This is the reason for the custom of eating borscht on Pesach because it tastes sour. This minhag goes back hundreds of years.
כרפס
במי מלח או חומץ, תוד”ה מטבל (פסחים קיד, א) כתב בחומץ או במים ומלח אבל בסי’ של”ה
ויעב”ץ במי מלח או בחומץ.
who is he?
There are many other interesting and unknown Pesach minhagim from The Chofetz Chaim in the Hagadah of Rav Gershon Zaks zt”l grandson of the Chofetz Chaim called הגדת הגרשוני!
@ geula- Rav Schwatz is the av bes din in Chicago
To Geula: He is the Av Beis Din of the CRC (Chicago Rabbinical Council) in Chicago.
Respond to #1: It is indeed brought done in the Belzer Haggdah from one of the early Belzer Rebbas that they had a minhag to eat borscht for this very reason.
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This is the reason for the custom of eating borscht on Pesach because it tastes sour. This minhag goes back hundreds of years.
כרפס
במי מלח או חומץ, תוד”ה מטבל (פסחים קיד, א) כתב בחומץ או במים ומלח אבל בסי’ של”ה
ויעב”ץ במי מלח או בחומץ.
who is he?
There are many other interesting and unknown Pesach minhagim from The Chofetz Chaim in the Hagadah of Rav Gershon Zaks zt”l grandson of the Chofetz Chaim called הגדת הגרשוני!
@ geula- Rav Schwatz is the av bes din in Chicago
To Geula: He is the Av Beis Din of the CRC (Chicago Rabbinical Council) in Chicago.
Respond to #1: It is indeed brought done in the Belzer Haggdah from one of the early Belzer Rebbas that they had a minhag to eat borscht for this very reason.