""A bagel crumb that has been sitting on your kitchen floor for a year doesn’t count as edible chametz because you wouldn’t consider it food." What about an entirely fresh and whole Lender's bagel, which no one I know would consider food ?"
Who is the "you" we're referring to. In American law, there is a concept of the "reasonable man". For chamtetz, are we talking about the reasonable Jew or any Jew (i.e., the one who would eat a Lender's bagel or the month old pizza)? There are things that I don't consider food now, but did back in the day. If I don't consider it food but others might, do I have to get rid of it?
For the Orthodox, the answer is CYLOR, but for those of us adrift, what is the standard?
Yaakov
Who is you?
Ismail raises an interesting Halachic issue:
""A bagel crumb that has been sitting on your kitchen floor for a year doesn’t count as edible chametz because you wouldn’t consider it food." What about an entirely fresh and whole Lender's bagel, which no one I know would consider food ?"
Who is the "you" we're referring to. In American law, there is a concept of the "reasonable man". For chamtetz, are we talking about the reasonable Jew or any Jew (i.e., the one who would eat a Lender's bagel or the month old pizza)? There are things that I don't consider food now, but did back in the day. If I don't consider it food but others might, do I have to get rid of it?
For the Orthodox, the answer is CYLOR, but for those of us adrift, what is the standard?