Question: This question is partly hypothetical. A new kosher pizzeria owned by non-observant Jews opens a few weeks after Pesach. Would the kashrut agency check to see that the ingredients… Read more »
Category: Chametz after Passover
Follow up on Selling chometz question
Question: Hi, I am partly being supported by my mother, but I pay for my own food. She pays for the apt. Does it not matter that I sold with… Read more »
Selling chametz
Question: Hello. I live with my mother, and every year I take care of selling the chometz. I usually do this online at the chabad website. This year I did… Read more »
I SOLD PASTA CHAMATZ GOMMUR IN THE CONTRACT.
Question: I included in the Contract for sale to. The Type Location & Value . Can I now use about 2 dozen sealed boxes of pasta.? Thank You Tizku Limitzvot!… Read more »
chametz sheavar alav pesach
Question: 1.Does chometz sheavar alav pesach apply to dishware? 2. Also, does one need to be careful of possible crumbs of chametz sheavar alav pesach falling into food, or is… Read more »
Eating Chametz on Shabbos After Pesach
Shalom aleichem Rav Pfeffer, I saw your answer from 3 years ago about eating chometz on Shabbos Motzei Pesach. Can you tell me sources that I can look this up… Read more »
Whiskey found after pesach that was not sold with chometz
Question: You sold all chometz but forgot to include a bottle of vodka that was found six months later in a closet. Can it be used? What is to be… Read more »
pesach chametz
Question: if somebody sold their chametz however said the bitul and did the biur after sof zman biur chametz on erev pesach is there any problems bdieved? is any food… Read more »
Using Toothbrush and toothpaste never sold with chametz, after pesach
Question: I never sold my toothpaste and toothbrush before pesach with the rest of the chometz my parents sold. They were just left in the cupboard in the bathroom and… Read more »
Airline Food after pesach
Question: I am leaving on a Jetblue flight the day after pesach. Am I allowed to eat their snacks on the flight? I dont know whether it is owned by… Read more »
Chametz After Pesach
Question: In Israel, can one buy chametz at a Jewish owned kiosk/gas station two months after Pesach with the assumption that enough time has elapsed for there to be a… Read more »
Airline Meals after Pesach
Question: I am flying United Air from Israel to Germany then to Newark one day after Passover on Sunday. Can I eat the kosher TV dinner, for example United Air… Read more »
Benefiting from Chametz Sales
Question: Hypothetical Scenario. The owner of Tasty Pastry sells his store to his non-Jewish worker. He tells him that he can use all the ingredients and keep the store open… Read more »
Cosmetics after Pesach
Question: I inadvertantly left cosmetics in my closet over Pesach. i.e. they did not go into the box marked “chometz, sold to goy”. They were not used over Pesach nor… Read more »
Buying Alcohol Based Fuels After Pesach
Question: Can methylated spirits or other alcoholic based fuels be purchased for camping from a camping shop in Israel if they were owned over Pesach and likely not sold? Answer:… Read more »
Burning Chametz that was Left over Pesach
Question: Does chametz that belonged to a Jew over Pesach need to be burnt afterwards or is it enough to throw it away… Answer: It is sufficient to throw it… Read more »
Flour After Pesach
Question: I was told before Pesach that flour in a closed package (a regular 1 kilo sack) is not chametz and to throw it out is ba’al tashchis. I put… Read more »
Rabbinic Chametz After Pesach
Question: 100% chametz sh’avar ha-Pesach is forbidden for use. What about chametz that’s only “chometz m’drabbanan”? Answer: The Shulchan Aruch (end of 447) writes that for chametz derabanan there is… Read more »
Chametz on Shabbos after Pesach (Isru Chag)
Question: Honored Rabbi, When Isru Chag Pesach for Israelis falls out on Shabbat – is there any practical room to say that on that Shabbat one may use his chametz… Read more »
Rabbi Forgot to Sell Chametz
Question: What if the rabbi informs you on Yom Tov or Chol ha-Moed that he forgot to sell your chametz to the goy on Erev Pesach. Does the bittul help? Can one… Read more »
Chametz Outside the “Place of Sale”
Question: If one forgot to place a chametz item (bottle of perfume) in the designated place for items to be sold, and then it sat out over Pesach. What’s the… Read more »
Was the Chametz Sold?
Question: I no longer live with my parents (who are not frum), but I do keep items there for when I come to visit. I am generally careful not to… Read more »
Whiskey After Pesach
Question: How long does one have to wait before buying whiskey from a Jew that did not sell his chametz? Is whiskey different than any other chametz? Answer: There is… Read more »