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Hebrew “work” calendar PDFs ... where?
Many years ago I came across a nice PDF that listed yontif dates for the coming years. It was an easy way to share a long-distance heads-up of when I’d be out of the office and “unplugged”, without ...
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Can one invite a Noachide to the Seder Pesach? [duplicate]
I just read that the Rogatchover Gaon ruled that a Noachide can become a Ger Toshav on his own, without Rabbinical approval (which is otherwise impossible until the yovel is declared), by simply ...
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Is this a valid method to be able to eat chametz on Shabbat after Pesach in Israel? [duplicate]
This year (and next) in Israel, Shabbat immediately follows the last day of Pesach. Of course, the chametz that people sold has not been bought back, but, as it is no longer Pesach, one can eat ...
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Keeping Chometzdik Lost Item On Pesach For Non-Jew to Pick Up? [closed]
When a non-Jewish friend from my hometown was visiting me where I now live, I gave him a gift of scotch. After receiving the gift, he then accidentally left the scotch at my home. I will be returning ...
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Can you accept money for your chametz items during Pesach?
You sold your chametz to a non-Jew, directly.
During Hol Hamo'ed, the non-Jew comes to your home and says he wants your $500 single malt scotch, and he writes you a check for it. He walks out with ...
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How can a Gentile buy chametz?
Bouncing off of the interesting question about how to become a Shabbos Goy, how can a Gentile purchase chametz? There is a lot of information here and everywhere on how Jews can sell their chametz ...
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Is it offensive for a Christian to experience the Passover with a Jewish family? [duplicate]
Is it offensive for a Christian to experience the Passover with a Jewish family?
I am a Christian and would like to be able to experience the Passover in a genuinely Jewish traditional family, but I ...
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What happens if Chametz was sold to a 'Gentile' who was later found out to actually be Jewish?
Let's say the congregational rabbi, acting as the agent for about 200 congregants sells the chametz to a Gentile before Pesach begins.
During Hol Hamo'ed, someone tells the Gentile, "You know, ...
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Criteria to be considered a gentile for the purposes of selling chametz?
I understand that for some tasks or jobs (particularly those relating to kashrut), Judaism ritually requires more than the criteria of matrilineal descent to qualify as a Jew. E.g., as I understand it,...
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Aquiring chometz as an agent of a non Jew
Danger: Complicated hypothetical question
In my office there are some hefker chometz sandwiches on chol hamoed pesach and on a nearby intersection there is frequently a non jewish beggar (Beggar A).
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Can a Gentile "transfer" part of your chametz during Hol Hamo'ed Pesach?
Natan uses his Rav as an agent to sell his chametz before Pesach. The rav sells the chametz to Jose.
On the 1st day of Hol Hamo'ed, Jingram stops by Natan's home and says that he is really hungry ...
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Can an Israeli who is in the U.S. on 8th Day Pesach eat a Gentile's chametz kosher food? [duplicate]
Someone has both an Israeli family and a Gentile maid living with a U.S. family in the same house on the 8th Day of Pesach.
During the week, the Gentile has been eating her kosher chametz food in the ...
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Is a Gentile allowed to store his/her chometz in your fridge during Pesach?
A woman has a Gentile helper live with her. She brings her own food during the year and stores it in the woman's fridge.
The fridge is cleaned for Pesach. The Gentile buys her own food and it is ...
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Non-Jewish maid at Seder table
I had heard that non-Jews are not allowed to join the Seder. If someone has a non-Jewish worker who would be offended by being excluded from the Seder, can she be invited out of "darchei Shalom"? Does ...
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What if the non-Jew to whom I have sold my chometz converts?
What would be the net effect if the non-Jewish person to whom I have sold my chometz for Pesach converts to Judaism over Pesach?
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