[Avodah] Making Gebrokts This Year

[Akiva Miller]

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R' Yitzchok Levine asked:

> Many of those who do not eat Gebrokts make Gebrokts and eat it
> on the last day of Pesach. However, this year the last day of
> Pesach is on Shabbos, so one cannot make Gebrokts on the last
> day this year.
>
> I know for a fact that there are those who make Gebrokts this
> year on the Seventh day of Pesach. To me this is hard to understand.
> If Gebrokts is a problem during the first 7 days of Pesach, then how
> can one make Gebrokts this year on the Seventh Day?

Here's the logic:
What's wrong with gebrokts? It might be chometz.
What's wrong with chometz? It's an issur karays!
Really? Always?
No, only if you eat it. No karays for just owning it.

So I believe that they are being machmir to avoid eating gebrokts on the
first 7 days, but not on the 8th day. And merely owning gebrokts is not a
problem even on the first 7 days.

(I am not intimately familiar with the ins and outs of gebroks, and what I
have written is merely my guess. If someone would tell me that these people
would not even own gebrokts on the first 6 days and make an exception only
on the 7th, my guess would be that this is not intrinsically related to
chometz, but is merely a protective measure, to avoid the temptation of
having edible gebrokts around the house.)

If anyone is surprised by my suggestion that someone would be machmir
against eating chometz, and meikil on owning it, let me point out that this
is exactly how Chazal designed the fifth hour of Erev Pesach morning.

Akiva Miller
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