[Avodah] Selling whiskey/bourbon

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Micha Berger wrote:

> This would justify a hanhagah tovah, a chumerah, whatever you
> want to call it. But a minhag has to be "shehatzibbur yakhol
> laamod ba" -- not viewed only in terms of personal considerations.

and

> This started when I looked up what the star-K said about selling
> whisk[e]y. They refer you to footnote 1, which reads, "Some
> individuals sell this chometz, others do not. One should follow
> his family custom."
> That's when I asked how this works as a minhag. If it were stam
> a personal chumrah, that's a different story.

OHHH! NOW I understand your problem. Your problem (I suspect) is that you are being too medayek on the use of the word "minhag". What they really meant was to call it a "practice". But they chose to use the word "minhag", which you are now taking too literally.

> If you show any reluctance WRT selling chameitz on Pesach,
> what's the quality of your intent when selling taaroves? If you
> carry around fears that the sale isn't real, that it's haaramah,
> is the qinyan really chal or did you create problems of asmachta
> the moment you chose to be choseish?

This is a whole 'nother question, which has bothered me also. If anyone one list avoids selling chametz gamur, but does sell taaruvos, I hope they'll respond.

Akiva Miller

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