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#Even if one wants to observe this stringency, it is advisable to perform [[Mechirat Chametz]] for mixtures of Chametz. <ref>Halachos of [[Pesach]] (p. 123) writes that sometimes those who desired not to sell Chametz unknowingly retained Chametz items. He adds that a student in a dorm should not assume that his Chametz was sold for him; rather, he should specifically request his father (or another individual) to be his representative to sell his Chametz. http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5757/metzorah.html also says that one should sell his chametz even if he doesn't think he has any because there may be denatured ethyl alcohol in deodorant, [[shaving]] cream, or cologne. </ref> | #Even if one wants to observe this stringency, it is advisable to perform [[Mechirat Chametz]] for mixtures of Chametz. <ref>Halachos of [[Pesach]] (p. 123) writes that sometimes those who desired not to sell Chametz unknowingly retained Chametz items. He adds that a student in a dorm should not assume that his Chametz was sold for him; rather, he should specifically request his father (or another individual) to be his representative to sell his Chametz. http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5757/metzorah.html also says that one should sell his chametz even if he doesn't think he has any because there may be denatured ethyl alcohol in deodorant, [[shaving]] cream, or cologne. </ref> | ||
#If one doesn’t sell real Chametz such as cake, bread, or noodles, one still sell ketchup, mayonnaise or any mixture of a minority of chametz. <ref>Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 26 and 27 </ref> | #If one doesn’t sell real Chametz such as cake, bread, or noodles, one may still sell ketchup, mayonnaise or any mixture of a minority of chametz. <ref>Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 26 and 27 </ref> | ||
#If one doesn’t sell real Chametz such as cake, bread, or noodles, one still sell flour commonly found in the market which is Chametz since in the processing the grain is washed and comes into contact with water. <ref>Rav Yisrael Belsky on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 79 and 80 </ref> | #If one doesn’t sell real Chametz such as cake, bread, or noodles, one may still sell flour commonly found in the market which is Chametz since in the processing the grain is washed and comes into contact with water. <ref>Rav Yisrael Belsky on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 79 and 80 </ref> | ||
==Procedure of Selling Chametz== | ==Procedure of Selling Chametz== | ||
#When selling Chametz one should write down one’s address, and provide access to get in by leaving the keys by the Rabbi, neighbors, or security guard. If one feels uncomfortable doing that one should at least write down one’s cell phone number at which one would be reachable over [[Pesach]]. <ref>Rabbi Sobolofsky at [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/759810/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Pesach_Issues_in_the_Workplace yutorah.org] between minutes 4 and 6 </ref> | # When selling Chametz one should write down one’s address, and provide access to get in by leaving the keys by the Rabbi, neighbors, or security guard. If one feels uncomfortable doing that one should at least write down one’s cell phone number at which one would be reachable over [[Pesach]]. <ref>Rabbi Sobolofsky at [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/759810/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Pesach_Issues_in_the_Workplace yutorah.org] between minutes 4 and 6 </ref> | ||
#One should make sure to sell one's chametz completely and not with a gift with a condition that it must be returned after [[Pesach]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 448:3 writes that one may not do a Matana Al Menat LeHachzir. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 114:6 agrees. Mishna Brurah 448:21 explains that even though usually a Matana Al Menat Lehachzir works to completely acquire something (such as Shulchan Aruch 558:4), by chametz because of the chumra of chametz one may not do a Matana Al Menat LeHachzir. </ref>However, one may assure the non-Jew that one will buy it back after [[Pesach]] and make it profitable for the non-Jew.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 114:6, Mishna Brurah 448:23</ref> | # One should make sure to sell one's chametz completely and not with a gift with a condition that it must be returned after [[Pesach]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 448:3 writes that one may not do a Matana Al Menat LeHachzir. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 114:6 agrees. Mishna Brurah 448:21 explains that even though usually a Matana Al Menat Lehachzir works to completely acquire something (such as Shulchan Aruch 558:4), by chametz because of the chumra of chametz one may not do a Matana Al Menat LeHachzir. </ref>However, one may assure the non-Jew that one will buy it back after [[Pesach]] and make it profitable for the non-Jew.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 114:6, Mishna Brurah 448:23</ref> | ||
#One may not sell one's chametz to a Jew who "converted" to another religion.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 114:7</ref> | # One who sells his Chametz, should not sell the containers which are holding the Chametz to the goy because if he does so, he may be required to dip them in the Mikveh again.<ref> Yechave Daat 3:24 </ref> If one did so, he should dip them in the mikveh after Pesach, without a beracha.<ref> Yechave Daat 3:24 </ref> | ||
# One may not sell one's chametz to a Jew who "converted" to another religion.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 114:7</ref> | |||
==Stocks of companies which own Chametz== | ==Stocks of companies which own Chametz== | ||
