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# A good custom is to say the Bitul Chametz three times to strengthen the point.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah (vol 1, pg 54), Nitai Gavriel (vol 1, 34:8), Chida in Moreh Bi'etzba 203 </ref> | # A good custom is to say the Bitul Chametz three times to strengthen the point.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah (vol 1, pg 54), Nitai Gavriel (vol 1, 34:8), Chida in Moreh Bi'etzba 203 </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 Berura 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 Berura 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 Berura 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 Berura 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.</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> | ||
==Bitul at Night== | ==Bitul at Night== | ||
