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# However, if the renter has the key to the house but didn’t do a halachic acquisition, many say that the owner is obligated and some say that the renter is obligated. <Ref> S”A 437:1, Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 98) </ref> Certainly the owner or renter can be appointed a שליח by the other and fulfill the obligation of Bedika. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 99) </ref> | # However, if the renter has the key to the house but didn’t do a halachic acquisition, many say that the owner is obligated and some say that the renter is obligated. <Ref> S”A 437:1, Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 98) </ref> Certainly the owner or renter can be appointed a שליח by the other and fulfill the obligation of Bedika. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 99) </ref> | ||
===Hotel Guests=== | ===Hotel Guests=== | ||
# If one arrives in the hotel before the 14th at night and plans on staying Pesach, then one should perform Bedika in the room with a Bracha. <Ref>Chovat Hadar (end of Sefer Dinei Bedikat Chametz), Siddur Pesach KeHilchato 12:8, Chag HaMatzot (Halachot VeMinhagim 5:32), Otzar Halachot vol 2 pg 124, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> Some maintain that one should check without a Bracha. <Ref>Sh”t Kinyan Torah 1:120, 5:33 </ref> | # If one arrives in the hotel before the 14th at night and plans on staying Pesach, then one should perform Bedika in the room with a Bracha. <Ref>Chovat Hadar (end of Sefer Dinei Bedikat Chametz), Siddur Pesach KeHilchato 12:8, Chag HaMatzot (Halachot VeMinhagim 5:32), Otzar Halachot vol 2 pg 124, Rav Schachter on [[http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771]] between minutes 2:30 and 5, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> Some maintain that one should check without a Bracha. <Ref>Sh”t Kinyan Torah 1:120, 5:33 </ref> | ||
## If the room is cleaned well one should bring Chametz into the room before doing Bedika. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [[http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771]] between minutes 2:30 and 5 </ref> | |||
# If one arrives in the hotel on the day of the 14th, if the hotel did a Bedika on the 14th at night one doesn’t need to do Bedika, however, if the hotel didn’t do Bedika, one should do so with a Bracha. <Ref>Siddur Pesach KeHilchato 12:8, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> | # If one arrives in the hotel on the day of the 14th, if the hotel did a Bedika on the 14th at night one doesn’t need to do Bedika, however, if the hotel didn’t do Bedika, one should do so with a Bracha. <Ref>Siddur Pesach KeHilchato 12:8, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> | ||
# If one is a guest in the hotel only for the 14th and plans on leaving before Pesach one should still do Bedika but without a Bracha. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 5:19, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> | # If one is a guest in the hotel only for the 14th and plans on leaving before Pesach one should still do Bedika but without a Bracha. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 5:19, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> | ||
==Going to a hotel for Pesach== | |||
# If one is going to be in a hotel for Pesach and arrives the night before Pesach one should do Bedika with a Bracha in the hotel room. | |||
===Yeshiva Student=== | ===Yeshiva Student=== | ||
# If a Yeshiva student is leaving the Yeshiva before Pesach and isn’t returning on Pesach, if it’s within 30 days of Pesach, he should check the night before he leaves, without a Bracha but with a candle. <Ref>S”A 436:1 writes in general that a person leaving one’s home within 30 days of Pesach and places on returning after Pesach should do Bedika the night before leaving. Torat HaYeshiva 14:2 applies this also to a Yeshiva student. </ref> ## In such a case one shouldn’t eat, work, or learn prior to performing Bedika just like one who performs Bedika on the 14th. <ref> Kovetz MeBet Levi (Nissan 5761 pg 85) </ref> | # If a Yeshiva student is leaving the Yeshiva before Pesach and isn’t returning on Pesach, if it’s within 30 days of Pesach, he should check the night before he leaves, without a Bracha but with a candle. <Ref>S”A 436:1 writes in general that a person leaving one’s home within 30 days of Pesach and places on returning after Pesach should do Bedika the night before leaving. Torat HaYeshiva 14:2 applies this also to a Yeshiva student. </ref> ## In such a case one shouldn’t eat, work, or learn prior to performing Bedika just like one who performs Bedika on the 14th. <ref> Kovetz MeBet Levi (Nissan 5761 pg 85) </ref> | ||
