Before Pesach, it is a requirement to eliminate all chametz (bread products or derivatives of bread products) from our possession. Jewish law allows for chametz, especially and preferably, only in non-bread-like form (e.g. liquors, mixtures, etc.) to be sold to a gentile in those circumstances when elimination is not an option. Arrangements for such sale may be made through Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld and Maharat Ruth Balinsky Friedman using this form. It must be received by Wednesday, April 5. 

Rabbi Herzfeld and Maharat Friedman do not accept personal monetary gifts for this service, which they view as a privilege to perform. They do, however, welcome contributions to the synagogue, which will be used to fund the synagogue’s free communal Pesach Seder and our Pesach outreach programs. This is a service we offer to the community and we very much need your help to support it.

Be it proclaimed that I hereby empower and authorize Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld and Maharat Ruth Balinsky Friedman to sell all chametz that may be in my possession, wherever it may be – at home, a place of business, or elsewhere. This includes all goods which may be delivered to me over Passover. Rabbi Herzfeld and Maharat Friedman have full right to sell, dispose, and conduct all transactions, including rental of the place where the chametz is stored and rental of right of way as they deem fit and proper, for such time which they believe necessary in accordance with detailed terms and details forms explained in the contracts in their possession. The above power hereby being given, is meant to conform with all Torah and Rabbinic regulations and laws, and also in accordance with the laws of Washington, D.C.