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From: samet@sfmag.UUCP (A.I.Samet)
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Subject: Re: Rev Moshe Feinstein's new psak halacha
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Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 01:06:06 EST
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> All you haredim out there might be interested to know of a recent
> psak halacha by "haRav haGaon" Moshe Feinstein stating that the 
> waters of Yam Kinneret are kasher l'pesach.
> 
> Before I'm accused of being flippant, let me say that this has been
> a problem in Israel among many zealous dati'im spending pesach at Yam
> Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee).  Apparently, during pesach quite a 
> number of apikorsim throw pitot (pita bread) and beer cans into the
> lake.


I always wondered about this. Chometz present in food before
Pesach becomes batul (null) if it is less than a 60th (bitul occurs
if is owned by a Jew) and the food can be eaten on Pesach. The problem
is that the Talmud says that on Pesach it cannot become batul no matter
how much it is diluted. There is apparently a way around this since
people do drink from the faucet (the Kinneret is also a reservoir), but
I don't know what it is.

Perhaps Bill could enlighten us as to the technical details of this psak?

					Yitzchok Samet

PS - I'm ignoring the vicious barb at the end of his article and assuming that
he is  serious, although he is usually mistaken when he cites halacha.