Israel – Those in charge of the IDF’s not-kosher-for-Passover leaven wished to get a head-start this year on selling it, but the would-be buyer stood them up.
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Biblical law forbids Jews from owning leavened products, known as chametz (the ch is pronounced as in the Irish word ‘loch’), during the seven-day holiday of Passover (eight days, outside of Israel). Observant Jews therefore expend much effort cleaning their homes from all unknown chametz before Pesach, burn or otherwise destroy that which they find, and sell to a non-Jew the chametz that they do not wish to destroy – in the confidence that the non-Jew will either sell it back to them afterwards, or otherwise invalidate the purchase (not retroactively).
All was set this morning for a man known as Abu-Shukri, the owner of a famous eatery in the Arab town Abu Ghosh just west of Jerusalem, to purchase the chametz of the IDF. He did not show up at the appointed time, however, and dozens of calls to his cellular phone went unanswered.
Concern was expressed that he might have been threatened and warned not to cooperate with Jews, even though he has done so many times in the past. The search for the missing buyer continues, but the IDF says that in any event, a buyer will be found, and Israel’s army will remain Kosher for Passover.
Since when do you sell the Chametz to a non-jew? We always sell it to the Rabbi.
Planty of Rabbis in Israel…
Since many yidden take this really seriously, its important that they find a goy who will be reliable. I’m certain that there is some chometz in some of the IDF cafeterias and kitchens that should probably be sold before pesach
Sorry, I daven at the Na… Flatbush Shtibel and the Rebbe Shlita beat you to this. The Rebbe carefully insists that it be termed making the Rebbe a shliach and not “selling the chometz to the Rebbe”.
Maybe they could sell it to members of Neturei Karta…
Why arabs? there’s plenty illegals now in israel, chinese, sudanese you name it!!