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# However if possible it’s preferable to appoint a שליח to do Beidika for oneself at the proper time. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 436:1 </ref> Some say that it’s better to do it oneself before going rather than have a non-family member (such as a neighbor) do it for oneself. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 436:1 </ref> | # However if possible it’s preferable to appoint a שליח to do Beidika for oneself at the proper time. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 436:1 </ref> Some say that it’s better to do it oneself before going rather than have a non-family member (such as a neighbor) do it for oneself. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 436:1 </ref> | ||
# If one plans on returning before [[Pesach]] if there’s a fear one will return on Erev [[Pesach]] without time for Bedika one should do it before going, otherwise do it when one returns.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 436:9 </ref> | # If one plans on returning before [[Pesach]] if there’s a fear one will return on Erev [[Pesach]] without time for Bedika one should do it before going, otherwise do it when one returns.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 436:9 </ref> | ||
===Leaving a House to a Non-Jew=== | |||
# If a Jew was living or renting a non-Jew's house and was there until within 30 days of Pesach and then left for the duration of Pesach, there is a discussion whether he is obligated in Bedikat Chametz in the house he was staying at before leaving. Sephardim hold that if he is going to fulfill bedikat chametz in another house he isn't obligated to do bedikat chametz in the house that he is leaving since it is a non-Jew's house. However, if he isn't going to fulfill bedikat chametz someone else then he should do it in the house he is leaving since bedikat chametz is secondarily a personal obligation. Of course, bedikat chametz is an obligation upon a house that a Jew lived in where he ate chametz but it is also a personal obligation to take care of in some location.<ref>Ravyah (Pesachim ch. 426), Shulchan Aruch O.C. 436:3. Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 436:49:1 notes that Shulchan Aruch follows the Ravyah even though he quotes him with the language of some say since he doesn't quote any other opinion. Also, in the Bet Yosef he answered the Tur's challenge to the Ravyah.</ref> However, according to Ashkenazim there is no personal obligation of bedikat chametz. Therefore, in this case since he moved out of the house and left it to a non-Jew before Pesach he was exempt from bedikat chametz in that house.<ref>Rama O.C. 436:3</ref> | |||
# If a Jew was living or renting a Jew's house and left it within 30 days of Pesach, the owner of the house is obligated in bedikat chametz.<ref></ref> If the owner is not religious and won't do bedikat chametz a person should do bedikat chametz before he leaves the house.<ref>Dirshu 436:18 inferring from Shaar Hatziyun 436:29</ref> | |||
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