Jonathan Kamens 86 47
Child #3, away at college, goes to CVS and buys #chametz. Yesterday. Using my credit card. šŸ¤¦ I find this out when I get the email receipt from CVS.
Normally I pay for his food at college.
There's a lot of #halacha I'm not so strict about, but not #Pesach.
"I need you to not be buying chametz with my credit card on Pesach," I tell him. He apologizes.
"I am taking that out of the money I owe you, because I can't be owning chametz on Pesach."
He agrees.
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Apr 4 at 9:24pmWeb
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 473d ago
Explainer for those who don't understand the aboveā€¦
During Passover, observant Jews are not allowed to eat or own food that is not kosher for Passover. Any food in this category is known as "chametz", which literally means "leavened food."
My son is not as religious as I am. He's an adult, so whether he chooses to observe Passover is his choice, not mine. But if he buys chametz with my credit card, then effectively I own it, and that's not OK for him to do to me.