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Can I sell my kids for Pesach?

Can I sell my kids for Pesach? I'm pretty frustrated with my daughters right now. For the past few days/weeks the older one has been stubbornly ignoring anything and everything that I ask her to do. This morning it took her over an hour to get dressed and out the door for her super-expensive kaitana.The previous evening she whined and complained that she did not even want to go to the kaitana for the last day. My younger daughter has been waking up and coming home in a pissey mood for way too long. And she refuses to eat anything but bowls of cereal for dinner (Not during  dinnertime, mind you, but only after her bedtime). So I was thinking - with Pesach being the holiday of freedom, and all - that I deserve a little break from these kids; that I could really go for a week off (note: my wife probably deserves this break more than me). And then I got to thinking: if I can sell my chametz for the duration of the holiday, perhaps I can do the same with my kids. I...

El He-Harim

״שיר המעלות אשא עיניי אל ההרים מאין יבוא עזרי״ (תהילים קכא) א ירגון ל מען ה ה ולכי ר גל י רושלי ם Inspired by the words of King David, the "Organization for the Pedestrians of Yerusalem" (OPY) seeks to provide the same protection that he sought when heading out to battle the mighty Goliath by lobbying the for stricter laws and oversight of the city's vehicular traffic.