Over Pesach, a goy who bought the chometz of dozens of families in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, before the Yom Tov demanded to be given the chometz he had purchased.

It turned out that the goy who regularly bought the chometz could not participate this year for health reasons and sent his friend to buy the chometz in his place. The “new” goy gave the rov some money as is required in the transaction.

The functionaries explained to the new goy the nature of the sale of chometz, but apparently the goy did not understand the details, or chose not to understand. He showed up on Pesach and said that he had selected a family from the list he had received before the holiday and demanded the chometz he had bought. He asked if he should bring a private car or if he would need a truck to haul away the chometz.

Those he approached tried to scare him and told him that it was “a subject of holy rabbis, and he should not get involved.” They also warned him that he “might be punished from Heaven.”

The goy insisted on speaking with the rov who sold him the chometz. He met with the rov, who persuaded him to return on Chol Hamoed. When the goy returned on Chol Hamoed, the rov explained to him the details and the nature of the sale of chometz, and the goy then agreed to hold his demands for the food.

Ultimately, the story ended well, but the families who were involved asked that their names not be published, so that no one will suggest that their chometz was not legitimately sold.

{CB Frommer-Matzav.com Newscenter}