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Rav Dovid gives a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. This series covers hilchot Pesach.
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A special message from Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Executive Director of Pidyon.
20 Tevet 5771 | Duration: 1:39
When drinking wine for the four cups, how much wine do I drink?
11 Nissan 5770 | Duration: 16:08
OC 271:11; MB 271:68
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Se'ah, log, kov, revi'it, fingers, cubits, mikvehs, and more.
10 Nissan 5770 | Duration: 17:39
Chatam Sofer OC 1:127; Yoma 108b
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The measure of a revi'it according to Rav Moshe
8 Nissan 5770 | Duration: 17:56
Igros Moshe OC 1:126
On Pesach, each cup is a revi'it of wine. How much wine is that?
7 Nissan 5770 | Duration: 16:10
Igros Moshe OC 1:126
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What if a non-Jew acquires chometz in order to give or sell it to me after Pesach?
4 Nissan 5770 | Duration: 16:51
OC 448:4; MB 448:22-24
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A non-Jew drops off chometz at a Jew's house during Pesach...
3 Nissan 5770 | Duration: 15:06
Har Tzvi OC 2:43
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If another Jew's chometz is still in my possession, I must destroy it just as I destroy my own.
1 Nissan 5770 | Duration: 12:51
OC 443:2-3; MB 443:13-15
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The 5th hour is approaching and I am holding chometz as collateral for a loan. What do I do?
29 Adar 5770 | Duration: 9:29
MB 443:12
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The 5th hour is coming, and you have another Jew's chometz in your home. What do you do?
26 Adar 5770 | Duration: 17:00
OC 443:2; MB 443:11-12
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How we calculate halachic hours has implications for the times of various chometz prohibitions.
25 Adar 5770 | Duration: 15:30
OC 443:1; MB 443:8-10
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What is the din of chometz sold during the sixth hour? After the sixth hour?
24 Adar 5770 | Duration: 14:42
OC 443:1; MB 443:6-7
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The prohibitions of chometz increase in severity as we progress through the 14th of Nissan.
23 Adar 5770 | Duration: 17:17
OC 443:1; MB 443:2-5
On the 14th of Nissan -- Erev Pesach -- we must eliminate all chometz. But when? D'oraita or d'rabbanan?
22 Adar 5770 | Duration: 16:19
OC 443:1; MB 443:1
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Both children and mice might bring chometz into a previously checked room -- but the halacha differs depending on the facts.
16 Adar 5770 | Duration: 18:22
OC 438:1; MB 438:3-7
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What happens if chometz is brought into a room that you've already checked and cleared of chometz?
15 Adar 5770 | Duration: 13:51
OC 438:1; MB 438:1-2
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It is a mitzvah to shave and groom prior to a holiday and thus we are prohibited from doing so on Chol HaMoed.
14 Tishrei 5770 | Duration: 15:51
OC 631:1-2; MB 630:1-4; Shaar HaTziun 631:1; Beur Halacha d.h. "Ein Megalchim"
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Chol HaMoed is neither weekday nor holiday. So what is it?
13 Tishrei 5770 | Duration: 12:20
OC 630:1; MB 630:2
Is malachah on Chol HaMoed prohibitted by the Written or Oral Torah?
12 Tishrei 5770 | Duration: 14:51
OC 630:1; MB 630:1
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Chol HaMoed has its own particular restrictions on malachah -- it is neither a weekday nor festival.
11 Tishrei 5770 | Duration: 13:28
OC 630:1; MB 630:1
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Do we say VaY'chulu on Yom Tov Erev Shabbos? When and why?
5 Sivan 5769 | Duration: 17:05
OC 268:1,7,9,11; MB 268:1,18-19,23
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Finishing up the kitchen. Also: kashering temperatures from the OU.
6 Nissan 5769 | Duration: 15:30
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Applying libun and hagala to surfaces in the kitchen.
5 Nissan 5769 | Duration: 16:54
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Topics for Rosh Chodesh Nissan: standing for hallel on Rosh Chodesh; sitting for hallel at the seder; eating the Afikomen; introduction to libun.
1 Nissan 5769 | Duration: 14:23
OC 422:7; MB 422:28
Issues in hagala: materials, large utensils, and handles.
29 Adar 5769 | Duration: 17:17
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Buying chometz from a large chain is different from buying from a sole proprietor.
27 Adar 5769 | Duration: 14:36
Igros Moshe OC 4:96
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Issues of chometz she-avar alav ha-Pesach with a sole proprietor.
24 Adar 5769 | Duration: 15:47
Igros Moshe OC 4:96
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An introduction to issues of chometz she-avar alav ha-Pesach.
23 Adar 5769 | Duration: 5:02
Igros Moshe OC 4:96
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Who is believed that they have checked for chometz? Halacha l'ma'aseh for a Pesach rental or hotel.
22 Adar 5769 | Duration: 14:58
OC 437:4; MB 437:15-19
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You rented an apartment that you assume was checked for chometz. If you find out that it wasn't, are you entitled to a discount from the landlord?
21 Adar 5769 | Duration: 17:05
OC 437:3; MB 437:11-14
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If the tenant takes possession after the time for checking for chometz, can he assume that the apartment has been checked?
20 Adar 5769 | Duration: 14:53
OC 437:1-2; MB 437:5-10
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Methods of kinyan (acquiring an apartment); the difference between a sale and a rental.
17 Adar 5769 | Duration: 16:01
OC 437:1; MB 437:2-4
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Renting an apartment for Pesach: the Talmud and Tosefot.
16 Adar 5769 | Duration: 13:51
Pes. 4a; Tos. d.h. "Al HaMaskir livdok", d.h. "Im MiSheMasar HaMafteach"
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If you rent an apartment for Pesach, who is responsible for checking for chometz?
15 Adar 5769 | Duration: 16:14
Pes. 4a; OC 437:1; MB 437:1-2
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If you skip a pasuk or perek during Hallel, do you need to go back and correct your mistake? If so, how?
1 Kislev 5769 | Duration: 6:36
OC 422:6; MB 422:26-27
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We make havdala following Yom Tov, but we don't include the candle or spices. Why?
3 Sivan 5768 | Duration: 15:13
OC 491:1; MB 491:1-2; OC 298:1; MB 298:1
The "Ot-Bosh" of Pesach is one of the many wonders of the Jewish Calendar.
26 Nissan 5768 | Duration: 9:16
OC 428:3; MB 428:5
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Why do we eat eggs at the seder? Why is there an egg on the seder plate?
6 Nissan 5768 | Duration: 15:48
Pesachim 10:3; OC 476:2; MB 476:11-12; OC 473:4; MB 473:22-23
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If you forget to make up for havdala in the second bracha, you have additional opportunities through the meal, the seder, and beyond. Also: washing hands for kiddush.
5 Nissan 5768 | Duration: 14:04
OC 473:1; MB 473:5-9
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If you forget to make Havdala in Kiddush, how do you make up for your ommission?
4 Nissan 5768 | Duration: 15:43
OC 473:1; MB 473:4
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The Kiddush of Pesach on Motzei Shabbos is special in that it includes both Shehechiyanu and Havdala.
3 Nissan 5768 | Duration: 15:16
OC 473:1; MB 473:1,3
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In the middle of the Pesach Seder, we recite Hallel; in the middle of Hallel, we interrupt to eat. How can we interrupt Hallel in the middle? Also: There are two special changes in Maariv for Pesach: many communities recite Hallel, and there is no Kiddush in shul.
2 Nissan 5768 | Duration: 11:58
OC 487:3-4; Pesachim 10:1; MB 487:10,16
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The special evening prayers for Erev Pesach.
28 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 16:36
OC 487:1; Brachot 4:5; MB 487:1-9
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On a weekday Erev Pesach, if you forgot to discard some chometz, you burn it up as soon as you remember. What do you do on shabbos?
27 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 14:07
OC 444:7-8; MB 444:33-37
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It's shabbos Erev Pesach, I swept up my chometz crumbs, but after halachic 10:00 AM I found more chometz! Now what do I do!?
26 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 15:12
OC 444:5,7; MB 444:21,29
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Chometz crumbs must be swept away after the morning shabbos meal. What if there is actual food -- challah -- left over?
25 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 13:34
OC 444:4; MB 444:15-20
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When Erev Pesach is on shabbos, how do we wash up dishes from the chometz meals?
24 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 15:06
OC 444:3; MB 444:11-14; Sha'ar HaTziun 444:4
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In most years, we burn and nullify our chometz on the day before Pesach. When Erev Pesach is on shabbos, when and how do we burn and nullify chometz?
21 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 15:14
OC 444:2,6; MB 444:9-10, 22
We usually have Shalosh Seudos after Mincha on shabbos with bread. When Erev Pesach is on shabbos, how do we have challah at three shabbos meals?
20 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 16:38
OC 444:1; MB 444:5-8
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When Erev Pesach is on shabbos, we certainly cannot check for chometz by the light of a candle on Friday night. What do we do? And do we make a bracha?
19 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 15:27
OC 444:1; MB 444:1-4
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Erev Pesach is the Fast of the Firstborn. When it falls on shabbos, when do the firstborn fast, if at all?
18 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 16:12
OC 470:1-3; MB 470:5-7,11
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If Erev Pesach falls on shabbos, it leads to many, many halachic questions. This shiur introduces the topic with a story from the Talmud of one such occurence.
17 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 14:08
Pes. 66a
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Choosing whole matzos from among broken matzos is a problem of borrer that presents itself every Pesach.
29 Shevat 5768 | Duration: 4:45
Ch"A Hil. Shabbos 16:14
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What is an Eruv Tavshilin? When, why, and how do we make an Eruv Tavshilin? Isn't this just a "legal loophole" -- if cooking is forbidden, how does the Eruv help, and if it is permitted, what is the point of the Eruv?
29 Elul 5767 | Duration: 18:43
Ex. 12:16; Pes. 46b
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The same principle with regard to doubt -- that it takes thirty days to establish a new habit -- can also be used to resolve doubts by establishing a new habit with regard to saying tal or geshem.
6 Iyar 5767 | Duration: 14:30
OC 114:9; MB 114:40-44
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We get so used to the words of the amidah and have such poor focus on our tefillah that sometimes, perhaps even often, we don't know whether we said tal or geshem. What is the halacha in such a case?
5 Iyar 5767 | Duration: 15:51
OC 114:8; MB 114:35-38
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The fasts of BaHa"B are held twice a year following both Pesach and Sukkos. This shiur explores the reasons behind the fasts and brings out the relevant halachot of BaHa"B.
2 Iyar 5767 | Duration: 22:34
OC 492:1; Tur 492; BY 492; MB 492:1-6
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If you add Morid HaGeshem when you shouldn't you need to correct the error. But how do you correct it? That depends on several variables -- whether you added geshem on purpose or by accident and when you realize your mistake.
29 Nissan 5767 | Duration: 15:29
OC 114:4,7-8; MB 114:19-24
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If you accidentally add or forget "Morid HaTal", you generally need not correct the error. Why not? What if you request tal by accident in barech aleinu?
25 Nissan 5767 | Duration: 13:43
OC 114:3-4; MB 114:10,12-15,17-19
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Many of the dinim of ta'aruvos come into play with regard to chometz on Pesach. This chevruta shiur provides an overview of bitul chometz.
25 Nissan 5767 | Duration: 1:01:15
OC 447; MB, Tur, and BY ad loc.
After musaf of the first day of Pesach, we stop davening for rain in the amidah. What if you ask for rain by accident?
24 Nissan 5767 | Duration: 12:01
OC 117:2-3; MB 117:14; Beur Halacha d.h. "HaTzrichim Matar"
Even after Pesach has ended, there are still chometz prohibitions that we must be concerned about. Chometz owned by a Jew during Pesach becomes permanently forbidden. But what if a non-Jew gives it to you? Leaves it in your home?
23 Nissan 5767 | Duration: 20:32
OC 448:1-3,5; MB 448:3-9
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Does each of the four cups require its own brocha rishona? Brocha achrona? Why or why not?
11 Nisan 5767 | Duration: 14:34
OC 474:1; MB 474:1-5
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The shabbos before Pesach is known as "The Great Shabbos -- Shabbat HaGadol. Why is it called "Great", and what are the customs associated with this special shabbos?
10 Nisan 5767 | Duration: 13:08
Ex. 12:1-20; OC 430:1; MB 430:1-2; Mal. 3:23
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Are women obligated to drink the four cups of wine? What about the rest of the seder obligations? What is a child's role at the seder?
9 Nisan 5767 | Duration: 14:43
OC 472:14-16; MB 472:44-45,50
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The general rule: use the best wine you can afford.
8 Nisan 5767 | Duration: 13:05
OC 472:10-13; MB 472:35-42
Why do we drink four cups of wine? How much wine should you drink?
7 Nisan 5767 | Duration: 13:11
Ex. 6:6-8; OC 472:8-9; MB 472:24-27,34
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If one forgets to lean at the seder, is he required to go back, or has he fulfilled his mitzvah nonetheless?
4 Nisan 5767 | Duration: 16:00
OC 472:7; MB 472:20-23
Does a child recline in front of his father to whom he is required to show honor? What about a student in front of his Rabbi?
3 Nisan 5767 | Duration: 13:36
OC 472:5-6; MB 472:14-19
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Do women lean at the seder? What about mourners?
2 Nisan 5767 | Duration: 8:16
OC 472:4; MB 472:12-13
At the seder, we all lean to the left, even those who are left-handed. Why?
1 Nisan 5767 | Duration: 9:27
OC 472:3; MB 472:9-12
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The seder table is set with one's finest of everything. The Maharil would even decorate his seder table with non-kosher plates and cups!
29 Adar 5767 | Duration: 9:07
OC 472:2; MB 472:6-8
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We start the seder immediately after dark, in part to make sure the kids are awake.
26 Adar 5767 | Duration: 15:15
OC 472:1; MB 472:1-5; Shaar HaTziun 472:2
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Keilim used with chometz that cannot be cleaned properly or that contain more than a kazayit of chometz must be given to a non-Jew. Also: toasters, cat litter made from dried corn, and the difference between Listerene and beer shampoo.
25 Adar 5767 | Duration: 12:58
OC 442:11; MB 442:51
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Chometz dispersed around the house and non-food chometz, including beer shampoo, buckwheat pillows, and beanbags.
24 Adar 5767 | Duration: 17:01
OC 442:8-9; MB 442:36,38,42
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What are we required to clean, what to we clean out of legitimate chumra, what is "customary" to clean, and what is just plain foolish? Halachic guidelines to follow in Pesach cleaning.
23 Adar 5767 | Duration: 17:14
OC 442:6-7; MB 442:28,39
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Ink and other non-foods containing chometz are not an issue to own or use, so long as the chometz was mixed in prior to Pesach. Beer, booze, and other foods, even with just a taste of chomeetz are completely forbidden.
22 Adar 5767 | Duration: 9:21
OC 442:10,5; MB 442:44-45,24
Chometz medications, glues, and starch in clothes.
19 Adar 5767 | Duration: 15:37
OC 442:3-4; MB 442:13-17,20-21,23
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Bread that is so rotten that a dog wouldn't eat it is no longer chometz. But can we own it on Pesach?
18 Adar 5767 | Duration: 9:44
OC 442:2; MB 442:9-12; Shaar HaTziun 442:19
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The different categories of ta'arovet chometz and chometz nukshe.
17 Adar 5767 | Duration: 15:52
OC 442:1; MB 442:4-5
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Is it permitted to own mixtures of chometz on Pesach -- for example, beer, wheat-based paste, and paper mache? What is chometz nukshe, and is its din the same or different?
16 Adar 5767 | Duration: 14:57
OC 442:1; MB 442:1-2
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Is it permitted to own mixtures of chometz on Pesach -- for example, beer, wheat-based paste, and paper mache?
15 Adar 5767 | Duration: 10:21
OC 442:1
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The 14th of Iyar is Pesach Sheini, the "Second Passover." What is this minor holiday about?
14 Iyar 5766 | Duration: 12:55
Num 9:1-14
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Why do we count the Omer? Is it d'oraita or d'rabbanan?
26 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 13:08
Lev. 23:9-21; Deut. 16:9-10; OC 489:1; Beur Halacha d.h. "Lispor HaOmer"; MB 489:5,6; Shaar HaTziun 489:7
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After Pesach, you can't quite go buy whatever chometz you want...
23 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 11:01
OC 448:1,5; MB 448:25; OC 449; MB 449:3
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Why don't we say Mizmor L'Todah on Pesach? Why do firstborn children fast on Erev Pesach? Who is obligated to fast?
13 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 12:44
OC 429:2; MB 429:9; OC 470:1,3; MB 470:1-4
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The prohibition on working on the 14th of Nissan; the prohibition on designating meat for Pesach.
12 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 12:08
OC 468:1; MB 468:1,2,4,5; OC 469:1; MB 469:6
Why is chometz sold to a non-Jew prior to Pesach permitted? Also: What is the status of your pre-schooler's shellacked noodle basket on Pesach? What about paste made from flour? Beer shampoo? Perfume?
9 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 16:40
Ex. 13:6-7; OC 448:1,3; OC 447:12
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An overview of the special procedures followed for baking Pesach matzo.
7 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 14:45
OC 460:1-2; OC 453:4; MB 453:21-23; OC 451:1; MB 451:1,2,4,5,21,23; OC 456:1; MB 456:1,3; OC 459:2; OC 454:1; MB 454:5; OC 460:5; MB 460:17
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Why do we sell our chometz? What can be sold?
6 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 13:22
OC 436:1; OC 440:2; MB ad. loc.
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What should you do if you find chometz during Pesach? What if you didn't check properly before Pesach?
5 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 18:08
OC 435; OC 446:1-2; MB ad. loc.
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After checking for chometz, we nullify all remaining chometz. Why isn't either checking or nullification enough on its own?
2 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 12:38
OC 434:2-4; MB ad. loc.
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From kiddush through the start of the maggid.
2 Nisan 5766 | Duration: 49:40
What do we do with remaining chometz after checking for chometz?
1 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 7:31
OC 434:1; MB ad. loc.
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Halachot beginning with Rosh Chodesh Nissan
1 Nissan 5766 | Duration: 5:45
OC 429:2; MB ad. loc.
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In what rooms is checking required? What about outdoors
29 Adar 5766 | Duration: 15:17
OC 433:3-11; MB ad. loc.
Must a candle be used? What if you check before nighttime? Can a flashlight be used?
28 Adar 5766 | Duration: 15:01
Pes. 7b-8a; OC 433:1-2; MB ad. loc.
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Who is trusted to check for chometz? If multiple people are checking or if you are checking more than one place, do you make more than one brocha?
27 Adar 5766 | Duration: 13:40
OC 432:2; MB 432:7-12
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What is the blessing before checking for chometz and why? When is it recited?
24 Adar 5766 | Duration: 13:28
Pes. 7a-7b; OC 432:1; MB 432:1-6
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What takes precedence, checking for chometz or learning Torah? Checking for chometz or Ma'ariv?
23 Adar 5766 | Duration: 9:57
OC 431:2; MB 431:5-8
Why do we have to remove chometz if we nullify it? And why the need to nullify it if we remove it?
22 Adar 5766 | Duration: 10:26
Ex. 13:7; Ex. 12:15; Pes. 2a; OC 431:1; MB 431:1-2
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Kollel-level shiur on checking with a candle
4 Cheshvan 5766 | Duration: 44:59
OC 434:11 and related sources
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Kollel-level shiur on Rosh, Pesachim, Chapter 1, Part 10
9 Elul 5765 | Duration: 1:20:33
Rosh Pesachim 1:10 and related Talmud references
Kollel-level shiur on Simon 431
5 Elul 5765 | Duration: 47:42
OC 431 and related sources and commentaries
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