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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 445:1-2, Kaf Hachayim 445:3-4. 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. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Pesach page 40. </ref> | ||
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# 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> | #It is forbidden to do melacha once the time for burning comes until you burn the chametz. <ref> Chazon Ovadia page 40. </ref> | ||
# | # One should burn the chametz until it turns to charcoal <ref> Mishna Berura 445:1, Shulchan Aruch Harav 445:4, Kaf Hachayim 445:3. </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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#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> | #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> | ||
#One should brush his teeth before the prohibited time for chametz arrives. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Parashat Tzav halacha 8, Kaf Hachayim 444:32, Yechave Daat 1:91:8. </ref> | #One should brush his teeth before the prohibited time for chametz arrives. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Parashat Tzav halacha 8, Kaf Hachayim 444:32, Yechave Daat 1:91:8. </ref> | ||
==Beracha== | ==Beracha== | ||
#There is no beracha recited before the burning. 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> | #There is no beracha recited before the burning. 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> | ||
