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#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> Mishnah Berurah 445:10, Kaf Hachayim 445:18. </ref> | ||
# One fulfills the mitzvah of destroying the Chametz by flushing it down the toilet. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 445:4, Mishna Berura 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 Berura 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> | ||
#If the chametz has turned into charcoal that is considered burnt enough. <ref> Mishna Berura 445:1. </ref> | # If the chametz has turned into charcoal that is considered burnt enough. <ref> Mishna Berura 445:1. </ref> | ||
# If one puts Chametz in one’s private garbage bin one should either pour Ajax on the Chametz to make it totally inedible <ref> Minchat Yitzchak 4:56, Shevet Halevi 1:137. </ref>, or put it in the street and declare that it be ownerless in front of three people. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 445:7, Chelkat Yaakov 3:165 </ref>. One can also include them in the sale of the chametz to a non-jew but then they cannot be used by him over pesach. <ref> Be'er Moshe 1:41; 3:74 </ref> | # If one puts Chametz in one’s private garbage bin one should either pour Ajax on the Chametz to make it totally inedible <ref> Minchat Yitzchak 4:56, Shevet Halevi 1:137. </ref>, or put it in the street and declare that it be ownerless in front of three people. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 445:7, Chelkat Yaakov 3:165 </ref>. One can also include them in the sale of the chametz to a non-jew but then they cannot be used by him over pesach. <ref> Be'er Moshe 1:41; 3:74 </ref> | ||
# It’s preferable to burn the Chametz without dousing it in gasoline or lighter fluid so that one can destroy the Chametz with fire and not to make it inedible using any other means. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo 6:10, Piskei Teshuvot 445:1, Beer Moshe 5:122, Siddur Pesach Kihilchato page 173. </ref> If the chametz will not burn in time without the gasoline then one should pour it to speed up the burning. <ref> http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5757/metzorah.html </ref> | # It’s preferable to burn the Chametz without dousing it in gasoline or lighter fluid so that one can destroy the Chametz with fire and not to make it inedible using any other means. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo 6:10, Piskei Teshuvot 445:1, Beer Moshe 5:122, Siddur Pesach Kihilchato page 173. </ref> If the chametz will not burn in time without the gasoline then one should pour it to speed up the burning. <ref> http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5757/metzorah.html </ref> | ||
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# If one sold one’s Chametz one shouldn’t do Biur Chametz until after the Rabbi sells the Chametz to the goy which is usually done at the beginning of the 5th hour. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 28:30 and 30:15. See Rabbi Mordechai Willig in Am Mordechai (Moadim) who defends the practice of those who burn it ealier. </ref> | # If one sold one’s Chametz one shouldn’t do Biur Chametz until after the Rabbi sells the Chametz to the goy which is usually done at the beginning of the 5th hour. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 28:30 and 30:15. See Rabbi Mordechai Willig in Am Mordechai (Moadim) who defends the practice of those who burn it ealier. </ref> | ||
# Some say that one should specifically burn it at the beginning of the fifth hour. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 445:3 </ref> | # Some say that one should specifically burn it at the beginning of the fifth hour. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 445:3 </ref> | ||
#If chametz is found during pesach, | #If chametz is found during pesach, see [[http://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=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 </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 </ref> | ||
==Erev Pesach on Shabbat== | ==Erev Pesach on Shabbat== | ||
