Biur Chametz... or Not

[gnomi]

So, this morning, as has become my tradition, mabfan and I headed up to the fire station in Brighton to burn our chametz (it's a weird year because the first seder is Saturday night but you can't burn things on Shabbat, so we do the burning today, and there's a machloket (disagreement) as to whether you say the "Kol Chamira" (the nullification formula) today or tomorrow). But, lo and behold, there were no folks with the traditional fire-filled barrels. We looked around confusedly, and then I saw that coming down the hill was a guy I knew, also clearly there with the intent of burning his chametz. We wandered around the parking lot where the burning usually is done, but no one appeared. So, after some discussion and thought, we decided to throw the chametz into the dumpster (which will be taken away and the contents "destroyed" today) and say the nullification formula (with the mental intention that, in fact, we will be eating chametz until tomorrow morning), because the haggadah I had with me (the standard yellow-with-goat one) said to say the Kol Chamira on the 13th if the first day of the holiday fell on Saturday night.

So, alas, no burnination. With luck, the burninators will reappear next year.

Now that the chametz is taken care of, all that's left is taking down the last of the trash, and then packing and heading out to my parents' for Shabbat and yom tov. Because I will be offline from this afternoon through Monday night, I highly doubt I'll get caught up with LJ after the holiday.

Chag kasher v'sameach to everyone celebrating, and everyone else, have a good weekend!

Comments

[madknits.livejournal.com]

Hag Same'ach!
Hag Kosher Pesach!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Rav todot!

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Chag kasher v'sameach to you too!

(Hopes desperately she didn't cut and paste inappropriately!)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

(and you cut and pasted perfectly!)

they were there at least sometime between 8:45 and 9:15 AM

[sorek.livejournal.com]

I was there sometime between 8:45 AM and 9:15 AM and they were already set up and going strong. I was hoping to see you, but figured you had gone earlier so that you could still get to work on time.

Re: they were there at least sometime between 8:45 and 9:15 AM

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Mm, yeah. I figured they'd just gotten a later start this year.

And I couldn't stick around, due to the whole work thing. Some years, I take erev yom tov off, but this year I have deadlines right after Y"T, so I couldn't.

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

most excellent icon use!

"burningating in the moooooooooooorn'!"

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Icon intended for situations of burnination of just this type. :-)

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

it might be too late, but chag sameach to you too!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thank you!