Why and when did the minhag start that allows Sephardim to eat Kitnios (Legumes)but not Ashkenazim?
Answer
The earliest written source for this custom seems to be Semak (Sefer Mitzvos Katan, also known as Amudei Golah, by Rabbi Yitzchak of Corbeil, 13th century), mitzvah 222 note 12. Evidently it goes back somewhat further than that, though, since he calls it "דבר שנוהגין בו העולם איסור מימי חכמים הקדמונים" - "something that people have customarily treated as forbidden since the days of the early sages."
At any rate, it seems to have started as an Ashkenazic custom, and was never accepted by Sephardic Jews in the first place.
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