Selling chametz in a mobile backpack
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Question
I am traveling as a backpacker abroad before Pesach. Is it halachically permitted for me to designate a specific place inside my backpack, or even one entire backpack out of my three backpacks, and include it in the sale of chametz to a non‑Jew as a “moving courtyard” (chatzer mehalekhet)? I do not have actual chametz, only utensils that I used with chametz and spices that are not chametz. I intend to lock and clearly mark the backpack or the part of the backpack that I will sell.
In addition, there is real chametz left in my parents’ home. Do I need to ask them to throw out the chametz before Pesach, or is it preferable that they sell it through mechirat chametz?
In addition, there is real chametz left in my parents’ home. Do I need to ask them to throw out the chametz before Pesach, or is it preferable that they sell it through mechirat chametz?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
A. It is not possible to sell chametz in a movable place.
However, clean utensils that have absorbed chametz do not need to be sold; it is sufficient to mark them so as not to use them.
B. Both options are acceptable. There is no prohibition against selling actual chametz. It is a stringency and a good custom, but not an obligation.
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