Erev Peasch

From Halachipedia
  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]

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