[Avodah] Selling whiskey/bourbon

[Zev Sero]

Tal Moshe Zwecker wrote:
> I may have misunderstood but I think the issue here is that what we have 
> is a taaruvos chametz - a mixture of chametz and other ingredients

But whiskey is *not* a taaroves, it's chametz itself.


> While we certainly do not eat taaruvos chametz on Pesach there are 
> opinions that one who owns taaruvos chametz as opposed to chametz gamur 
> is not transgressing the prohibition of bal yerah and bal yimatzeh and 
> therefore while you cant eat it you wouldnt need to sell it

According to the SA, taaroves chometz can be kept, and benefit may be
had of it, if and only if it's not eaten by normal healthy people.


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