How to deal with Chametz...
How DO we deal with Chametz?Eating Chametz during Pesach means "spiritual death" - you are cut off from the Jewish people, and that's a serious prospect for your Neshamah, so you want to get rid of that Chametz before it comes to burning time!
The best way to get rid of Chametz is to eat it - before Pesach (yum, yum!). Failing that, you might have to throw some away, and some things that you don't want to burn or destroy, could be sold to a non-Jew (the contract is tricky if it is to be legally valid, so don't try this one at home, folks!) Some people don't like to sell Chametz, in case they get the sale wrong, in which case all that lovely death-trap Chametz will be theirs when it's forbidden. Ask a reliable rabbi, not the man at the pub!
Anything which cannot be sold must be disposed of or destroyed, usually by burning. You make a declaration at the time of burning that if you have forgotten any Chametz, it is legally like the ownerless dust of the Earth, and not your problem...
This gentleman (below) has perhaps taken his obligation just a bit too seriously...!
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