HECSHER IS NOT KITNIUS BUT THE MINCHAS YITZCHAK RAV SHLOMO ZALMAN AURBACH AND RAV ELYASHIV SAY BE MACHMIR.(FROM OU KOSHER MINCHAS YITZCHAK in a subsequent teshuvah (IV:114:3) he reconsiders this position (see also Mikra’ai Kodesh, Pesach II:60:2); in the United States cottonseed oil is generally not considered to be kitnios but in Eretz Yisroel there are those who refrain from using it. BY POTATOS THE NISHMAS ADAM IS MACHMIR AND SAYS IT IS KITNIOUS BUT RAV MOSHE IN IGROS MOSHE AND RAV SHLOMO ZALMAN AURBACH SAY ITS NOT.(FOR MORE ON KITNIOUS SEE NOTES 6 7 AND 8)