{"id":30753,"date":"2007-03-27T23:20:18","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/passover\/could_chometz_be_a_problem_after_pesach\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T15:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:26:20","slug":"could_chometz_be_a_problem_after_pesach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/could_chometz_be_a_problem_after_pesach\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Chometz Be a Problem After Pesach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/bread.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/bread.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/bread-300x198.jpg 300w\" alt=\"bread\" width=\"266\" height=\"176\" \/>The answer is a resounding, &#8220;yes.&#8221; Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Senior Halachic Consultant for OU Kashruth and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, discusses the problems with using chometz that was owned during Pesach. 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