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# In an apartment building one person should check the stairwell, closets, etc. for everyone after having made a Bracha for Bedika in his own house (without making interruptions that aren’t relevant to the Bedika). <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:3 </ref> | # In an apartment building one person should check the stairwell, closets, etc. for everyone after having made a Bracha for Bedika in his own house (without making interruptions that aren’t relevant to the Bedika). <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:3 </ref> | ||
# The minhag is not to do Bedika in the areas where one stores Chametz and is going to sell to a goy for Pesach. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 436:32 quotes those who obligate a Bedika and those who exempt and so it’s preferable to sell it on the 13th. However, Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:3) writes that the accepted minhag is not to do Bedika in those areas and only have it sold afterwards. </ref> | # The minhag is not to do Bedika in the areas where one stores Chametz and is going to sell to a goy for Pesach. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 436:32 quotes those who obligate a Bedika and those who exempt and so it’s preferable to sell it on the 13th. However, Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:3) writes that the accepted minhag is not to do Bedika in those areas and only have it sold afterwards. </ref> | ||
===Books=== | |||
# One shouldn’t have to check one’s books. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:6), Or Letzion 1:32, Halachos of Pesach (Rabbi Eider) quoting Rav Moshe Feinstein </ref> Some say that one should check one’s books for crumbs. <Ref>Chazon Ish 116:18, Maaseh Rav #178, Piskei Teshuvot 431:4 in name of many poskim </ref> If one is going to check one may do so in advance and doesn’t have to wait until the night of the 14th. <ref>Orchot Rabbenu (vol 2 pg 6) regarding the practice of the Steipler and Chazon Ish. </ref> | # One shouldn’t have to check one’s books. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:6), Or Letzion 1:32, Halachos of Pesach (Rabbi Eider) quoting Rav Moshe Feinstein </ref> Some say that one should check one’s books for crumbs. <Ref>Chazon Ish 116:18, Maaseh Rav #178, Piskei Teshuvot 431:4 in name of many poskim </ref> If one is going to check one may do so in advance and doesn’t have to wait until the night of the 14th. <ref>Orchot Rabbenu (vol 2 pg 6) regarding the practice of the Steipler and Chazon Ish. </ref> | ||
# Benchers and Zemiros booklets of the rest of the year should not be used on Pesach but rather sold to a non-Jew with Mechirat Chametz. <Ref>Halachos of Pesach (Rabbi Eider; pg 72) </ref> | # Benchers and Zemiros booklets of the rest of the year should not be used on Pesach but rather sold to a non-Jew with Mechirat Chametz. <Ref>Halachos of Pesach (Rabbi Eider; pg 72) </ref> | ||
# If one is not going to be home on Pesach and sell the house to a goy, it’s improper not to Bedika. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, pg 101 note 14) </ref> | ===Renting or selling the house to a non-Jew=== | ||
# | # If one is not going to be home on Pesach and sell the house to a goy, it’s improper not to do Bedika. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, pg 101 note 14) </ref> | ||
===One's office=== | |||
# Some say that one should do Bedika in the place where one works at night using a candle. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:4) </ref> | |||
while others say that that it doesn’t have to be done on the night of the 14th rather one should do it the last day one is there before the 14th of Nissan. Additionally, it doesn’t have to be done with a candle nor does one have to put out pieces of Chametz. No bracha is made on this bedika. <Ref> Rabbi Sobolofsky at [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/759810/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Pesach_Issues_in_the_Workplace yutorah.org] between minutes 2 and 4 </ref> | |||
===One's car=== | |||
# It’s proper to check one’s car(s) for Chametz on the night of the 14th using a flashlight, otherwise, one should check it during the day. No Bracha is required for performing Bedika in a car. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:5) writes that one should check the cars on the night of the 14th and if not then it should be cjecked on the day. Halichot Shlomo and Halachos of Pesach (pg 71) in name of Rav Moshe Feinstein hold that no Bracha is made on this Bedika. </ref> | # It’s proper to check one’s car(s) for Chametz on the night of the 14th using a flashlight, otherwise, one should check it during the day. No Bracha is required for performing Bedika in a car. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:5) writes that one should check the cars on the night of the 14th and if not then it should be cjecked on the day. Halichot Shlomo and Halachos of Pesach (pg 71) in name of Rav Moshe Feinstein hold that no Bracha is made on this Bedika. </ref> | ||
===The Shul=== | |||
# A gabbai or other appointed individual should perform Bedika in the Shul or Bet Midrash. Some say that one should make a Bracha on this Bedika <ref>Mishna Brurah 433:10, S”A HaRav 433, Sh”t Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:287 </ref>, and some say that one shouldn’t make a Bracha <ref> Sh”t Maharsham 5:49, Aruch HaShulchan 433:12 </ref> and it’s preferable to have the one doing the Bedika to make a Bracha for Bedika of his home and then do Bedika in the Shul (without making an interruption not relevant to the Bedika). <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:6 </ref> | # A gabbai or other appointed individual should perform Bedika in the Shul or Bet Midrash. Some say that one should make a Bracha on this Bedika <ref>Mishna Brurah 433:10, S”A HaRav 433, Sh”t Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:287 </ref>, and some say that one shouldn’t make a Bracha <ref> Sh”t Maharsham 5:49, Aruch HaShulchan 433:12 </ref> and it’s preferable to have the one doing the Bedika to make a Bracha for Bedika of his home and then do Bedika in the Shul (without making an interruption not relevant to the Bedika). <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:6 </ref> | ||
## One doesn’t have to do Bitul Chametz after Bedika of the Shul or Bet Midrash <Ref>Mishna Brurah 433:43, Aruch HaShulchan 433:12 </ref> unless it belongs to an individual in which case one should do Bitul Chametz. <ref>Halachos of Pesach (Rabbi Eider; pg 73) </ref> | ## One doesn’t have to do Bitul Chametz after Bedika of the Shul or Bet Midrash <Ref>Mishna Brurah 433:43, Aruch HaShulchan 433:12 </ref> unless it belongs to an individual in which case one should do Bitul Chametz. <ref>Halachos of Pesach (Rabbi Eider; pg 73) </ref> | ||
# One should check the pockets of clothing in which one sometimes puts Chametz. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 433:47 </ref> Many permit checking the pockets before the night of the 14th. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:7, Kaf HaChaim 433:89, Halachos of Pesach (pg 71) in name of Rav Moshe Feinstein </ref> | # One should check the pockets of clothing in which one sometimes puts Chametz. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 433:47 </ref> Many permit checking the pockets before the night of the 14th. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:7, Kaf HaChaim 433:89, Halachos of Pesach (pg 71) in name of Rav Moshe Feinstein </ref> | ||
===Pockets=== | |||
# If one never put Chametz in the pocket, some say that one doesn’t have to check but others hold that one must check because Chametz may have been placed there inadvertently. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 433:47 obligates checking even if one never put Chametz in there, however, S”A HaRav 433:43 and Kaf HaChaim 433:87 hold that one doesn’t need to check but it’s praiseworthy. </ref> | # If one never put Chametz in the pocket, some say that one doesn’t have to check but others hold that one must check because Chametz may have been placed there inadvertently. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 433:47 obligates checking even if one never put Chametz in there, however, S”A HaRav 433:43 and Kaf HaChaim 433:87 hold that one doesn’t need to check but it’s praiseworthy. </ref> | ||
==Eating or working before Bedika== | ==Eating or working before Bedika== | ||
