Chametz question

[kankurette]

What do you do if you accidentally eat chametz during Pesach? Is there any way to atone, eg by giving tzedakah?

Comments

[zhelana]

Good question. I just found the words "Not for passover use" printed on my box of Matzoh. WTF other use is there?!

[threnody]

Apparently some people eat it year round. Dunno how they afford it, though, here it's freaking $5 a box.

[zhelana]

Dunno why anyone would want to, either!

[lavendersparkle]

Where I live, there isn't such a large range of kosher certified crackers for eating with cheese as you'd find in the US, so matzah crackers are the easiest option. Also, matzvah counts as bread but doesn't go off for ages, so it's useful to have a box in the kitchen cupboard for emergency 'I need two loaves to make hamotzi on' situations.

[threnody]

Oh, I like it well enough. It makes yummy pizza and is good to have with egg salad. I also don't eat nearly as much bread as your average person, so at Pesach I'm not trying to make it be something it's not, or incorporate it into every meal. I don't get sick of it, and when you need a vehicle for getting food to your mouth it's way better than the crackers (even the 'healthy' ones) that are chock full of fat and chemicals.

[kankurette]

They were on special offer at my local Sainsbury's. I think they were only about 59p a box.