Fraudulent Chametz Sale and Post-Pesach Whiskey

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Yaakov Ehrlich

Description

A Jew stages a sham sale of chametz before Pesach, and his maidservant sells chametz beer dregs used to produce whiskey. The Chasam Sofer rules the sale entirely invalid.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer OC §106

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