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==What==
==What==
# Some poskim say that one must search even for crumbs of Chametz and remove them.<Ref> [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14336&pgnum=348 Chazon Ish OC 116:18] writes that you need to section off chametz crumbs like chametz of a non-Jew (Pesachim 6a). See regarding checking sefarim that the Chazon Ish checked his sefarim for crumbs. See, however, Gemara Pesachim 6b that implies that crumbs aren't significant and don't need bedika. Maharam Chalavah 6b s.v. may maintains that one doesn't need to destroy a crumb less than a kezayit except for dough pieces which could combine into a kezayit. This also seems evident from Piskei Rid 6b and Rosh Pesachim 1:9. Magen Avraham 432:5 also implies that crumbs don't need bedika.</ref> However, most poskim say that there's no obligation to check for crumbs of chametz, but the places where one will have kosher for [[pesach]] food must be cleaned of all crumbs of chametz so that not even a crumb gets into the food which will be eaten on [[Pesach]].<Ref> Pesachim 6b implies that crumbs are unimportant and don't need to be checked for. [http://ph.yhb.org.il/category/%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97/04-%D7%91%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%AA-%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%A5/ Rabbi Eliezer Melamed in Peninei Halacha] says that the halacha is that one doesn't have to check for crumbs of chametz but in the areas where one will have kosher [[pesach]] food one must remove all crumbs of chametz. He brings the Shaar HaTziyun 442:60 as his proof. Yabia Omer OC 7:43, Or Letzion 1:32, and Halichot Shlomo ch. 5 fnt. 10 agree.</ref>
# Some poskim say that one must search even for crumbs of Chametz and remove them.<Ref> [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14336&pgnum=348 Chazon Ish OC 116:18] writes that you need to section off chametz crumbs like chametz of a non-Jew (Pesachim 6a). See regarding checking sefarim that the Chazon Ish checked his sefarim for crumbs. See, however, Gemara Pesachim 6b that implies that crumbs aren't significant and don't need bedika. Maharam Chalavah 6b s.v. may maintains that one doesn't need to destroy a crumb less than a kezayit except for dough pieces which could combine into a kezayit. This also seems evident from Piskei Rid 6b and Rosh Pesachim 1:9. Magen Avraham 432:5 also implies that crumbs don't need bedika.</ref> However, most poskim say that there's no obligation to check for crumbs of chametz, but the places where one will have kosher for [[pesach]] food must be cleaned of all crumbs of chametz so that not even a crumb gets into the food which will be eaten on [[Pesach]].<Ref> Pesachim 6b implies that crumbs are unimportant and don't need to be checked for. [http://ph.yhb.org.il/category/%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97/04-%D7%91%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%AA-%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%A5/ Rabbi Eliezer Melamed in Peninei Halacha] says that the halacha is that one doesn't have to check for crumbs of chametz but in the areas where one will have kosher [[pesach]] food one must remove all crumbs of chametz. He brings the Shaar HaTziyun 442:60 as his proof. Yabia Omer OC 7:43, Or Letzion 1:32, and Halichot Shlomo ch. 5 fnt. 10 agree.
* For more details see Yabia Omer 7:43 who quotes many sources on the matter. Rashi Pesachim 45a s.v. mklal writes that it isn't necessary to destroy chametz that is less than a kezayit and one doesn't violate Baal Yiraeh on less than a kezayit. Ri Mlunil Pesachim 45a s.v. amar, Talmidei Harashba 45a, Trumat Hadeshen (Pesakim 168), Shulchan Aruch O.C. 442:11, and Magen Avraham 442:10 all agree with this opinion. The Taz 442:5 wonders why it isn't necessary to destory chametz less than a kezayit, even though there is no Baal Yiraeh because of the concern that one will come to eat it. Bigdei Shesh 442 explains that even though eating chametz that is less than a kezayit is Biblically forbidden it isn't karet and therefore, it isn't necessary to remove. Peni Yehoshua 45a and Magen Haelef 442:11 agree. This is also the opinion of the Meiri 45b s.v. shni, Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 6b, Shulchan Gavoha 442:22, Pri Chadash 442:8 that one doesn't have to remove chametz less than a kezayit unless it is like dough that could stick together. Maharil (Drashot Afiyat Matzot), Magen Avraham 460:2, Shiurei Knesset Hagedola, Eliya Rabba, Graz, Pri Chadash, Zera Emet 1:48, and Mateh Moshe 579 there. Riaz (Pesachim ch. 2 2:2) quotes his grandfather the Rid who says that crumbs which do not stick do not need to be removed, however, the Riaz disagrees and thinks that there's no distinction between dough and crumbs and everything needs to be removed. Also, Magen Avraham 442:10 quotes poskim who are strict with owning less than a kezayit, though the Magen Haelef 442:10 argues. Yabia Omer rules like the Meiri, Rid, and Maharam Chalavah as well as the many achronim who think it isn't necessary to remove or destroy crumbs.</ref>
# Chametz that is buried in the cracks in the floor or between the back of a cabinet and the wall and people can’t reach one doesn’t have to do Bedika there.<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:4 </ref>
# Chametz that is buried in the cracks in the floor or between the back of a cabinet and the wall and people can’t reach one doesn’t have to do Bedika there.<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:4 </ref>


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