Pesach is icumen up

[lethargic_man]

Bah, ran out of חמץ biscuits too soon, and had a slight job (well, three shops) finding somewhere that was still selling food-of-the-gods, a.k.a. Rakusens flapjack. (Well, I, for one, find it more Moroccan moreish than chocolate.) I was amused, however, to hear one of the employees of Kosher Kingdom using his walkie-talkie to round up people for מנחה.

Meanwhile, when I pointed out to my brother (not the Modern Orthodox one) the ruling of the Masorti rabbinate in Israel on the subject of קיטניות, he replied, "actually last year i ate rice on 1 of the 8 days (cos i'm 1/8 sephardic)." :o)

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[troo.livejournal.com]

My family is mostly Ashkenazi[*], but we still eat rice etc. during Passover, though mostly because we're not strict enough to bother with not eating kitniyot.
This did get me highly annoyed at a religious zionist settler kid I was stationed with when I was in the army, as he had the nerve to suggest that I shouldn't be eating my rice crackers.
Considering I couldn't eat much of the food at the mess due to being vegetarian, and had even fewer choice during Passover (meat replacement schnitzel was hametz), I think I was right.
He did keep out of my way during the rest of Passover - partly to not see me eat the rice crackers, and partly to avoid me yelling at him for daring to suggest I can't eat them (which I would if he would have even looked at me skewed).

[*] the part that isn't Ashkenazi isn't jewish so it doesn't count.