[Avodah] Heter mechira

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Mon, 12 May 2008 07:16:41 -0400
Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:

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> 4. BTW, if the goy takes the chametz and doesn't pay, he can be sued
> for the money, but the chametz is still his.  His ownership doesn't
> depend on his payment.  And in the forms I've seen there's a Jewish

Actually, many Poskim consider a default on payment to be possible
grounds for retroactively annulling a sale.  See, e.g., Nesivos
(190:7), Bah (HM 96:23), Pis'hei Teshuvah (ibid. 2) and Beis Meir (EH
90:9 s.v. Kayamim Be'azmam ... V'hinei Ha'Zarich Iyun She'hiniah Harav
Ha'Maggid ...).

> Zev Sero               Something has gone seriously awry with this Court's

Yitzhak
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