Sick r"l� � Pressing Situation

One who is sick r"l (even if he is not in danger) may eat kitniyos on Pesach.(97) Based on this, one who is sick would be able to take a pill which has kitniyos.(98) According to some poskim when one is in a pressing situation, one can eat kitniyos.(99)


Other Halachos Regarding Kitniyos

Some say in Eretz Yisroel the custom was to permit the eating of kitniyos. This is not true today.(100) A person who lives in Chutz L'aretz who finds himself in a place where the custom is to eat kitniyos must not eat there.(101)

One who depends on his father for support must follow his father's custom in regard to kitniyos.(102)

A woman from a Sefardi background, who ate kitniyos all her life, may not do so if she marries an Ashkenazi. However, if the husband agrees, she may follow her old custom. If an Ashkenazi woman gets married to a Sefardi then she may eat kitniyos,(103) and there is no need to be matir neder beforehand.(104)

If an Ashkenazi Jew finds himself in a Sefardi's home on Pesach, he may eat the food that was cooked in pots that cooked kitniyos.(105) Others say one can be lenient only if the pot is an eino ben-yomo.(106)


Footnotes
(97) Chai Adom 127:6, Mishnah Berurah 453:7, Divrei Yatziv O.C. 195. (98) Refer to Mishnah Berurah 453:7, Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society 6:pages 70-71. In addition one may cook kitniyos for a sick person (Chai Adom 127:1, Shemiras Shabbos K'hilchoso 40:80). One should try to use separate utensils for this (Shemiras Shabbos K'hilchoso ibid). (99) Refer to Maharam Brisk 48, Shol U'meishiv 2:3:128, Heichel Yitzchok O.C. 52, Kol Mevaser 1:80, Otzros Yerushalayim 242:pages 660-661, Shoneh B'Shoneh 5785:pages 149-154 in great depth, see Da'as Torah page 119 who brings those who argue. Yesodo Yeshurin 6:pages 401-406 in great depth who lists the opinions on this matter. Refer to Tzemach Tzedek O.C. 56, Tzohar 2:page 193. (100) Opinion of Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl Shlita, and Rabbi Nochum Rabinowitz Shlita. (101) Be'er Moshe 7:page 244. (102) Hakotton V'hilchosuv 22:12. (103) Yabea Omer O.C. 5:37, Sidur Pesach K'hilchoso 16:13, Hamesivta 1987:page 163. Refer to Yismach Lev 1:page 258 who quotes the opinion of Horav Elyashiv who argues. (104) Halichos Shlomo Moadim page 91, Modanei Shlomo page 17, Halichos Beisa 18:11-12, see Shalmei Moed page 413. Refer to Kaf Ha'chaim Palagi 2:23 who says a man can force his wife to do like his custom. Refer to Igros Moshe O.C. 1:158, Minchas Yitzchok 4:84. However, if the woman did like her husband and now she wants to go back and do like her fathers custom then she needs to be matir neder (Modanei Shlomo ibid, Halichos Beisa ibid). (105) Yechaveh Da'as 5:32, Oz Nedberu 8:20:4, The Laws of Pesach: A Digest 2006 pages 38-39, Bonim Chavivim pages 415-419 in depth. Horav Elyashiv Shlita holds that one may not eat kitniyos in the above case (Haggadah page 12). One should even lend his utensils to a Sefardi on Pesach (Oz Nedberu 8:20:4). There is no lo sisgodidu when two people are practicing two different customs on Pesach in the same house (Moed Lechol Chaim 2:15). Horav Ephraim Greenblatt Shlita says an Ashkenazi who eats by a Sefardi on Pesach should make sure that separate utensils are used (as quoted in Gray Matter 1:page 249). (106)Haggadah of Horav Elyashiv Shlita page 12.

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