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Please note: we do not
assume the responsibility of
selling chometz east of Austin,
Texas' time zone. If you live
east of Austin, we suggest you
sell through another Chabad, east of where you live.
Prohibition of
Chometz
On Pesach it is prohibited to
possess chometz (leaven).
All chometz that will not be
eaten or burned before Pesach
must be sold to a non-Jew. All
chometz utensils that will not be
thoroughly cleaned by then, and
are stored away in closets or
rooms while preparing for Pesach.
The storage area is locked or
tape-shut, and leased to a
non-Jew at the time of the
sale.
There are many legal
intricacies in this sale, thus,
only a competent rabbi should be
entrusted with its execution. The
rabbi acts as our agent both to
sell the chometz to the non-Jew
on the morning before Pesach
starts and also to buy it back
the evening after Pesach
ends.
Locking your chometz away and
sending the Rabbi the Chometz
Contract is an easy way of
observing one of the most
important laws in the Torah.
(Contract follows below).
Chometz which remains in the
possession of a Jew over Pesach
may not be used, eaten, bought or
sold even after Pesach.
I, the undersigned,
fully empower and permit
Rabbi Yosef Y. Levertov to act in
my place and stead, and on my
behalf to sell all Chometz
possessed by me, knowingly or
unknowingly as defined by the
Torah and Rabbinic Law (e.g.
Chometz, possible Chometz, and
all kinds of Chometz mixtures).
Also Chometz that tends to harden
and adhere to inside surfaces of
pans, pots, or cooking utensils,
the utensils themselves, and all
kinds of live animals and pets
that have been eating Chometz and
mixtures thereof. Rabbi
Yosef Y. Levertov is also
empowered to lease all
places wherein the Chometz owned
by me may be found, particularly
at the address/es listed below,
and elsewhere. Rabbi Yosef Y.
Levertov has full right to
appoint any agent or substitute
in his stead and said substitute
shall have full right to sell and
lease as provided herein. Rabbi
Yosef Y. Levertov also has the
full power and right to act as he
deems fit and proper in
accordance with all the details
of the Bill of Sale used in the
transaction to sell all my
Chometz, Chometz mixtures, etc.,
as provided herein. This power is
in conformity with all Torah,
Rabbinic and Civil laws.
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