This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Biur Chametz-The Mitzvah to destroy the Chametz: As explained in the previous Halachas, in addition to the two negative commands against owning Chametz [Baal Yiraeh Ubaal Yimatzeh], the Torah commanded one to destroy the Chametz [Tashbisu].[1] The following are […]
Bittul Chametz-Nullifying the Chametz
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Bittul Chametz-Nullifying the Chametz:[1] It is an institution of the sages to nullify all the Chametz which one has in his property which he did not find during the search.[2] The Bittul is to be recited immediately after completing the […]
All Laws-Bedikas Chametz
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Bedikas Chametz Introduction: In the previous chapter, the laws of cleaning the home for Chametz were discussed. The obligation to clean the home is a result of the Rabbinical decree that disowned Chametz may not remain […]
Misc. Q&A
May one say “This meat is for Pesach Sheiyni”?[1] One is to avoid doing so. Does an Avel pray for the Amud on Pesach Sheiyni? Yes. However some are accustomed to avoid doing so. [1] Piskeiy Teshuvos 492/1 Bookmark
Eating Matzah
Matzah: It is customary to eat Matzah in honor of Pesach Sheiyni.[1] When? Many are accustomed to eat Matzah on Pesach Sheiyni, on the day of the 14th of Iyar.[2] Some are accustomed to eat it towards the afternoon.[3] Others are accustomed to eat Matzah [only or also[4]] on Motzei […]
Tachanun
Tachanun: Tachanun is omitted on Pesach Sheiyni, which is the 14th of Iyar.[1] It is however recited the Mincha prior, on the 13th of Iyar.[2] [Thus when the 13th falls on Shabbos, Tzidkascha is recited by Mincha.] Tachanun is likewise omitted on the night of the 14th in Kerias Shema […]
Meaning
Background of Pesach Sheiyni:[1] In the times of the Temple, a person who did not bring the Pesach offering in the 14th of Nissan, either due to being impure or due to being a distance from Jerusalem, was required to bring the offering a month later, on the 14th […]
Pirkei Avos
Reciting Pirkei Avos:[1] It is customary to recite Pirkei Avos on every Shabbos between Pesach and Shavuos.[2] Some are accustomed to continue reciting it after Shavuos, throughout the summer months, until Rosh Hashanah.[3] [Practically, the Chabad custom is to say Pirkei Avos until Rosh Hashanah.[4] On the Shabbosim which are […]
Vayehi Noam
Saying Vayehi Noam by Maariv of Motzei Shabbos:[1] Whenever Pesach, or any Yom Tov, falls on a weekday the paragraph of Vayehi Noam which is normally said after Shabbos, is omitted. Q&A If Pesach falls on Shabbos, is Vayehi Noam recited on the Motzei Shabbos prior to it? Yes.[2] […]
So which Parsha is it this week? Traveling to and from Israel in years that Parshiyos are not aligned
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Traveling to and from Israel in years that Parshiyos are not aligned:[1] In years that the first day of Pesach falls on Shabbos, the last day of Pesach in the Diaspora likewise falls on Shabbos, although in Eretz Yisrael the […]