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What the heck is a Chinese auction and how exactly are they Chinese? Do the Chinese traditionally practice this form of auction (which might mean it’s a practice of the goyim therefore some might think that we should abstain) or is it just as Chinese as fortune cookies and chop suey?
And I’ve never actually participated in a Chinese auction (yes, I’m Jewish, but it’s so true) so might I ask how they even work?
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“What the heck is a Chinese auction”
Its when “bidders” buy raffles for a chance to win the prizes, thus they arent actually bidding n anything.
“and how exactly are they Chinese?”
They arent
” Do the Chinese traditionally practice this form of auction”
No
“(which might mean it’s a practice of the goyim therefore some might think that we should abstain”
It wouldnt, but anyway it isnt
I’ve been wondering a lot about this too.
It’s as Chinese as Chinese checkers and Chinese jump rope. In other words, I have no clue.
It’s basically a bunch of separate raffles that happen to be in the same room and benefiting the same cause. There are a lot of prizes, each with its own pot and with the tickets for it bought specifically and separately.
Its what happens when you crowd 150 people in a too small room with only one eggroll up for bid oh man what a madhouse, but they throw in the orange sauce for free.
Not only are the prizes made in China, the auction itself is too!
This is all explained at the beginning of Where’s Zaidy.
And Chinese apples!
I hate to educate you in this matter, because it proves that your childhood was lacking, unfortunately. Where’s Zaidy is a tape by R’ Shmuel Kunda, a”h.
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Now I know where you honed your sense of humor.
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