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Sale of Chametz
Although it is possible to consume most of their non-Passover foods before Passover, some items are difficult and/or cost-prohibitive to finish. Examples might be as follows:
  • Fine liquor (grain-based, costly to replace and a shame to waste),
  • The collected contents of one's spice cabinet (most commercial spices are dried for bottling using wheat, and thus contain chametz, and people may take many months to finish a bottled spice),
  • The collection of bottles of condiments (like mayonnaise), spreads (like jam), sauces, and dressings in one's refrigerator (things spread onto bread likely have breadcrumbs in the jar or bottle from the spreading knife, and many condiments, sauces, and dressings contain chametz),
  • The complete contents of one's tornado/emergency kit, and
  • Any amount of foodstuffs for a household with financial troubles.
In order to prevent grievous financial loss, these items may be isolated in one's house and sold to a non-Jew during Passover.
The procedure for selling one's chametz is as follows:
  • Isolate these items in one pantry cabinet and one drawer of the refrigerator.
  • Visibly and physically seal these areas - tape them closed, for example.
  • Clean and prepare the rest of the kitchen as usual for Passover.
  • Fill out the form to the right to name Rabbi Abby Jacobson as your shelichah (Jewish legal representative). On the morning before first seder, Rabbi Jacobson will contract with a non-Jewish person to purchase all the chametz. The items will return to your possession at 10:00 pm on the night that Passover ends.
  • It is customary to give a small charitable donation for the service of having one's chametz sold. Please consider doing so.

    Sale of Chametz Form

    Primary owner of the chametz
    Please list the address(es) where the chametz to be sold is being stored. Only Rabbi Jacobson will have access to this information.
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • History
    • Rabbi
    • Membership
    • Cemetery
    • Mikveh
    • Contact Us
  • Passover Information
    • Seder Information
    • Selling Your Chametz
  • Services & Events
    • Attending Services
    • Upcoming Events & RSVP >
      • Past Event Archive
    • Calendar of Services & Events
    • Request a Minyan
    • Request Building Use for Meeting or Event
  • Bulletin
  • Youth & Education
    • Youth
    • Hebrew School
    • Adult Education
    • Bloom Fund
  • Sisterhood
    • Shabbat Challah Orders
    • Sisterhood Tealess Tea
  • Giving
    • General Donations
    • Membership Dues
    • Youth Giving
    • Cemetery Fund
    • Sisterhood
    • Men's Club