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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
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Subject: Re: Re: What is Kosher for Pesach
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 12:59:20 EDT
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> > 
> > Consider the following foods:
> > 	Flour Tortillas (usually just flour+water+a little lime)
> > 	Corn Tortillas (corn+water+lime)
> > 	Chapti (indian -- I believe whole wheat flour + water)
> > 
> The lime causes the maize to swell up like a balloon before grinding.
> Is it then "leavened"?
> 

	There are only five grains which, according to halacha, can become
 leavened, and they are: wheat, barley, oats, spelt, and rye ( I might be
 mistaken on spelt, although I think that is the fifth one ). All other
 grains do not become chametz ( leavened ). However, in order to avoid
 problems, the rabbis decided that any grain that is ground into flour
 ( any legume ) should not be used on Pesach.


			Eliyahu Teitz.


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