7. The Procedure for Getting Rid of Ĥametz
As we have learned, we clear the ĥametz out of our homes both in deed and in thought. The process of removal consists of four stages: search (bedika), nullification (bitul), elimination (bi’ur), and...
View Article6. When the Prohibitions of Eating and Benefiting from Ĥametz Begin
The mitzva of getting rid of the ĥametz must be carried out by midday of the fourteenth of Nisan. Every instant that a Jew keeps his ĥametz after that time he is in violation of the positive...
View Article5. The Essence of the Mitzva
A fundamental question arose concerning the essence of the mitzva of removing the ĥametz: is the mitzva essentially to eliminate the ĥametz actively or is the main principle that no ĥametz remains in a...
View Article4. How One Fulfills the Mitzva of Removing the Ĥametz
We clear the ĥametz out of our homes in two ways: in thought and in deed, that is, spiritually and in practice. The removal in thought is done through nullification (bitul) of the ĥametz, declaring it...
View Article3. Ĥametz That Has Been Guaranteed by a Jew and the Status of Stocks
We have learned that one violates the prohibitions of bal yera’eh and bal yimatzei only by possessing ĥametz that is the property of a Jew, as it is written, “no ĥametz of yours shall be seen” (Shemot...
View Article2. The Prohibition against Ĥametz One Owns
The prohibition against ĥametz on Pesaĥ is unique in that it is not only forbidden to eat it, but it is forbidden even to keep; whoever keeps it in his home violates the two prohibitions of bal yera’eh...
View Article1. The Mitzvot Associated with Getting Rid of Ĥametz
It is a positive Torah commandment to eliminate all ĥametz from our possession before Pesaĥ, as it is written, “Yet on the first day you must remove the se’or from your homes” (Shemot 12:15). The oral...
View Article7. The Procedure for Getting Rid of Ĥametz
As we have learned, we clear the ĥametz out of our homes both in deed and in thought. The process of removal consists of four stages: search (bedika), nullification (bitul), elimination (bi’ur), and...
View Article6. When the Prohibitions of Eating and Benefiting from Ĥametz Begin
The mitzva of getting rid of the ĥametz must be carried out by midday of the fourteenth of Nisan. Every instant that a Jew keeps his ĥametz after that time he is in violation of the positive...
View Article5. The Essence of the Mitzva
A fundamental question arose concerning the essence of the mitzva of removing the ĥametz: is the mitzva essentially to eliminate the ĥametz actively or is the main principle that no ĥametz remains in...
View Article4. How One Fulfills the Mitzva of Removing the Ĥametz
We clear the ĥametz out of our homes in two ways: in thought and in deed, that is, spiritually and in practice. The removal in thought is done through nullification (bitul) of the ĥametz, declaring it...
View Article3. Ĥametz That Has Been Guaranteed by a Jew and the Status of Stocks
We have learned that one violates the prohibitions of bal yera’eh and bal yimatzei only by possessing ĥametz that is the property of a Jew, as it is written, “no ĥametz of yours shall be seen” (Shemot...
View Article2. The Prohibition against Ĥametz One Owns
The prohibition against ĥametz on Pesaĥ is unique in that it is not only forbidden to eat it, but it is forbidden even to keep; whoever keeps it in his home violates the two prohibitions of bal...
View Article1. The Mitzvot Associated with Getting Rid of Ĥametz
It is a positive Torah commandment to eliminate all ĥametz from our possession before Pesaĥ, as it is written, “Yet on the first day you must remove the se’or from your homes” (Shemot 12:15). The oral...
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