[Avodah] Selling whiskey/bourbon

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 05:58:27PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
: >I'm saying that those who have this minhag who then routinely rely on
: >those who aren't machmir like them aren't avoiding the sale of chameitz
: >gamur anyway, so why bother?

: Because they *are* avoiding it...

I'll try one more time, and then give up.

If the minhag were economically viable, the storeowner would be able to
keep it.

And if it's not economically viable, the minhag doesn't stick. Hefsed
meruba was already built into it as a heter, aside from the general "ein
hatzibur yekholim laamod bah".

My not selling my own chameitz gamor therefore serves no purpose, once my
world HAS TO contain people who do not do the same.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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