Names Matter: How Turkey became Kosher (and Corn became Kitniyot)

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Names Matter: How Turkey became Kosher (and Corn became Kitniyot)

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19 minutes

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Nov 22, 2022

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In honor of Thanksgiving, a short episode on why the great Jewish unconscious deemed turkey kosher (and Ashkenazim treated corn as kitniyot). Funny enough, it's the same reason

Released:

Nov 22, 2022

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Names Matter: How Turkey became Kosher (and Corn became Kitniyot)

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