Mishloach Manot – Chametz That Was Not Sold
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Question
Shalom Rabbi,
My wife works in a non-religious kindergarten. The kindergarten committee left her a mishloach manot for Purim, and because of the war she was not at work and did not find out about it until today. Today she returned to work, took the mishloach manot, and discovered that it contains chametz products. Are we allowed to eat this chametz after Pesach? Do we need to clarify whether the owners of the kindergarten or the kindergarten committee did a sale of chametz before Pesach?
My wife works in a non-religious kindergarten. The kindergarten committee left her a mishloach manot for Purim, and because of the war she was not at work and did not find out about it until today. Today she returned to work, took the mishloach manot, and discovered that it contains chametz products. Are we allowed to eat this chametz after Pesach? Do we need to clarify whether the owners of the kindergarten or the kindergarten committee did a sale of chametz before Pesach?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
These products are forbidden.
They were indeed not in your wife’s possession, but rather in the possession of those who gave them, for as long as she had not yet received them into her hands. However, the givers also did not sell the chametz, and therefore it is forbidden to eat.
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