[Avodah] Selling whiskey/bourbon

[Zev Sero]

rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
> RRW
>>> And afaik the few tippos mayyim added to the wine would not create
>>> hametz in the case of matzah ashira
> 
> RZS:
>> It certainly would.
> 
> SA O"Ch 462:3
> Mechabeir
>     Muttar lalush b'yayin af al pi she'ee efshar lo b'lo tippas mayim
>     shenofeles bishas haqatzir.
>     V'af l'chathila r'gilim leetein mayin bishas haqatzir.. Ho'eel
>     uch'var nistabtlu hamayyid b'yayin qodem shelash ho'issa


Read it again: *bish'as hakotzir*.   Water that is added *before*
*fermentation* doesn't count.   The fermented product is 100% wine, no
matter how much water it contained.  Even raisin wine, which is nearly
100% tap water before fermentation, is 100% wine after.  This is exactly
what I've been saying all along.

But a drop of water *after* fermentation would make instant chametz.


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