[Avodah] Chometz Gamur

[M Cohen]

from starK website…

 

Guide to Purchasing Chometz After Pesach 

After Pesach, there is a Rabbinic injunction of not eating or deriving benefit from     (henceforth abbreviated ” ), chometz that was in the possession of a Jew on Pesach. Therefore, after Pesach, consumers must ascertain the chometz they purchase was not in the possession of a Jew on Pesach. Chometz may be purchased from a store owned by a gentile. In Hilchos Pesach, a store is considered owned by a gentile if the gentile owns more than half of the store. In a corporation, at least 51% of the voting stock must be owned by gentiles, otherwise, the chometz becomes ” .

Chometz may be purchased from a Jewish owned store whose owner properly sold the chometz before Pesach (e.g. Star-K certified Jewish owned facilities). A “proper” sale means the chometz is sold to a gentile (through one’s Rav) and put away in a designated enclosed area for all of Pesach. A Rav should be consulted regarding stores who “sell” their chometz before Pesach, yet continue to purchase new chometz on Pesach or allow customers to purchase the chometz from their store on Pesach.

If one has a reasonable doubt whether a product was in the possession of a Jew on Pesach, it may be purchased after Pesach. For example, one may purchase pizza crusts with a reliable certification from a store owned by gentiles even though the chometz may have been in the possession of a Jewish distributor on Pesach, who in turn sold the pizza crusts to this store (  ). The prohibition applies only when one is certain, or where there is a strong reason to suspect ” .

It is important to note that products found in major supermarkets have a two-week turnaround time. This means, if one finds   more than two weeks after Pesach on the shelf of a Jewish owned store that did not sell its chometz, one may assume the store acquired the product after Pesach, and there is no problem of

” . Products found in smaller “Mom & Pop” shops may have remained on the shelf for a longer period of time, and clarification of turnaround time for such a particular store must be made.

The turnaround time for alcoholic beverages at liquor stores is longer than that of products in supermarkets. Popular liquor stores generally maintain inventory for about six weeks. A prudent person should wait until after Shavuos before buying liquor from a store that has a ”  problem. At that time, one can assume all inventory arrived after Pesach.

If one accidentally purchases   immediately after Pesach from a store that sells ” , one may not derive benefit from the chometz. However, one may return it for a refund as the sale is a  , a mistaken sale. Returning the product does not constitute deriving benefit.

The following chart offers guidelines as to which products are ” . “Yes” next to a product indicates the product is subject to the halachos of ” . After Pesach, one may only purchase these products from a Jewish owned store that properly sold its chometz, or from a store owned by a gentile. “No” next to a product indicates the product is not subject to the halachos of ” . These products may be purchased at any store after Pesach.

 

GUIDE TO PURCHASING CHOMETZ AFTER PESACH - Post Pesach Information

barley (if pearled, raw and packaged)

No

Beer

Yes

Bread

Yes

Cake

Yes

Cereal with primary ingredient of wheat, oats or barley

Yes

Chometz content is more than a k’zayis.

Yes

Chometz content in entire package is less than a k’zayis but is greater than 1/60 of the cooked product (e.g. Corn Flakes cereal)

Yes

Chometz content in entire package is less than a k’zayis but is greater than 1/60 of the uncooked product

No

Chometz content is less than 1/60 of the product

No

Chometz Nokshe (e.g. chometz glue)

Yes

Condiments containing vinegar (ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pickles)

No

Cookies

Yes

Cosmetics

No

Detergents

No

Extracts

No

Flour (without malted barley)

No

Food Coloring

No

Ketchup

No

Kitniyos

No

Malt flavoring (in product)

Yes

Maltodextrin

No

Maltose (in product)

Yes

Mayonnaise

No

Medicine containing chometz

No

Modified food starch (from unknown source)

No

Mustard

No

Pasta

Yes

Pickles

No

Pretzels

Yes

Processed on chometz equipment with no chometz content in product (if it was not known to have been processed on Pesach)

No

Products non-edible even for canine consumption

No

Rolled Oats

Yes

Vanillin and Ethyl Vanillin

No

Vinegar (from unknown sources)

No

Vitamins containing chometz

No

Wheat gluten or Wheat protein (unknown amount in product)

Yes

Whiskey

Yes

Yeast (Baker’s)

No

Yeast extract

No

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