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Chametz Sale Form 5784

Please fill out the information below by 12:00 AM, April 21.
Thank you, and we wish you a chag kasher v'sameach -- a Happy and Kosher Passover!

During Passover, it is technically forbidden to have any chametz in our possession.  Because we cannot finish it all and it is improper to destroy usable food, the rabbis provided for a symbolic sale of all the chametz to a non-Jew who then "sells" it back to us after Pesach.  The chametz is then no longer "in our possession." 

This legal procedure technically transfers ownership of chametz that remains in our pantry during the festival. Technical ownership reverts back to us when the festival is over.

Deadline to complete sale of Chametz through Shaare Torah: 12:00 AM, April 21.

Chametz will be sold as of 11:30 AM on Monday, April 22nd. (Finish eating Chametz no later than 10:51 AM.) Ownership of Chametz will be restored by 8:45 PM on Tuesday, April 30th.

 

I/We hereby authorize Rabbi Annie Lewis and/or Rabbi Yosef Goldman to sell my/our chametz before Passover 5784 (Pesach 2024), according to Jewish law.

"All who are hungry, let them enter and eat. All who are in need, let them come and celebrate Pesach."  -From the Haggadah.

Help Shaare Torah help others. There is an ancient custom to collect funds before Pesach to help those in need. Please help us take on this important responsibility by making an optional donation to fulfill the mitzvah of "Ma'ot Hittim," feeding the hungry. Donations will be forwarded to “Mazon—the Jewish Response to Hunger” and other agencies providing Passover food or hunger relief. 
I/We hereby authorize Rabbi Annie Lewis and/or Rabbi Yosef Goldman to sell my/our chametz before Passover 5784 (Pesach 2024), according to Jewish law.
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