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#It is preferable for one to burn his own chometz and not to appoint someone else to do it for him <ref> Kinyan Torah 5:37</ref>
#It is preferable for one to burn his own chometz and not to appoint someone else to do it for him <ref> Kinyan Torah 5:37</ref>
#One should cut the chametz into thin slices in order for it to burn properly. <ref> Chazon Ovadia [[Pesach]] page 40. </ref>
#One should cut the chametz into thin slices in order for it to burn properly. <ref> Chazon Ovadia [[Pesach]] page 40. </ref>
#One should leave over at least a [[Kezayit]] of chametz that he is not selling to a non-jew in order to properly fulfill this mitzva. <ref> Mishnah Berurah 445:10, Kaf Hachayim 445:18. </ref>
#One should leave over at least a [[Kezayit]] of chametz that he is not selling to a non-jew in order to properly fulfill this mitzva. <ref> Mishna Brurah 445:10, Kaf Hachayim 445:18. </ref>
# It is permitted to throw the chametz into a field with a lot of birds, but if the person notices that at the prohibited time for chametz, the birds haven't eaten it yet, he should destroy it immediately. <ref> Chazon Ovadia page 65. </ref>  
# It is permitted to throw the chametz into a field with a lot of birds, but if the person notices that at the prohibited time for chametz, the birds haven't eaten it yet, he should destroy it immediately. <ref> Chazon Ovadia page 65. </ref>  
# One fulfills the mitzvah of destroying the Chametz by flushing it down the toilet. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 445:4, Mishna Brurah 445:5. Kinyan Torah 2:86 quotes the Chazon Ish 118:3 that he reluctantly agrees that the modern toilet is similar to throwing it into the ocean. </ref>
# One fulfills the mitzvah of destroying the Chametz by flushing it down the toilet. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 445:4, Mishna Brurah 445:5. Kinyan Torah 2:86 quotes the Chazon Ish 118:3 that he reluctantly agrees that the modern toilet is similar to throwing it into the ocean. </ref>
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* Rabbi Mordechai Willig (Am Mordechai Moadim p. 152-3) defends the Minhag of those who burn the Chametz in the morning before going to work even though it is before the Rabbi sells the rest of their Chametz. He explains that even though they aren’t burning their last K’zayit, nonetheless, they fulfill Tashbitu when the Rabbi sells the Chametz on their behalf. He bases this argument on the Tur 436, who according to the Pri Chadash 436:3, holds that selling one’s Chametz to a non-Jew is a fulfillment of Tashbitu. He adds that even though there is a Mitzvah to burn the Chametz, Rosh and Beit Yosef maintain that if one gets rid of his Chametz before the fifth hour, even Rabbi Yehuda agrees that one need not burn it.  
* Rabbi Mordechai Willig (Am Mordechai Moadim p. 152-3) defends the Minhag of those who burn the Chametz in the morning before going to work even though it is before the Rabbi sells the rest of their Chametz. He explains that even though they aren’t burning their last K’zayit, nonetheless, they fulfill Tashbitu when the Rabbi sells the Chametz on their behalf. He bases this argument on the Tur 436, who according to the Pri Chadash 436:3, holds that selling one’s Chametz to a non-Jew is a fulfillment of Tashbitu. He adds that even though there is a Mitzvah to burn the Chametz, Rosh and Beit Yosef maintain that if one gets rid of his Chametz before the fifth hour, even Rabbi Yehuda agrees that one need not burn it.  
* Rabbi Hershel Schachter (B’ikvei HaTzon p. 76) argues that some Rishonim hold that one does not fulfill Tashbitu by selling one’s Chametz (see Tosfot Rabbenu Peretz Pesachim 28b). Accordingly, if one burns his Chametz in the morning before the Rabbi sells the rest of one’s Chametz, one might not fulfill Tashbitu. Furthermore, the Bracha one made before [[Bedikat Chametz]] may turn out to be a Bracha Levatala. Rabbi Schachter also stated his opinion on the [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 28:30 and 30:15 and in a [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/774202/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Halachos_of_Pesach shiur on yutorah.org] (“Halachos of [[Pesach]],” min 3-6). See [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_13070_102.pdf an article in Kovetz Aharon VeYisrael] about whether one fulfills Tashbitu with selling his chametz to a non-Jew.</ref>  
* Rabbi Hershel Schachter (B’ikvei HaTzon p. 76) argues that some Rishonim hold that one does not fulfill Tashbitu by selling one’s Chametz (see Tosfot Rabbenu Peretz Pesachim 28b). Accordingly, if one burns his Chametz in the morning before the Rabbi sells the rest of one’s Chametz, one might not fulfill Tashbitu. Furthermore, the Bracha one made before [[Bedikat Chametz]] may turn out to be a Bracha Levatala. Rabbi Schachter also stated his opinion on the [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 28:30 and 30:15 and in a [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/774202/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Halachos_of_Pesach shiur on yutorah.org] (“Halachos of [[Pesach]],” min 3-6). See [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_13070_102.pdf an article in Kovetz Aharon VeYisrael] about whether one fulfills Tashbitu with selling his chametz to a non-Jew.</ref>  
# The burning and the bitul of the chametz should be finished by the end of the fifth hour. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 434:2, Mishna Brurah 434:12, Kaf Hachayim 434:38-40. Theoretically, one may burn one’s chametz until halakhic midday (Mishnah Pesachim 11b); however, Mishnah Berurah (434:12) writes that in order to perform bitul chametz after biur chametz, one must burn it before the end of the fifth hour. </ref>Some say that one should specifically burn it at the beginning of the fifth hour. <Ref> Piskei Teshuvot 445:3. The gemara in pesachim 21a says that from the torah chametz is only forbidden at mid-day, the rabbis made it two hours earlier because people might get confused with the hours. Rambam Chametz U'[[matza]] 1:9. </ref>
# The burning and the bitul of the chametz should be finished by the end of the fifth hour. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 434:2, Mishna Brurah 434:12, Kaf Hachayim 434:38-40. Theoretically, one may burn one’s chametz until halakhic midday (Mishnah Pesachim 11b); however, Mishna Brurah (434:12) writes that in order to perform bitul chametz after biur chametz, one must burn it before the end of the fifth hour. </ref>Some say that one should specifically burn it at the beginning of the fifth hour. <Ref> Piskei Teshuvot 445:3. The gemara in pesachim 21a says that from the torah chametz is only forbidden at mid-day, the rabbis made it two hours earlier because people might get confused with the hours. Rambam Chametz U'[[matza]] 1:9. </ref>
#If chametz is found during [[pesach]], see [[Bedikat_Chametz#If_one_finds_Chametz]].
#If chametz is found during [[pesach]], see [[Bedikat_Chametz#If_one_finds_Chametz]].
#The [[nullification]] during the day should be done before the sixth hour, so that the chametz that you nullify is still yours when you nullify it. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 434:2 </ref> but after the burning. <ref> Rama 434:2. According to Rav Yaakov Emden in Mor Uketzia 434 one can do the bitul before the burning even lechatchila. </ref>
#The [[nullification]] during the day should be done before the sixth hour, so that the chametz that you nullify is still yours when you nullify it. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 434:2 </ref> but after the burning. <ref> Rama 434:2. According to Rav Yaakov Emden in Mor Uketzia 434 one can do the bitul before the burning even lechatchila. </ref>