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# If one didn’t do Bedika at night one should do so during the day before the sixth hour (halachic hours) and if one forgot to do it before the sixth hour one should still do it on Erev [[Pesach]] with a Bracha.<ref>S”A 435:1, Mishna Brurah 435:5 </ref> One can only do [[Bitul Chametz]] after the Bedika until the sixth hour of Erev [[Pesach]]. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 435:1 </ref> | # If one didn’t do Bedika at night one should do so during the day before the sixth hour (halachic hours) and if one forgot to do it before the sixth hour one should still do it on Erev [[Pesach]] with a Bracha.<ref>S”A 435:1, Mishna Brurah 435:5 </ref> One can only do [[Bitul Chametz]] after the Bedika until the sixth hour of Erev [[Pesach]]. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 435:1 </ref> | ||
# If one didn’t do it before [[Pesach]], do it on [[Pesach]] unless one did [[Bitul Chametz]] before [[Pesach]] in which case one shouldn’t do Bedika on [[Pesach]] with a Bracha.<ref>S”A 435:1, Mishna Brurah 435:3,5 </ref> | # If one didn’t do it before [[Pesach]], do it on [[Pesach]] unless one did [[Bitul Chametz]] before [[Pesach]] in which case one shouldn’t do Bedika on [[Pesach]] with a Bracha.<ref>S”A 435:1, Mishna Brurah 435:3,5 </ref> | ||
# If one didn’t do Bedika during [[Pesach]], do it after [[Pesach]] without a Bracha.<ref> | # If one didn’t do Bedika during [[Pesach]], do it after [[Pesach]] without a Bracha.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 435:1 </ref> | ||
# Any Bedika not at the appropriate time should be done with a candle. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 435:4 </ref> | # Any Bedika not at the appropriate time should be done with a candle. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 435:4 </ref> | ||
==If one finds Chametz== | ==If one finds Chametz== | ||
# If one finds Chametz on [[Yom Tov]] one shouldn’t burn it but rather cover it and then burn it after [[Yom Tov]].<ref> | # If one finds Chametz on [[Yom Tov]] one shouldn’t burn it but rather cover it and then burn it after [[Yom Tov]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 446:1 </ref> some say that nowadays one should have a non-Jew flush it down the toilet. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 446:2 </ref> | ||
# If one finds Chametz on [[Chol HaMoed]] one should burn it but not make a Bracha if one either did [[Bitul Chametz]] or selling of Chametz to a non-Jew before [[Pesach]]. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 446:1 </ref> | # If one finds Chametz on [[Chol HaMoed]] one should burn it but not make a Bracha if one either did [[Bitul Chametz]] or selling of Chametz to a non-Jew before [[Pesach]].<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 446:1 </ref> | ||
# Some say that if one sold one’s Chametz before [[Pesach]] and then one finds Chametz on [[Pesach]], one should store it away with the other Chametz that’s sold to the non-Jew and not burn it.<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 446:1 | # Some say that if one sold one’s Chametz before [[Pesach]] and then one finds Chametz on [[Pesach]], one should store it away with the other Chametz that’s sold to the non-Jew and not burn it.<ref>Mikrei Kodesh 1:74, Piskei Teshuvot 446:1 </ref> | ||
==Minhag in performing Bedika== | ==Minhag in performing Bedika== | ||
# Nowadays when people clean the house of Chametz in advance, it’s enough to check to see if that area was cleaned from Chametz and if it wasn’t to remove the Chametz. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:1), Piskei Teshuvot 433:8, Or Yisrael (vol 35, pg 100-102, article by Rav Shlomo Wolfson) </ref> | # Nowadays when people clean the house of Chametz in advance, it’s enough to check to see if that area was cleaned from Chametz and if it wasn’t to remove the Chametz.<Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:1), Piskei Teshuvot 433:8, Or Yisrael (vol 35, pg 100-102, article by Rav Shlomo Wolfson) </ref> | ||
==Scattering Ten Pieces of Chametz== | ==Scattering Ten Pieces of Chametz== | ||
