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# One should be careful not to loss any of the pieces. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 432:13 </ref>
# One should be careful not to loss any of the pieces. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 432:13 </ref>
==Bracha ==
==Bracha ==
# Before the Bedika one should make the Bracha of Asher Kidishanu BeMitzvotav VeTzivanu Al Biur Chametz. <Ref>S”A 432:1 </ref> If one accidentally made the Bracha of Al Bitul Chametz after the fact one has fulfilled the obligation. <ref>Mishna Brurah 432:3 </ref>
# Before the Bedika one should make the Bracha of Asher Kidishanu BeMitzvotav VeTzivanu Al Biur Chametz. <Ref>S”A 432:1. Mishna Berura 432:3 and Chazon Ovadia Part 1 page 44 explain that we don't recite al bedikat chametz because the search is only for the purpose of the destruction.  </ref> If one accidentally made the Bracha of Al Bitul Chametz after the fact one has fulfilled the obligation. <ref>Mishna Brurah 432:3 </ref> One has also fulfilled his obligation if he recites "livaer chametz." <ref> Chazon Ovadia Pesach 5763 Part 1 page 44 </ref>
# One may not speak between the Bracha and beginning the Bedika, and if one did make an interruption not related to the Bedika one must make another Bracha. <Ref>S”A 432:1, Mishna Brurah 432:5 </ref>
# One may not speak between the Bracha and beginning the Bedika, and if one did make an interruption not related to the Bedika one must make another Bracha. <Ref>S”A 432:1, Mishna Brurah 432:5 </ref>
# After one began it’s preferable not to speak until one completes the Bedika, however it’s permissible to speak even in matters not related to Bedika. <Ref>S”A 432:1, Mishna Brurah 432:6 </ref>
# After one began it’s preferable not to speak until one completes the Bedika, however it’s permissible to speak even in matters not related to Bedika. <Ref>S”A 432:1, Mishna Brurah 432:6 </ref>
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# There’s no Shehecheyanu on the Bedika. <Ref>Bear Hetiev says it’s includes in Shehecheyanu of [[Yom Tov]], Pri Megadim M”Z 431:2 says it’s not a mitzvah of Simcha, מאירי says there’s no Shehecheyanu on Bedika which is just done to prevent you from a prohibition. </ref>
# There’s no Shehecheyanu on the Bedika. <Ref>Bear Hetiev says it’s includes in Shehecheyanu of [[Yom Tov]], Pri Megadim M”Z 431:2 says it’s not a mitzvah of Simcha, מאירי says there’s no Shehecheyanu on Bedika which is just done to prevent you from a prohibition. </ref>
# 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. 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. This bedika doesn't need to be done as if no cleaning was done, but is required anyway. This is the opinion of Sha’arei Teshuvah 433:2, Daat Torah 433:2, Chochmat Shelomo 433:11, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach quoted in Mevakshei Torah Ohr Efrayim page 532), Kinyan Torah 2:122.</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. This bedika doesn't need to be done as if no cleaning was done, but is required anyway. This is the opinion of Sha’arei Teshuvah 433:2, Daat Torah 433:2, Chochmat Shelomo 433:11, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach quoted in Mevakshei Torah Ohr Efrayim page 532), Kinyan Torah 2:122.</ref>