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Yaakov


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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?





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