This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Does one who is staying at a hotel for Pesach have to clean and check the room for Chametz?[1] Received access to room prior to the night of the 14th: If one received the keys for the room prior to […]
Pesach rentals-Who has to clean the home?
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Pesach rentals-Who has to clean the home? A person who rents a home or apartment from another observant Jew for the duration of Pesach, then if they arrive to the rental home prior to the night of the 14th, […]
Renting/selling a home: Cleaning the home before Pesach:
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Renting/selling a home before Pesach: Whenever a Jew rents or purchases a home from another observant Jew before Pesach, the question is raised as to who retains the cleaning and checking obligation of the home; the seller/landlord, or the […]
Traveling-Cleaning/Checking one’s home for Chametz prior to traveling for Pesach:
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Traveling-Cleaning/Checking one’s home for Chametz prior to traveling for Pesach: A. One is planning to sell his home/Chametz to a gentile [i.e. Mechiras Chametz]:[1] [The obligation of cleaning and checking one’s home prior to travel, as explained in B, only […]
Shul, Beis Midrash and other public areas for Chametz-Cleaning for Chametz
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Cleaning and checking a shul, Beis Midrash and other public areas for Chametz:[1] Shuls and Batei Midrashim need to be cleaned for Chametz, and checked on the night of the 14th with a candle.[2] The Gabaim of the shul are […]
Yisrael Kedoshim Heim: Destroying even Chametz that is allowed to be owned
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Yisrael Kedoshim Heim: Destroying even Chametz that is allowed to be owned:[1] Although there were cases explained above in which from the letter of the law one is not required to clean the Chametz, nevertheless, the Jewish people are […]
Cleaning and checking a barn or chicken coop for Chametz
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Cleaning and checking a barn or chicken coop for Chametz:[1] One does not bring Chametz into the area:[2] A barn for cows does not need to be checked for Chametz [if Chametz is never placed inside the barn] being that […]
Backyard: Cleaning and checking the backyard, front yard, or porch for Chametz
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Cleaning and checking the backyard, front yard, or porch for Chametz?[1] The open areas: One does not need to search the open areas of his outside property for Chametz.[2] This applies even if one knows for certain that there is […]
Clothing: Checking clothing for Chametz
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Checking one’s clothing for Chametz:[1] Every person must be careful to check his clothing and shake his gloves and pockets of his clothing, and of his children’s, as at times one enters Chametz into them.[2] However, this only applies towards […]
Chametz vessels-Cleaning and storing
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Chametz vessels-Cleaning and storing:[1] Cleaning: All Chametz vessels which one does not desire to Kasher for Pesach, or are unable to be Kashered, are to be cleaned from Chametz. One is to scrub them and slightly rinse them down from […]