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==Bedikat Chametz== | ==Bedikat Chametz== | ||
# The mitzvah of Bedikat Chametz applies right at [[Tzet HaCochavim]] of the night of the 14th of Nissan. <Ref>S”A 431:1, Mishna Brurah 431:1. See Maaseh Rav (#178) who says that the Gra would begin Bedika slightly before [[Tzet HaCochavim]]. </ref> | # The mitzvah of Bedikat Chametz applies right at [[Tzet HaCochavim]] of the night of the 14th of Nissan. <Ref>S”A 431:1, Mishna Brurah 431:1. See Maaseh Rav (#178) who says that the Gra would begin Bedika slightly before [[Tzet HaCochavim]]. </ref> | ||
# If one usually follows רבינו תם, some say that one should make sure to start the Bedika after [[Tzet HaCochavim]] of רבינו תם. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:10) </ref> and some say that one should begin before [[Tzet HaCochavim]] of רבינו תם at the time of accepted [[Tzet HaCochavim]] (while it’s still slightly light outside). <Ref>Moadim UZmanim (Vol 4 Siman 286 pg 46), Piskei Teshuvot 431:3 </ref> | # If one usually follows רבינו תם, some say that one should make sure to start the Bedika after [[Tzet HaCochavim]] of רבינו תם. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:10). Haggadah of the Roshei Yeshivah (pg 13) records Rav Moshe's minhag to start the Bedika 50 minutes after sundown which according to many opinions is Tzet HaCochavim of Rabbenu Tam. </ref> and some say that one should begin before [[Tzet HaCochavim]] of רבינו תם at the time of accepted [[Tzet HaCochavim]] (while it’s still slightly light outside). <Ref>Moadim UZmanim (Vol 4 Siman 286 pg 46), Piskei Teshuvot 431:3 </ref> | ||
# If one is praying with a minyan one should pray first and then perform Bedika. However, if one is praying at home, preferably one should appoint someone else to do Bedika while one prays, otherwise, pray first, unless one usually prays at home in which case some say one should check first and some say one should pray first. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 431:8 </ref> | # If one is praying with a minyan one should pray first and then perform Bedika. However, if one is praying at home, preferably one should appoint someone else to do Bedika while one prays, otherwise, pray first, unless one usually prays at home in which case some say one should check first and some say one should pray first. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 431:8 </ref> | ||
# If one is going to come home after [[Tzet HaCochavim]] one should appoint someone a שליח so that it can be done at the proper time. However, if the man is working at night and wants to fulfill the mitzvah himself, he may appoint his wife to do Bedika (with a Bracha) on the whole house except for one room and then do Bedika (with a Bracha) in that room when he returns. <Ref>Sh”t Teshuvot VeHanhagot 2:114. Listen to “Bedikas Chametz part 1” (min 3:30) by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz who asks on this. [Personally, (Ike Sultan) don’t think there’s any question on the Teshuvot VeHanhagot, just see Mishna Brurah 431:8.] </ref> | # If one is going to come home after [[Tzet HaCochavim]] one should appoint someone a שליח so that it can be done at the proper time. However, if the man is working at night and wants to fulfill the mitzvah himself, he may appoint his wife to do Bedika (with a Bracha) on the whole house except for one room and then do Bedika (with a Bracha) in that room when he returns. <Ref>Sh”t Teshuvot VeHanhagot 2:114. Listen to “Bedikas Chametz part 1” (min 3:30) by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz who asks on this. [Personally, (Ike Sultan) don’t think there’s any question on the Teshuvot VeHanhagot, just see Mishna Brurah 431:8.] </ref> | ||
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# Some say that one should wash one’s hands before performing Bedika. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 432:2 </ref> | # Some say that one should wash one’s hands before performing Bedika. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 432:2 </ref> | ||
==How much is enough?== | ==How much is enough?== | ||
# A person doesn’t have to make themselves crazy, one just to be reasonable not to overwork oneself so that one can enjoy the Seder. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [[http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771]] between minutes 19:30 and 21 </ref> It’s a judgment call and one should do a peripheral check (not too peripheral). <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on [[http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771]] between minutes 24 and 25 </ref> | # A person doesn’t have to make themselves crazy, one just to be reasonable not to overwork oneself so that one can enjoy the Seder. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [[http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771]] between minutes 19:30 and 21 </ref> It’s a judgment call and one should do a peripheral check (not too peripheral). <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on [[http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771]] between minutes 24 and 25. See Haggadah of the Roshei Yeshiva (pg 13) which records the minhag of Rav Moshe to perform a bedika in his small apartment for longer than an hour. </ref> | ||
==If one found Chametz after the Bedika== | ==If one found Chametz after the Bedika== | ||
