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# If somebody is not home, he should do the bitul from wherever he is.<ref> Tur and Shulchan Aruch 434:4, Orchot Chaim Chametz U'[[Matza]] 22, Chazon Ovadia [[Pesach]] 5763 Part 1 page 56-57. Mishna Brurah 434:17 adds that this is true even if he appointed an agent to do the bitul for him </ref> If the husband is not home and they don't know if he did the bitul, his wife should do it, and say all the chametz that is in my husband's possession, even if he didn't tell her to do this.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 434:4, Mishna Brurah 434:19, Chazon Ovadia [[Pesach]] 5763 Page 57, Kaf Hachayim 434:60 </ref> | # If somebody is not home, he should do the bitul from wherever he is.<ref> Tur and Shulchan Aruch 434:4, Orchot Chaim Chametz U'[[Matza]] 22, Chazon Ovadia [[Pesach]] 5763 Part 1 page 56-57. Mishna Brurah 434:17 adds that this is true even if he appointed an agent to do the bitul for him </ref> If the husband is not home and they don't know if he did the bitul, his wife should do it, and say all the chametz that is in my husband's possession, even if he didn't tell her to do this.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 434:4, Mishna Brurah 434:19, Chazon Ovadia [[Pesach]] 5763 Page 57, Kaf Hachayim 434:60 </ref> | ||
# No bracha is made upon the bitul chametz.<ref>Bet Yosef 432:1 explains that there's no bracha for bitul chametz since according to many opinions it is a mental obligation and can be fulfilled without any verbal declaration. [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_48825_245.pdf Hagadat Ohalei Shem p. 45] asks that according to the Gra, there is a bracha for Talmud Torah even if it is fulfilled mentally without any verbal expression (see [[Siman 47]]). He answers that bitul chametz can be fulfilled instantaneously in one's mind, however, thinking torah is a lengthy process and can endure for a long period of time. Additionally, he answers that primarily the bracha for torah is made for verbally learning torah, however, bitul is completely fulfilled in one's mind.</ref> | # No bracha is made upon the bitul chametz.<ref>Bet Yosef 432:1 explains that there's no bracha for bitul chametz since according to many opinions it is a mental obligation and can be fulfilled without any verbal declaration. [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_48825_245.pdf Hagadat Ohalei Shem p. 45] asks that according to the Gra, there is a bracha for Talmud Torah even if it is fulfilled mentally without any verbal expression (see [[Siman 47]]). He answers that bitul chametz can be fulfilled instantaneously in one's mind, however, thinking torah is a lengthy process and can endure for a long period of time. Additionally, he answers that primarily the bracha for torah is made for verbally learning torah, however, bitul is completely fulfilled in one's mind.</ref> | ||
# Biblically, Bitul chametz is effective even for known chametz. Nonetheless, this is a rabbinic obligation to do [[bedikat chametz]].<ref>Ramban Pesachim 4b and Ran Pesachim 1a hold that bitul is effective even on known chametz. However, the Michtam Pesachim 2a s.v. bodkin holds that it is only effective on chametz that one is unaware of. Bach 431:2 cites the Kol Bo 48 who also holds this. Aruch Hashulchan 431:17 clearly writes that bitul is effective on a Biblical level for all chametz as is evident from many gemara's; however, known chametz is an issue even after bitul rabbinically.</ref> | |||
==Bitul at Night== | ==Bitul at Night== | ||
