Sale of Chometz Contract 2025-5785
Since it is prohibited to possess Chometz on Pesach, any Chometz left indisposed must be sold to a non-Jew. [Any Chometz remaining in the possession of a Jew during Pesach may not be used, eaten, bought or sold even after Pesach.] Therefore, all Chometz that will not be eaten or burned before Pesach and all Chometz utensils that will not be thoroughly cleaned by then should be stored away.
- Searching for the Chometz takes place on Thursday, April 10th after 8:11 PM.
- Your Chametz must be sold or burned by 12:10 PM on Friday, April 11.
- On Shabbat morning, April 12, you must finish eating Chometz by 11:04 AM. Your Chametz must be nullified by 12:09 PM.
- At 12:09 PM the sale of the Chametz takes affect at this time. All of your Chometz should either be disposed of or locked away.
Since there are many legal intricacies in this sale, 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.
The following form can be copied, modified, filled out, printed and submitted to Rabbi Mendy Wilschanski by 10:00 AM on April 11, 2025.
If you are unable to submit your form to the Rabbi in person, you may submit your form online.
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I, the undersigned, fully empower and permit Rabbi Mendy Wilschanski 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 Mendy Wilschanski 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 Mendy Wilschanski 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 Mendy Wilschanski 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.