Bitul Chametz

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  1. Everyone should make his or her own Bitul Chametz. [1]
  2. If one recites the bitul but doesn't understand what he is saying, that chametz has not been nullified. [2]

Bitul at Night

  1. According to Ashkenazim, the text of the bitul which is said after the bedika is: כל חמירא וחמיעא דאיכא ברשותי, דלא חזיתיה ודלא בערתיה, לבטיל ולהוי הפקר כעפרא דארעא. “All chametz or leaven in my possession that I have not seen, and have not destroyed, shall be nullified and become ownerless, like the dust of the earth.” [3]

Bitul During the Day

  1. The nullification done after the burning in the morning includes all remaining chametz therefore the text is “כל חמירא וחמיעא דאיכא ברשותי, דחזיתיה ודלא חזיתיה, דבערתיה ודלא בערתיה, לבטיל ולהוי הפקר כעפרא דארעא”

“All chametz or leaven in my possession that I have seen and that I have not seen, that I have destroyed and that I have not destroyed, shall be nullified and become ownerless, like the dust of the earth”. [4]

  1. The nullification during the day should be done before the sixth hour, so that the chametz that you nullify is still yours when you nullify it. [5] but after the burning. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Rav Schachter on OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcast 5770 between minutes 4:30 and 5:00 explaining that nowadays it’s common that children, wives, and husbands all have their own money and their own Chametz.
  2. ↑ Mishna Berura 434:9
  3. ↑ http://ph.yhb.org.il/en/04-05-01/. This doesn't include chametz we know about because we still have chametz that we can eat the next morning and chametz that we find we burn.
  4. ↑ http://ph.yhb.org.il/en/04-05-01/
  5. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 434:2
  6. ↑ Rama 434:2
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