Thursday, April 10
Hametz is leavened food and is forbidden on Pesach. Our tradition teaches that Jews may not own, eat, or benefit from hametz during Passover. Where disposing of hametz will result in considerable financial loss, it is permissible to temporarily sell one’s hametz to someone who is not Jewish, who owns the hametz during Pesach and relinquishes it after the holiday ends. This “selling” does not include explicit hametz, i.e. foodstuffs, perishable or not. We encourage you to donate those to the Brookline Food Pantry.
To sell your hametz, you may fill out this online form or download and print this PDF and bring it to TBZ. The deadline to sell hametz through TBZ is 8:00pm on Thursday, April 10. Rav Claudia will be selling the hametz to the Rector of All Saints Parish, Rev. Richard Burden. Rav Claudia will complete the transaction on the morning of Friday, April 11.
Please note that only online forms will be accepted until Thursday evening. Printed forms need to be brought to the office by Thursday, April 10 at noon.