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==Davening==
# The Ashkenazi minhag is not to say Mizmor LeTodah on Erev Pesach. <Ref>Rama 429:2 </ref>
# The Ashkenazi minhag is not to say Mizmor LeTodah on Erev [[Pesach]].<Ref>Rama 429:2, Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] v. 2, p. 222) </ref> However, the Sephardic minhag is to say it even on Erev [[Pesach]].<Ref>Yalkut Yosef 468:14</ref>
==Time to stop eating Chametz==
# There is no [[Tachanun]] on Erev [[Pesach]] just like the rest of the [[month of Nissan]].<reF>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 429:1, Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] v. 2, p. 222) </ref>
# From the beginning of the fifth hour (halachic hours) Chametz is forbidden to eat.<Ref>S”A 443:1 </ref>
==Latest Time to Eat Chametz==
==Time to stop owning Chametz==
# From the beginning of the fifth hour (halachic hours) Chametz is forbidden to eat.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 443:1 </ref>
# From the beginning of the sixth hour Chametz is also forbidden to derive benefit from. <Ref>S”A 443:1 </ref>
#One should brush his teeth before the prohibited time for chametz arrives.<ref>Chazon Ovadia part 1 page 63, Ben Ish Chai Parashat Tzav halacha 8, Kaf Hachayim 444:32, Yechave Daat 1:91:8. </ref>
==Eating Matzah before Pesach==
# One shouldn’t eat Matzah on Erev Pesach <ref> Rama 471:2 </ref> including the nighttime. <Ref>Magan Avraham 471:6. The Chok Yaakov 471:7 quotes the Shiyarei Knesset Hagedola that some have the custom to refrain from eating matza from rosh chodesh nissan. </ref>
# One should be strict not to have baked goods which include matzah meal such as Pesach cakes. <Ref>Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 8:117, Piskei Teshuvot 471:3. See Halichot Shlomo 8:4 who writes that it’s permissible if in the kneading the dough lost its form as bread. </ref>
# Some have the minhag not to eat Matzah from 30 days before Pesach <ref>Mishna Brurah 471:12, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:155 </ref>, some have the minhag not to eat Matzah from the beginning of the month <ref>Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:155 says that such is the minhag of individuals </ref>and some have the minhag to eat it until Erev Pesach. <Ref>Orchot Chaim Safinka 471:5 </ref>
# One shouldn’t eat Matzah before Pesach which was made without intent for the mitzvah of eating Matzah. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 8:3, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=2115 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com]</ref>
==Melacha==
===After Chatzot===#It is forbidden to do melacha on erev pesach after mid-day. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 468:1. Mishna Berura 468:1 says based on a Yerushalmi quoted by Tosafot Pesachim 50a "makom shenahagu" that the reason for this is that it is when we brought korban pesach and the day which you bring a korban is a yom tov and work is forbidden midirabanan, and this prohibition applies nowadays even though we don't have the korban. Rashi there gives a different reason that we want people to be free to prepare for the seder and get rid of their chametz. Pnei Yehoshua there explains that it is because the rabbis gave erev pesach the status of chol hamoed. Biur Halacha "mechatzot u'limala"  says that according to Tosafot's reason if Pesach falls out on erev shabbat, melacha is not prohibited until mincha. But he adds that for Rashi the prohibition would still apply even when Pesach falls out on erev shabbat it would still be forbidden after mid-day, but concludes that most poskim hold like tosafot so one doesn't need to be machmir. </ref>  
#It is also forbidden to get a haircut or a shave <ref> Mishna Berura 468:5 </ref>, to sew new clothing <ref> Rama 468:2 </ref>,
and to do laundry after mid-day. <ref> Mishna Berura 468:7. He adds though that it is permissible to have a non-Jew do laundry for you. </ref> Preferably one should also cut his nails before mid-day. <ref> Mishna Berura 468:5. Orchot Rabbeinu vol. 2 page 56 says this can be done without restrictions. </ref> All of the leniencies that apply to chol hamoed in these cases apply to erev pesach also. <ref> Mishna Berura 468:7. </ref>  
#It is permissible to iron clothes, polish shoes <ref> Orchot Rabbeinu vol. 2 page 56 </ref> sew buttons, or perform minor mending. <ref> Rama 468:2. Mishna Berura 468:8 writes that you can also do these things for others without pay. </ref>


==Latest time to remove one's Chametz==
==References==
# From the beginning of the sixth hour, one may not derive benefit from Chametz.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 443:1 </ref>
==Eating [[Matzah]] before Pesach==
# One shouldn’t eat [[Matzah]] on Erev [[Pesach]]<ref>Yerushalmi Pesachim 10:1, Rif Pesachim 16a, Tosfot Pesachim 99b s.v. lo yochal, Maharam Chalavah 99b, Rosh Pesachim 3:7, Ritva Pesachim 99b, Meiri Pesachim 99b, Rama 471:2. When does the prohibition to have matzah begin? Baal Hameor 15b writes that it begins from the 6th hour when chametz is forbidden, while the Ramban argues that it is all day. Ran 16a defends the Baal Hameor. Rosh agrees with Baal Hameor.</ref> including the nighttime.<Ref>Magen Avraham 471:6. The Chok Yaakov 471:7 quotes the Shiyarei Knesset Hagedola that some have the custom to refrain from eating [[matza]] from [[rosh chodesh]] nissan. </ref>
# One should be strict not to have baked goods which include [[matzah]] meal such as [[Pesach]] cakes.<Ref>Rama 471:2, Mishna Brurah 471:20, Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 8:117, Piskei Teshuvot 471:3. See Halichot Shlomo 8:4 who writes that it’s permissible if in the [[kneading]] the dough lost its form as bread.</ref> It is permissible to eat matzah in a cooked dish such as a matzah ball on Erev Pesach,<ref>Shaar Hatziyun 471:16, Shevet Halevi 8:117</ref> however, some say that the minhag is to refrain.<ref>Nitai Gavriel (Pesach v. 2, 44:10). [https://www.star-k.org/articles/uncategorized/371/a-guide-to-shabbos-erev-pesach/ Rabbi Dovid Heber] writes that it is permissible to eat matza balls on Erev Pesach and does not write that there is any minhag otherwise.</ref>
# Some have the minhag not to eat [[Matzah]] from 30 days before [[Pesach]],<ref>Mishna Brurah 471:12, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:155 </ref> some have the minhag not to eat [[Matzah]] from the beginning of the month<ref>Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:155 says that such is the minhag of individuals </ref> and some have the minhag to eat it until Erev [[Pesach]].<Ref>Orchot Chaim Safinka 471:5 </ref>
# One shouldn’t eat [[Matzah]] before [[Pesach]] which was made without intent for the mitzvah of eating [[Matzah]].<Ref>Halichot Shlomo 8:3, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=2115 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com]. See however, Machasit Hashekel 471:5 who implies otherwise. Meiri Pesachim 99b is also lenient.</ref>
#Regarding eating egg matzah see the next section.
==Eating on Erev Pesach==
# It is forbidden to eat Matzah on Erev Pesach as described above [[#Eating Matzah before Pesach]].
# It is forbidden to eat Chametz after the beginning of the 5th hour as described above [[#Latest Time to Eat Chametz]]
# It is forbidden to eat egg matzah after the 10th hour.<ref>Tosfot Pesachim 99b, Rosh Pesachim 10:2, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 471:1. From the Gra 444:7 it seems that according to the Rambam and Zohar it is forbidden all day. Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 99b seems to agree.</ref> There is a difference of opinions whether Ashkenazim who have a minhag not to have egg matzah all of Pesach may eat it on Erev Pesach.<ref>See Rama 462:4. Pri Megadim E”A 444:2 thinks that the Rama holds that the minhag is not to have matzah ashira even on Erev Pesach. Aruch Hashulchan 444:5 permits having matzah ashira on Erev Pesach. [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46448&pgnum=240 Nitai Gavriel Pesach 2:44:7] cites both opinions. Igrot Moshe OC 1:155 allows matzah ashira until the fifth halachic hour.</ref>
# Sephardim allow eating egg matzah on Erev Pesach,<ref>Tosfot Pesachim 99b s.v. lo yochal, Rosh Pesachim 10:2, Ritva Pesachim 99b, Meiri Pesachim 99b, Tur and Shulchan Aruch O.C. 471:2. Magen Avraham 471:5 implies that matzah ashirah is flour made with fruit juice and sometimes even with water and can be eaten until the 10th hour on Erev Pesach. Mishna Brurah 471:10 agrees.</ref> while some Ashkenazim forbid.<Ref>Nitai Gavriel (Pesach v. 2, 44:7). </ref>
# Although it is permitted to eat meat, fish, eggs, fruits, or vegetables even after the 10th hour one shouldn't fill oneself up.<ref>Rambam Chametz 6:12, Shulchan Aruch 471:1, Magen Avraham 471:2, Mishna Brurah 471:3</ref>
# It is permitted to have cooked vegetables after the tenth hour, such as potatoes as long as one doesn't fill oneself up.<ref>Magen Avraham 471:3 based on Tosfot Eruvin 55b s.v. kol forbids having cooked vegetables since they are more filling than raw vegetables. Chok Yaakov 471:3 questions this Magen Avraham while the Eliya Rabba defends him. Mishna Brurah 471:4 is lenient.</ref>
 
==Forbidden Work on Erev Pesach==
{{Melacha_on_Erev_Pesach}}
 
==Erev Pesach That Falls out on Shabbat==
*[[Erev Pesach That Falls out on Shabbat]]
==Links==
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/54541 Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Pesach vol. 1 (Hebrew, 5775)]
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/718068/Rabbi_Baruch_Simon/Malacha_on_Erev_Pesach Malacha on Erev Pesach] by Rabbi Baruch Simon
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/812222/Rabbi_Ezra_Schwartz/Some_Halachot_of_Erev_Pesach Some Halachot of Erev Pesach] by Rabbi Ezra Schwartz
 
==Sources==
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Revision as of 11:46, 10 April 2012

  1. The Ashkenazi minhag is not to say Mizmor LeTodah on Erev Pesach. [1]

Time to stop eating Chametz

  1. From the beginning of the fifth hour (halachic hours) Chametz is forbidden to eat.[2]

Time to stop owning Chametz

  1. From the beginning of the sixth hour Chametz is also forbidden to derive benefit from. [3]

Eating Matzah before Pesach

  1. One shouldn’t eat Matzah on Erev Pesach [4] including the nighttime. [5]
  2. One should be strict not to have baked goods which include matzah meal such as Pesach cakes. [6]
  3. Some have the minhag not to eat Matzah from 30 days before Pesach [7], some have the minhag not to eat Matzah from the beginning of the month [8]and some have the minhag to eat it until Erev Pesach. [9]
  4. One shouldn’t eat Matzah before Pesach which was made without intent for the mitzvah of eating Matzah. [10]

Melacha

===After Chatzot===#It is forbidden to do melacha on erev pesach after mid-day. [11]

  1. It is also forbidden to get a haircut or a shave [12], to sew new clothing [13],

and to do laundry after mid-day. [14] Preferably one should also cut his nails before mid-day. [15] All of the leniencies that apply to chol hamoed in these cases apply to erev pesach also. [16]

  1. It is permissible to iron clothes, polish shoes [17] sew buttons, or perform minor mending. [18]

References

  1. ↑ Rama 429:2
  2. ↑ S”A 443:1
  3. ↑ S”A 443:1
  4. ↑ Rama 471:2
  5. ↑ Magan Avraham 471:6. The Chok Yaakov 471:7 quotes the Shiyarei Knesset Hagedola that some have the custom to refrain from eating matza from rosh chodesh nissan.
  6. ↑ Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 8:117, Piskei Teshuvot 471:3. See Halichot Shlomo 8:4 who writes that it’s permissible if in the kneading the dough lost its form as bread.
  7. ↑ Mishna Brurah 471:12, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:155
  8. ↑ Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:155 says that such is the minhag of individuals
  9. ↑ Orchot Chaim Safinka 471:5
  10. ↑ Halichot Shlomo 8:3, Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com
  11. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 468:1. Mishna Berura 468:1 says based on a Yerushalmi quoted by Tosafot Pesachim 50a "makom shenahagu" that the reason for this is that it is when we brought korban pesach and the day which you bring a korban is a yom tov and work is forbidden midirabanan, and this prohibition applies nowadays even though we don't have the korban. Rashi there gives a different reason that we want people to be free to prepare for the seder and get rid of their chametz. Pnei Yehoshua there explains that it is because the rabbis gave erev pesach the status of chol hamoed. Biur Halacha "mechatzot u'limala" says that according to Tosafot's reason if Pesach falls out on erev shabbat, melacha is not prohibited until mincha. But he adds that for Rashi the prohibition would still apply even when Pesach falls out on erev shabbat it would still be forbidden after mid-day, but concludes that most poskim hold like tosafot so one doesn't need to be machmir.
  12. ↑ Mishna Berura 468:5
  13. ↑ Rama 468:2
  14. ↑ Mishna Berura 468:7. He adds though that it is permissible to have a non-Jew do laundry for you.
  15. ↑ Mishna Berura 468:5. Orchot Rabbeinu vol. 2 page 56 says this can be done without restrictions.
  16. ↑ Mishna Berura 468:7.
  17. ↑ Orchot Rabbeinu vol. 2 page 56
  18. ↑ Rama 468:2. Mishna Berura 468:8 writes that you can also do these things for others without pay.
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