Search & Removal of Chametz

Once the house is Passover-tidy, it’s time to do the search-and-destroy ritual, and then to bag and burn the evidence . . .

Rabbi Ki-Tov offers an in-depth primer on the laws of chametz, and its pre-Passover removal and destruction.

On the night before Passover, we conduct a “search and destroy” mission to find any remaining chametz. The search is traditionally conducted with a beeswax candle, feather, wooden spoon, and a paper bag...

In preparation for the festival of Passover, in which even the possession of any form of leavened food ("chametz") is strictly forbidden, a final search is conducted after nightfall to remove every last crumb of chametz from our homes and property. Click ...

Chametz is disposed of by: a) selling it to a non-Jew; b) burning the chametz found in our search on the previous evening (see entry for Nissan 13); c) "nullifying" the chametz that has not been found by declaring it ownerless. The deadline for selling, ...

The Torah (Exodus 12:15, as per Talmud, Pesachim 5a) sets midday of Nissan 14--today--as the deadline for the destruction and/or removal of all leavened foods ("chametz") from our possession in preparation for the festival of Passover, which begins this ...

A few main Passover customs

The dispersal of pieces of chametz around the home prior to the bedikat chametz (ceremonial search for chametz on the evening before Passover) is not obligatory -- the obligation is to search, not necessarily to find -- but has become accepted Jewish ...

So you've decided to spend Passover away from home... Here are some tips and halachic guidelines to help you be at home with Passover even while on foreign turf.

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