[Avodah] Selling open boxes

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:04:11PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:

>> We are not mindreaders, and it's no concern of ours *why* he wants
>> the chametz, just that he does...

> If this were true in general, asmachta and haaramah wouldn't be halachic
> topics. At times we are mindreaders, and say that the contract isn't
> being taken seriously.

Devarim shebelev einam devarim.  It doesn't matter how seriously he
takes it, or doesn't.  Asmachta is irrelevant; there is no future
commitment to do anything.  I don't know what ha'arama has to do with
it, maybe you meant ona'ah, which is only relevant if there was a
misrepresentation of the market price.  Since the mechira is at the
market price, whatever it should turn out to be, there can be no
ona'ah.

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