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w8andsee
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Passover Question
I'm sorry if this sound like a stupid question, but someone just told me that part of the Passover preparations is to clean and throw out everything in your home (furniture, electronics, etc.)
Is this true?
Btw, the person that told me this is not Jewish, so I don't know if he's exaggerating or not.
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Posted 4/21/16 10:26 AM  |
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sameinitials
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What? No. Not at all true.
Part of the preparations is to clean, but you don't throw everything out. Can you imagine having to buy a new couch and so forth every year?
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| Posted 4/21/16 10:30 AM |
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limamaof2
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Re: Passover Question
Some people clean out their kitchens/stock room areas of anything that is not kosher for Passover (bread, pasta, etc.)
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| Posted 4/21/16 10:40 AM |
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w8andsee
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Re: Passover Question
Posted by sameinitials
Can you imagine having to buy a new couch and so forth every year?
That's what I said too! But he insists. He works for the sanitation dept and says that tons of stuff gets thrown out like furniture, etc. Could this possibly happen in Orthodox Jewish communities?
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| Posted 4/21/16 10:42 AM |
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Paramount
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Passover Question
People clean out non kosher food for Passover. Not EVERYTHING in the house. Depending on how religious you are is the level of how much you throw out :)
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Chametz, also Chometz, ?ametz, ?ame? and other spellings transliterated from Hebrew: ????? / ??? (IPA: [?a'mets]), are leavened foods that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday of Passover
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| Posted 4/21/16 10:43 AM |
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Tulips915
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Passover Question
Not true at all. I know many Orthodox & Lubavitch families and they do not get rid of furniture. Just clean the entire house/car very well.
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| Posted 4/21/16 10:45 AM |
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LSP2005
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Re: Passover Question
First I am jewish, second I have extremely religious orthodox family members. What was told to you is not true at all. You are supposed to do a spring cleaning, dusting, vacuum, things like that. You don't throw out your furniture. That is insane.
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| Posted 4/21/16 10:50 AM |
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w8andsee
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Re: Passover Question
Thanks everyone. I going to tell him he's wrong next time I see him.
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| Posted 4/21/16 11:02 AM |
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NYCGirl80
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Re: Passover Question
I think I know the confusion.
So, before Passover you "sell" all your chometz to someone who is not Jewish. You usually do this through your synagogue. The items don't physically leave your house, but you cannot use them and they do not belong to you. After Passover, you "buy" it back. I bet this is what the person was referring to, without having the knowledge of what actually occurs.
Throwing out all your furniture is just absurd.
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alli3131
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Re: Passover Question
Posted by NYCGirl80
I think I know the confusion.
So, before Passover you "sell" all your chometz to someone who is not Jewish. You usually do this through your synagogue. The items don't physically leave your house, but you cannot use them and they do not belong to you. After Passover, you "buy" it back. I bet this is what the person was referring to, without having the knowledge of what actually occurs.
Throwing out all your furniture is just absurd.
My guess this is the reason for the confusion. The first time I was told by an orthodox co-worker about this I didn't fully understand until he really explained it to me.
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| Posted 4/21/16 12:19 PM |
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TheDivineMrsM
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Re: Passover Question
Posted by NYCGirl80
I think I know the confusion.
So, before Passover you "sell" all your chometz to someone who is not Jewish. You usually do this through your synagogue. The items don't physically leave your house, but you cannot use them and they do not belong to you. After Passover, you "buy" it back. I bet this is what the person was referring to, without having the knowledge of what actually occurs.
Throwing out all your furniture is just absurd.
If you "sell" chometz, it has to leave the house... Orthodox Jewish women spend months hunting for crumbs - they're not going to put an entire loaf of bread in a corner lol.
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