[Avodah] Selling Open Boxes

[Arie Folger]

RMB wrote:
> When a non-Jew is buying a collection of open edibles handled by a bunch
> of strangers in a kitchen of unknown hygeine, I wonder how that line
> isn't crossed.

Your objection to selling only or mostly open boxes of chametz is well
taken. However, in the shtarot I used, property was invariably rented
out and the chamez sold agav qarqa', too. The property deal is sound.
I am told by one guy who sold his chametz to a non Jewish friend
(warning: don't do this without guidance by your LOR; shtarei mekhirat
'hametz are complex and can easily be invalöid or insufficient); the
NJ saw he was renting space, so he went and stored some equipment
there for a few days, which he had nowhere else to store. Obviously
the deal is attractive.

But, I agree that selling open boxes should be discouraged, even as it
should work.
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