In many chassidishe shuls, there is a common practice to provide tikun (liquor with some cake/cookie mezonos). It is usually to observe someone’s yahrtzeit, and that the wishing of l’chaim is traditional. There is more to say about this minhag. What is typical is that one of the tables in the shul is where this happens, and siddurim from all year round are frequently left around. In addition, people tend to use siddurim when there is eating during the year, such as Shalosh Seudos, or if there is a kiddush, sholom zochor, or a tish (if the Rebbe of that shul conducts one). Regardless, finding siddurim in close contact with chometz is common, and it is judged best to simply do a cursory job of cleaning them, and not using them on Pesach.
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