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<div>In Siman 440 <div>chametz foods owned by a G </div><div>in the care of a Yid (a ‘shomer’ / guardian)</div><div><br></div><div>Siman 441</div><div><div>chametz foods owned by a G </div><div>left in the care of a Yid </div></div><div>as a ‘mashkon’ (lit. collateral)</div><div>for guarantee of a loan from the Yid</div><div><br></div><div>Pesachim 5b</div><div>Two pesukim </div><div><div>Shmos 13:7 “Chametz shall not be seen to you and leaven shall not be seen to you in all your borders.” </div><div>You may not see your own (i.e. keep in your possession), </div><div>but you may see that of others (i.e. non-Jews)… </div><div><br></div><div>Shmos 12:19 “For a seven-day period leaven shall not be found in your homes.” </div><div>a Yid may not accept Chamets deposits from non-Jews.” </div><div><br></div><div>there appears to be an inconsistency</div><div>Gemara Pesachim 5b</div><div>If a Yid may see Chamets of non-Jews</div><div>why does the Beraisa prohibit the chametz deposit of a non-Jew? </div><div><br></div><div>It depends upon whether the Y has (monetary) responsibility</div><div>for the Chametz, </div><div><br></div><div><br>When a Y </div><div>accepts monetary responsibility for the chametz</div><div>he is considered to be owner</div><div>to the extent that he is Over BYBY</div><div><br></div><div>Mishnah Berura discusses whether the Y </div><div>can sell the ‘pikadon’. </div><div>concludes yes</div><div><br></div><div>If the Y has no monetary responsibility (i.e. for loss, theft or negligence)</div><div>it may be kept in his house during Pesach</div><div><br></div><div>but to ensure it is not mistakenly eaten</div><div>must close it in a room</div><div><br></div><div>The ‘shomer’ who assumes monetary liability</div><div>becomes a part-owner</div><div>therefore, a Jew's chametz</div><div>with a non-Jewish ‘shomer’</div><div>does not absolve the Y</div><div>he is Over BYBY</div><div><br>A visiting non-Jew<br>who brings his own chametz</div><div>into the home of a Jew </div><div>need not ask the non-Jew </div><div>to remove the chametz</div><div>and may even invite him into his home </div><div>and eat the chametz right at his table</div><div>provided the Y does not eat together with the G</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>