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Chametz Search and Destroy
Get Clean
Once the house is Passover-tidy, it's time to do the search-and-destroy ritual, and then to bag and burn the evidence...
Jewish Practice » Mitzvah Minutes » Holiday » Chametz Search and Destroy
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Passover Traveler's Guide
Passover information for the tourist or guest
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.
Jewish Holidays » Passover » How-To » Passover Traveler's Guide
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Why do we "hide" pieces of bread before the Search for Chametz?
By Dovid Zaklikowski
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 ...
Jewish Holidays » Passover » Study & History » Questions & Answers » Why do we "hide" pieces of bread before the Search for Chametz?
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Humility of Moses, Greatness of Adam
By Shaul Yosef Leiter
Both modesty and excellence are parts of one's complete divine service.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Vayikra - Leviticus » Vayikra » Ascent Lights » Humility of Moses, Greatness of Adam
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Some Basic Pesach Laws
A few main Passover customs…
By Yerachmiel Tilles
A few main Passover customs…
Kabbalah Online » Holidays » Passover » Laws & Customs » Some Basic Pesach Laws
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Chametz Eating Deadline
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 ...
Jewish Calendar » Nissan » Nissan 14 » Laws & Customs » Chametz Eating Deadline
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Burn and Nullify Chametz
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, ...
Jewish Calendar » Nissan » Nissan 14 » Laws & Customs » Burn and Nullify Chametz
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Search for Chametz Tonight
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 ...
Jewish Calendar » Nissan » Nissan 13 » Laws & Customs » Search for Chametz Tonight
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Search for Chametz
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...
Jewish Holidays » Passover » How-To » Before Passover » The Day Before Passover » Search for Chametz
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Chametz
By Eliyahu Kitov
Rabbi Ki-Tov offers an in-depth primer on the laws of chametz, and its pre-Passover removal and destruction.
Jewish Holidays » Passover » How-To » Law & Lore » Chametz
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