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# If a person leaves one’s house more than 30 days before Pesach and doesn’t plan to return for Pesach one doesn’t have to do Bedika but rather just do Bitul when the times comes wherever one is. <Ref>S”A 436:1 </ref> | # If a person leaves one’s house more than 30 days before Pesach and doesn’t plan to return for Pesach one doesn’t have to do Bedika but rather just do Bitul when the times comes wherever one is. <Ref>S”A 436:1 </ref> | ||
# If a person leaves one’s house within 30 days of Pesach and doesn’t plan to return for Pesach one must do Bedika with a candle the night before one leaves and then do Bitul Chametz afterwards, however the Bedika is done without a Bracha. <Ref> S”A 436:1 </ref> | # If a person leaves one’s house within 30 days of Pesach and doesn’t plan to return for Pesach one must do Bedika with a candle the night before one leaves and then do Bitul Chametz afterwards, however the Bedika is done without a Bracha. <Ref> S”A 436:1 </ref> | ||
## Since one is not going to be home for Pesach it’s sufficient to do a proper Bedika according to the law by just looking for the Chametz (though not just a superficial look) and one doesn’t have to drive oneself crazy like one does every year. <Ref> Rav Schachter on | ## Since one is not going to be home for Pesach it’s sufficient to do a proper Bedika according to the law by just looking for the Chametz (though not just a superficial look) and one doesn’t have to drive oneself crazy like one does every year. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 2:30 and 5 </ref> | ||
# However if possible it’s preferable to appoint a שליח to do Beidika for oneself at the proper time. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 436:1 </ref> Some say that it’s better to do it oneself before going rather than have a non-family member (such as a neighbor) do it for oneself. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 436:1 </ref> | # However if possible it’s preferable to appoint a שליח to do Beidika for oneself at the proper time. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 436:1 </ref> Some say that it’s better to do it oneself before going rather than have a non-family member (such as a neighbor) do it for oneself. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 436:1 </ref> | ||
# If one plans on returning before Pesach if there’s a fear one will return on Erev Pesach without time for Bedika one should do it before going, otherwise do it when one returns. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 436:9 </ref> | # If one plans on returning before Pesach if there’s a fear one will return on Erev Pesach without time for Bedika one should do it before going, otherwise do it when one returns. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 436:9 </ref> | ||
===Renting one's house to a non-Jew=== | ===Renting one's house to a non-Jew=== | ||
# If one is renting out one’s house and the Chametz in it to a non-Jew for Pesach one will have exempted oneself from Bedika but it’s not proper to do so, rather it’s correct to rent one’s house except for one room and do Bedika without a Bracha in that room before one leaves for Pesach. <Ref> Rav Schachter on | # If one is renting out one’s house and the Chametz in it to a non-Jew for Pesach one will have exempted oneself from Bedika but it’s not proper to do so, rather it’s correct to rent one’s house except for one room and do Bedika without a Bracha in that room before one leaves for Pesach. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 2:30 and 5 </ref> | ||
## The room which one leaves not rented in order to Bedika should be a room which one usually brings Chametz otherwise there’ll be no obligation of Bedika and one will have accomplished nothing by leaving that room not rented. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on | ## The room which one leaves not rented in order to Bedika should be a room which one usually brings Chametz otherwise there’ll be no obligation of Bedika and one will have accomplished nothing by leaving that room not rented. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 10:30 and 11:30 </ref> | ||
===Renters=== | ===Renters=== | ||
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# If the renter has the key to the house at the time of Bedika (14th at [[Tzet HaKochavim]]) and he has made a halachic acquisition (paying with cash), then he’s obligated to do Bedika. <Ref> S”A 437:1, Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 98) </ref> | # If the renter has the key to the house at the time of Bedika (14th at [[Tzet HaKochavim]]) and he has made a halachic acquisition (paying with cash), then he’s obligated to do Bedika. <Ref> S”A 437:1, Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 98) </ref> | ||
# However, if the renter has the key to the house but didn’t do a halachic acquisition, many say that the owner is obligated and some say that the renter is obligated. <Ref> S”A 437:1, Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 98) </ref> Certainly the owner or renter can be appointed a שליח by the other and fulfill the obligation of Bedika. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 99) </ref> | # However, if the renter has the key to the house but didn’t do a halachic acquisition, many say that the owner is obligated and some say that the renter is obligated. <Ref> S”A 437:1, Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 98) </ref> Certainly the owner or renter can be appointed a שליח by the other and fulfill the obligation of Bedika. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 437:2, Halachos of Pesach (pg 99) </ref> | ||
# A person who rents a house for Pesach, the areas which one will put one’s food utensils and actual food should be checked perfectly well. The rest of the house should be checked well, however, the areas which are private areas and the renters are not supposed to open (explicitly mentioned or implicitly understood) the renters do not have to Bedika on those areas. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on | # A person who rents a house for Pesach, the areas which one will put one’s food utensils and actual food should be checked perfectly well. The rest of the house should be checked well, however, the areas which are private areas and the renters are not supposed to open (explicitly mentioned or implicitly understood) the renters do not have to Bedika on those areas. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 16:45 and 19:15 explaining that we assume that the children didn’t put Chametz there and they are even renting those private areas </ref> | ||
===Hotel Guests=== | ===Hotel Guests=== | ||
# If one arrives in the hotel before the 14th at night and plans on staying Pesach, then one should perform Bedika in the room with a Bracha. <Ref>Chovat Hadar (end of Sefer Dinei Bedikat Chametz), Siddur Pesach KeHilchato 12:8, Chag HaMatzot (Halachot VeMinhagim 5:32), Otzar Halachot vol 2 pg 124, Rav Schachter on | # If one arrives in the hotel before the 14th at night and plans on staying Pesach, then one should perform Bedika in the room with a Bracha. <Ref>Chovat Hadar (end of Sefer Dinei Bedikat Chametz), Siddur Pesach KeHilchato 12:8, Chag HaMatzot (Halachot VeMinhagim 5:32), Otzar Halachot vol 2 pg 124, Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 2:30 and 5, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> Some maintain that one should check without a Bracha. <Ref>Sh”t Kinyan Torah 1:120, 5:33 </ref> | ||
## If the room is cleaned well one should bring Chametz into the room before doing Bedika. <Ref> Rav Schachter on | ## If the room is cleaned well one should bring Chametz into the room before doing Bedika. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 2:30 and 5 </ref> | ||
# If one arrives in the hotel on the day of the 14th, if the hotel did a Bedika on the 14th at night one doesn’t need to do Bedika, however, if the hotel didn’t do Bedika, one should do so with a Bracha. <Ref>Siddur Pesach KeHilchato 12:8, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> | # If one arrives in the hotel on the day of the 14th, if the hotel did a Bedika on the 14th at night one doesn’t need to do Bedika, however, if the hotel didn’t do Bedika, one should do so with a Bracha. <Ref>Siddur Pesach KeHilchato 12:8, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> | ||
# If one is a guest in the hotel only for the 14th and plans on leaving before Pesach one should still do Bedika but without a Bracha. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 5:19, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> | # If one is a guest in the hotel only for the 14th and plans on leaving before Pesach one should still do Bedika but without a Bracha. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 5:19, Piskei Teshuvot 437:1 </ref> | ||
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# However, if the Yeshiva decides to sell all the rooms to a goy for Pesach, then there’s no obligation to perform Bedika. <Ref>Torat HaYeshiva 14:4 </ref> | # However, if the Yeshiva decides to sell all the rooms to a goy for Pesach, then there’s no obligation to perform Bedika. <Ref>Torat HaYeshiva 14:4 </ref> | ||
===Going to a relative for Pesach=== | ===Going to a relative for Pesach=== | ||
# If one is staying at a relative for Pesach and has a room where will one be staying one should participate in the Bedika by listen to the Bracha on the Bedika and then checking the room one will be staying in. <Ref> Rav Schachter on | # If one is staying at a relative for Pesach and has a room where will one be staying one should participate in the Bedika by listen to the Bracha on the Bedika and then checking the room one will be staying in. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 6 and 7 </ref> | ||
===Bungalow Colony=== | ===Bungalow Colony=== | ||
# If one leaves one’s bungalow colony house within 30 days of Pesach one has to Bedika before one leaves, however if one leaves longer than 30 days before Pesach one doesn’t have to Bedika and it’s sufficient to do Bitul Chametz on the Chametz in that house unless one is going to come to the house on Pesach in which case one has to Bedika before Pesach. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on | # If one leaves one’s bungalow colony house within 30 days of Pesach one has to Bedika before one leaves, however if one leaves longer than 30 days before Pesach one doesn’t have to Bedika and it’s sufficient to do Bitul Chametz on the Chametz in that house unless one is going to come to the house on Pesach in which case one has to Bedika before Pesach. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 11 and 12 </ref> | ||
===Office=== | ===Office=== | ||
# One has to do Bedika in one’s office (if one brings food there), however, one doesn’t have to do it on the night before Pesach, but rather one should do so at a time before one leaves the office before Pesach. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on | # One has to do Bedika in one’s office (if one brings food there), however, one doesn’t have to do it on the night before Pesach, but rather one should do so at a time before one leaves the office before Pesach. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 8 and 11 </ref> | ||
==Areas which were cleaned before Pesach== | ==Areas which were cleaned before Pesach== | ||
# One has to clean the house before Pesach and still do Bedika (with a Bracha) the night before Pesach. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on | # One has to clean the house before Pesach and still do Bedika (with a Bracha) the night before Pesach. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 12:45 and 15:45 </ref> | ||
# If one cleaned a closet completely by removing every single vessel, checked using an electric light and there no small confined areas or hidden places in the closet then it’s considered checked and doesn’t require Bedika. However, if there are areas which require close examination (like getting down on one’s hands and knees) one should still do Bedika at the appropriate time. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on | # If one cleaned a closet completely by removing every single vessel, checked using an electric light and there no small confined areas or hidden places in the closet then it’s considered checked and doesn’t require Bedika. However, if there are areas which require close examination (like getting down on one’s hands and knees) one should still do Bedika at the appropriate time. <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 12:45 and 15:45 </ref> | ||
===Cracks=== | ===Cracks=== | ||
# Nowadays, one doesn’t have to check in the cracks in the floor because no one actually hides Chametz in the few and small cracks in the floor. <Ref> Rav Schachter on | # Nowadays, one doesn’t have to check in the cracks in the floor because no one actually hides Chametz in the few and small cracks in the floor. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 16 and 16:30 </ref> | ||
# If a piece of Chametz is too difficult to reach one doesn’t have to go crazy in order to remove that Chametz (and Bitul is sufficient). <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/community_services/media/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5770 OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcast 5770] between minutes 5:00 and 5:30 </ref> | # If a piece of Chametz is too difficult to reach one doesn’t have to go crazy in order to remove that Chametz (and Bitul is sufficient). <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/community_services/media/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5770 OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcast 5770] between minutes 5:00 and 5:30 </ref> | ||
==Where?== | ==Where?== | ||
# One only has to check in area where one would have brought Chametz. <Ref>S”A 431:1, Mishna Brurah 431:4 </ref> | # One only has to check in area where one would have brought Chametz. <Ref>S”A 431:1, Mishna Brurah 431:4 </ref> | ||
# If one has small children one must do Bedika in all rooms in the house because one doesn’t know where Chametz was brought. <Ref> Rav Schachter on | # If one has small children one must do Bedika in all rooms in the house because one doesn’t know where Chametz was brought. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 6 and 7 </ref> | ||
# One should do Bedika on the area where one plans to eat after the Bedika for that night and the next morning and then one should check that area again in the morning. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:2) </ref> | # One should do Bedika on the area where one plans to eat after the Bedika for that night and the next morning and then one should check that area again in the morning. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 5:2) </ref> | ||
# In an apartment building one person should check the stairwell, closets, etc. for everyone after having made a Bracha for Bedika in his own house (without making interruptions that aren’t relevant to the Bedika). <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:3 </ref> | # In an apartment building one person should check the stairwell, closets, etc. for everyone after having made a Bracha for Bedika in his own house (without making interruptions that aren’t relevant to the Bedika). <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 433:3 </ref> | ||
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==How much is enough?== | ==How much is enough?== | ||
# A person doesn’t have to make themselves crazy, one just to be reasonable not to overwork oneself so that one can enjoy the Seder. <Ref> Rav Schachter on | # A person doesn’t have to make themselves crazy, one just to be reasonable not to overwork oneself so that one can enjoy the Seder. <Ref> Rav Schachter on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 19:30 and 21 </ref> It’s a judgment call and one should do a peripheral check (not too peripheral). <Ref> Rav Yisrael Belsky on [http://www.ou.org/torah/article/oukosher_pre-pesach_webcast_5771 OU Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771] between minutes 24 and 25. See Haggadah of the Roshei Yeshiva (pg 13) which records the minhag of Rav Moshe to perform a bedika in his small apartment for longer than an hour. This bedika doesn't need to be done as if no cleaning was done, but is required anyway. This is the opinion of Sha’arei Teshuvah 433:2, Daat Torah 433:2, Chochmat Shelomo 433:11, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach quoted in Mevakshei Torah Ohr Efrayim page 532), Kinyan Torah 2:122.</ref> | ||
==If one found Chametz after the Bedika== | ==If one found Chametz after the Bedika== | ||
