<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">I'm curious what some of your reactions are to the concept of heter mechira. It should be pointed out that the Gemara</span></font> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">is replete with examples of avoiding a Halachic prohibition by transferring title of ownership of a particular item (Maaser Sheni 4:5, Tosefta Pesachim chapter 2, Beitzah 17a, and Nedarim 48a). In fact, the Gemara (Bechorot 3b) even encourages selling an animal to a non-Jew before it gives birth for the first time to avoid the restrictions regarding a Bechor. Moreover, Mechirat Chametz has developed into a yearly routine in observant communities, though it is not quite the same.</span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Kol tuv.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">ri</span></font></div></body></html>