Question:
Shalom HaRav
If I sell the chametz can I include open bottles of whiskey in the sale, or because they are open and will be in the possession of the gentile I will no longer be able to use them.
Answer:
First, whisky is not a wine, so there is no fear of ‘yayin nesech’, even if the gentile touches it.
Secondly, even with regard to open bottles of wine, in the sale of the chametz to the gentile there is no problem of wine, because the gentile is not sold the wine but only the chametz, as it appears in the sales notes.
So don’t be afraid to sell the open bottles of whiskey at the sale of chametz to a gentile.
With a kosher and happy Passover greeting
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