A Chametz Mashkon/collateral:

This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com   A Chametz Mashkon/collateral: If a Jewish lender received Chametz as collateral from a Jew who he loaned money to, then he is Biblically considered to be the owner of the Chametz collateral, and must get rid of it before […]

The prohibition against owning Chametz-“Tashbisu/Baal Yiraeh Ubaal Yimatzei”:

This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com   The prohibition against owning Chametz-“Tashbisu/Baal Yiraeh Ubaal Yimatzei”: As explained in the previous Halacha, the Torah prohibited the owning of Chametz under three separate commands, one positive [Tashbisu] and two negative [Baal Yiraeh Ubaal Yimatzeh]. There exists a Biblical […]

Smelling Chametz on Pesach

This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com    Smelling baking Chametz:[1] From the 6th hour and onwards, it is forbidden to smell [for pleasure] the Chametz of a gentile that is baking. [Thus, one may not smell the Chametz of a gentile bakery. See Q&A!] Cooking water […]

Feeding Chametz to animals

This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com     Feeding animals:[1] It is forbidden to feed Chametz to even a wild, disowned, animal.[2] It goes without saying that is forbidden to feed Chametz to animals that he owns. Furthermore, it is forbidden to give one’s animal to a […]

The prohibition against benefiting from Chametz

This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com   The prohibition against benefiting from Chametz: The general prohibition: It is Biblically forbidden to benefit from [any amount of] Chametz during Pesach.[1] This applies even if the Chametz does not belong to him [such as if it is ownerless] or […]

The prohibition against eating Chametz

This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com     The prohibition against eating Chametz: The general prohibition: It is Biblically forbidden to eat any amount of Chametz[1] [even if the Chametz is ownerless or is owned by a gentile] and one who does so, under certain conditions, is […]

Chametz laundry starch

This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com   Actual Chametz that has lost its texture; Chametz used for laundering starch/glue:[1] Was placed on item prior to thirty days before Pesach: Actual Chametz, such as wheat starch or wheat milk [as opposed to merely Taaruvos Chametz], that was […]