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# 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>
===Pockets===
# 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>
# 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>
===Renting or selling the house to a non-Jew===
===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>
# 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>
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# 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>
 
===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>
==Eating or working before Bedika==
==Eating or working before Bedika==
# A person shouldn’t start a job or start eating (a KeBeitzah of bread) from a half hour before Tzet HaCochavim, until one has done Bedika. <Ref>S”A 431:2, Mishna Brurah 432:5-6 </ref> However, one may continue to eat fruit a half hour before Tzet HaCochavim, but not after Tzet HaCochavim. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 432:6 </ref>
# A person shouldn’t start a job or start eating (a KeBeitzah of bread) from a half hour before Tzet HaCochavim, until one has done Bedika. <Ref>S”A 431:2, Mishna Brurah 432:5-6 </ref> However, one may continue to eat fruit a half hour before Tzet HaCochavim, but not after Tzet HaCochavim. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 432:6 </ref>
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