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Following many inquiries, the National Kashrus Unit of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel reports, “For those coming and leaving the country, we would like to clarify that during Pesach, whiskey and the like which were chametz were sold at the Duty Free at Ben-Gurion Airport, and therefore the products containing chametz sold on the site which remained in the possession of a Jew on Pesach. However, we would like to point out that according to the report, the store located in D7, sold its chametz to a gentile before Pesach in compliance with halacha, so that the products that do not have a problem of chametz owned by a Jew on Pesach.
JKN adds this has been the case over recent years, and only the relatively small store in D7 has properly sold its chametz, while other shops, which are Jewish-owned, did not follow suit.
(Jerusalem Kosher News for YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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5 Responses
so what is D7? It might be more helpful to us if the article clearly stated which stores and where.
Liquor prices have come down in Israel; the pricing in many liquor stores is now lower than duty free. Not only that, there are places online where one may purchase liquor and have it delivered, and it’s still cheaper that buying it at Ben Gurion.
who cares? prices are not so good! 🙂
takahmamash: the biggest and best known online liquor site in Israel was open and doing business during Pesach. Where does the D7 store get its liquor from a week after Pesach? It is a very small store and must need restocking very frequently.
I care, Dr. Yidd. I am traveling to UK on an airline that doesn’t provide drinks (snacks I wouldn’t eat anyway.) I want to know if I buy a bottle of water from one of the stores at the gate if it would be a halachic problem. I bought water with a klp hechscher during chol hamoed from a vendor who told me quite clearly to buy the bottle with the red label.
Would anyone know if water is considered a problem? Who would I ask?