Since it is forbidden to own or benefit from chametz during Passover, food that contains chametz may not be fed to pets. However, it is permitted to give pets food that contains kitniyot. If one is unable to procure pet food that does not contain chametz, some rabbinical authorities allow for a sale, which would
transfer to a gentile the ownership and responsibility of caring for the pet. Ask your Rabbi for guidance.
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- Mechirat Chometz
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- Chametz Sheavar Alav haPesach: The Supermarket Controversy
- Getting to Know Your Matzah
- What Could Be Hiding in My Romaine?
- From Grapes to Kosher Wine
- A Question of Kitniyot
- Shiurim: Measures and Minimums
- What is Kitniyot?
- Which Foods are Chametz?
Preparing for Passover
- Kashering for Passover
- Pesach Dieters, Take Note: You Can Have Your Potato—and Eat It, Too!
- The Chef’s Table- Healthy Passover Pleasures
- In Search of a Stress-Free Pesach? Try Calling Your Local Pesach Organizer
- Tevilat Keilim
- Hints for Pesach Cleaning
