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#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> Mishnah Berurah 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> | |||
# 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> | ||
#It is forbidden to do melacha once the time for burning comes until you burn the chametz. <ref> Chazon Ovadia page 40. </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> | ||
