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==How to do Biur Chametz== | ==How to do Biur Chametz== | ||
# The minhag is to burn Chametz (until it becomes coals or ashes) during the day, however, one fulfills the mitzvah by destroying the Chametz in any fashion. <Ref>S”A and Rama 445:1, Mishna Brurah 445:1. This is based on the Mishna in Pesachim 21a which records an argument regarding how to fulfill the obligation in Shemot 12:15 תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ שְּׂאֹר מִבָּתֵּיכֶם. Rabbi Yehuda says the only way is to burn while chachamim say you can burn it, crumble it, or throw it into the river. The Gra 445:1 says that even chachamim say that ideally one should burn it, as the Mishnah states one can "even" (af) eliminate it in other ways. He addsvthat the only reason this is only a custom and not obligatory is because according to rabbi yehuda you need to burn the chametz after its prohibited time and since we do it before that we can really do it any way. Kaf Hachayim 445:11 says that there is special kabbalistic importance to burning the chametz because it symbolizes burning the evil inclination. </ref> | # The minhag is to burn Chametz (until it becomes coals or ashes) during the day, however, one fulfills the mitzvah by destroying the Chametz in any fashion. <Ref> S”A and Rama 445:1, Mishna Brurah 445:1. This is based on the Mishna in Pesachim 21a which records an argument regarding how to fulfill the obligation in Shemot 12:15 תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ שְּׂאֹר מִבָּתֵּיכֶם. Rabbi Yehuda says the only way is to burn while chachamim say you can burn it, crumble it, or throw it into the river. The Gra 445:1 says that even chachamim say that ideally one should burn it, as the Mishnah states one can "even" (af) eliminate it in other ways. He addsvthat the only reason this is only a custom and not obligatory is because according to rabbi yehuda you need to burn the chametz after its prohibited time and since we do it before that we can really do it any way. Kaf Hachayim 445:11 says that there is special kabbalistic importance to burning the chametz because it symbolizes burning the evil inclination. </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> | #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 | |||
#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> | ||
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#One should throw the chametz with his right hand. <ref> Orchot Chaim 451:1. </ref> | #One should throw the chametz with his right hand. <ref> Orchot Chaim 451:1. </ref> | ||
#One should burn the chametz in one's own property. <ref> Teshuvot vihanhagot 1:192 quoting the Ramban that the mitzva from the torah to burn chametz only applies to chametz in your domain. </ref> | #One should burn the chametz in one's own property. <ref> Teshuvot vihanhagot 1:192 quoting the Ramban that the mitzva from the torah to burn chametz only applies to chametz in your domain. </ref> | ||
#One doesn’t have to do Bitul Chametz after Bedika of the Shul or Bet Midrash <ref> Mishna Brurah 433:43, Aruch HaShulchan 433:12 </ref> unless it belongs to an individual in which case one should do Bitul Chametz. <ref> Halachos of Pesach (Rabbi Eider; pg 73) </ref> | |||
==Beracha== | |||
#The beracha of al biur chametz is recited before the bedika. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 432:1. Mishna Berura 432:3 explains that this is because bedika is considered the beginning of the biur, and the bitul is done mainly in the heart and you can't say a beracha on something done in your heart. </ref> | |||
#If someone forgot the beracha the night before on the bedika, he can recite the next day on the burning. <ref> Mishna Berura 423:4 </ref> | |||
==When== | ==When== | ||
# 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> | ||
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#If chametz is found during pesach, see [[http://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Bedikat_Chametz#If_one_finds_Chametz]] | #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> | ||
#If one leaves his house, he should still do bitul when the time comes. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 236:1. </ref> | |||
==Erev Pesach on Shabbat== | ==Erev Pesach on Shabbat== | ||
#When the fourteenth of Nisan occurs on a Shabbat, all chametz must be destroyed before shabbat except for the chametz that will be needed for the first two shabbat meals. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 444:1, Rambam Hilchot Chametz U'matza 3:3 based on Rabbi Meir's opinion on Pesachim 49a. </ref> | #When the fourteenth of Nisan occurs on a Shabbat, all chametz must be destroyed before shabbat except for the chametz that will be needed for the first two shabbat meals. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 444:1, Rambam Hilchot Chametz U'matza 3:3 based on Rabbi Meir's opinion on Pesachim 49a. </ref> | ||
