if you were interested in the complicated issue of the sale of a beer distribution business for Pesach as reported last week, you must listen to this podcast episode.
as I wrote to the host..
Getting the background on the story was invaluable and hearing the
various halachic opinions enlightening.
I understand there are different opinions one can choose to follow
regarding the sale of chametz and each and every individual can choose
for himself whether to follow this or that opinion.
However, I do have a problem with institutions, especially kashrut
organizations, coming out against. Here they have a situation where they
have been trying to get this guy, for a long time, to sell his chametz,
and for whatever reason it never worked out. Finally he agrees to sell
it, and then the same kashrus organizations that have been pushing him
to sell are saying thank you for selling, but we dont hold of it.
Why should any not-frum businessman bother agreeing to sell his chametz
next year after finding out that many kashrus organizations spoke out
anyway against him and his sale? Why should he bother?
I even consider it almost hypocritical from the perspective of the
kashrus organizations, pushing people to sell and then saying we dont
rely on it.
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