Beth Israel Malden
Congregation Beth Israel
10 Dexter Street, Malden, MA 02148
781-322-5686

Passover 5784

Ma’ot Chitin
Passover Charity Fund

Ma’ot Chitin is the annual Passover fund that helps our less fortunate brethren celebrate Passover with joy and respect. To perform this Tzedaka that has been practiced by Jewish communities around the world for centuries, please donate here or write a check out to Congregation Beth Israel, and write "Ma’ot Chitin" in the memo line.

Special message: Please bear in mind that due to the rise in inflation many people are in serious financial distress. Please open your hearts as best as you can. May the kindness we show others arouse the Almighty's mercy upon the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael and around the world.

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Sale of Chametz

Any chametz owned by a Jew during Passover week is forbidden for actual use forever. If there is chametz that you do not want to dispose of (eg. bottle of liquor), you must arrange for a formal sale of chametz to a non-Jew that will go into effect before Passover.

Rabbi Rabinowitz is available to arrange for this important contract following weekday morning and evening services, or by appointment. If you are unable to come in person you can use the contract below. Write your name and address legibly and give an approximate total value of the chametz items you are selling. Focus on the value of items that we conventionally refer to as real chametz, i.e. breads, pasta, cereals, pastries, oatmeal etc. If you need assistance, please call the rabbi at 781-223-1471.

Please do not mail in the form. Fill out this form or call the Rabbi.

This contract must be completed by 7:30am on Monday, April 22nd. If you miss the deadline, call the Rabbi at 781-223-1471 and leave a message by 9am.

Power of Attorney Form

I (we) hereby authorize Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Rabinowitz to sell all the chametz that is in my (our) possession, home and/or place of business listed below, in accordance with the requirements of Jewish Law.

Include addresses of all premises.

The approximate total value of the chametz items you (we) are selling is (focus on the value of items that we conventionally refer to as real chametz, e.g. breads, pasta, cereals, pastries, oatmeal etc.):
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The right to rent or sublease the rooms or parts of rooms or storage areas where the chometz is located to the buyer of the above mentioned chametz is included in this authorization.

Any chametz not in my possession but to which I have legal ownership or responsibility, in whole or in part, or which may arrive during Pesach, is also included in this authorization.

The purchaser has free access, on request, to the chametz.

The authorized rabbi may choose any legal instrument in accordance with Halacha, for negotiating this sale. Including appointing another agent to execute the sale.

Please make out all contributions for the sale of chametz to the rabbi for his services.
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Wishing you a healthy, kosher, and joyous Pesach!
Rabbi Yitzchak and Tova Rabinowitz
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