{"id":5561,"date":"2011-03-04T07:02:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T05:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5561"},"modified":"2021-03-21T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T07:40:52","slug":"04-07-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-07-02\/","title":{"rendered":"02.\u00a0Can a Mixture Containing a Drop of \u1e24ametz<\/strong> Be Salvaged?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we have learned, the laws of \u1e25ametz <\/strong>are uniquely strict: even a miniscule amount of \u1e25ametz<\/strong> mixed with a permitted food renders the entire mixture forbidden for consumption or benefit. However, most poskim<\/strong> maintain that if the \u1e25ametz <\/strong>is less than one sixtieth of the mixture, one may salvage its monetary value by selling it to a gentile. For example, if a kilogram of \u1e25ametz<\/strong> falls into a metric ton of another food, one should throw away one kilogram, so as to avoid benefiting from the added \u1e25ametz<\/strong>, and sell the rest to a gentile. This is because when the Sages forbade benefiting from such mixtures, their intention was to forbid benefiting from the \u1e25ametz<\/strong>. Thus, if one disposes of a quantity of the mixture equaling the amount of \u1e25ametz<\/strong> that was added, he does not benefit from it, and he may then sell the mixture to a gentile. If a single wheat grain of \u1e25ametz<\/strong> fell into a large amount of cooked food, it all becomes forbidden to eat, and as long as it remains in a Jew’s hands, it is also forbidden to derive benefit from it. However, one may sell it to a gentile. It is not necessary to dispose of any of the mixture since the wheat did not cause the price to rise (SA 467:10).<\/p>\n

Rema (447:1), however, rules stringently in accordance with the view of the few Rishonim who maintain that since it is forbidden to derive benefit from the mixture, it is likewise forbidden to sell it to a gentile. Rather, the entire mixture must be burned. This is the practice of Ashkenazim. However, in a case of a very large loss, even Ashkenazic custom relies upon the view of those who permit selling the mixture to a gentile (MB 447:3).[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n[2]<\/a>. There is a dispute as to whether \u1e25ametz <\/strong>renders the entire mixture forbidden to derive benefit from. Raavad and Ramban forbid eating but not deriving benefit. According to Rif, Rosh, and most poskim<\/strong>, it is also forbidden to derive benefit. This is the ruling of SA 447:1.<\/p>\n

However, according to Rif and Rosh, <\/strong>if one would discard the value of the \u1e25ametz<\/strong> in the mixture, he would be permitted to sell the mixture to a gentile, since he obtains no benefit from the \u1e25ametz<\/strong>; rather, he merely receives payment for the portion of the mixture that is not \u1e25ametz<\/strong>.<\/strong> The overwhelming majority of poskim<\/strong> agree, and so states SA 467:10. However, Rema writes in Darkhei Moshe<\/strong> 447:2 that Mordechai, Terumat Ha-deshen<\/strong>, and Mahari Brin all adopt a stringent approach \u2013 that the entire mixture must be burned. MB 447:3 states in the name of A\u1e25aronim that one should sell it to a gentile. Moreover, SHT 467:74 states in the name of Beit Meir<\/strong> that if one will suffer a very large monetary loss despite selling the mixture to a gentile, he may even keep the mixture until after Pesa\u1e25, and then eat it or sell it to a Jew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we have learned, the laws of \u1e25ametz are uniquely strict: even a miniscule amount of \u1e25ametz mixed with a permitted food renders the entire mixture forbidden for consumption or benefit. 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