Searching for Leaven
Obligation for Searching
The obligation begins 30 days before Pesach: Pesachim 6a, 21a
Biblically, it would have been enough to mentally give up ownership of the Leaven: Pesachim 4b, 10a
Requirement to check any location into which Leaven is ordinarily brought: Pesachim 2a, 8b
Assuming that a location which is difficult to reach probably didn't have Leaven brought in: Pesachim 8a
Who is obligated to examine a house which is leased on/before the 14th: Pesachim 4a-b
Assuming a house has been checked, if one leases it after the time for Searching: Pesachim 4a-b
Considering the transaction of property to be
fraudulent
if the Searching was not done beforehand: Pesachim 4b
All people are believed, as
trusted people
, to say a house was checked: Pesachim 4a-b
Responsibility for One who is leaving town before/within 30 days before Pesach, and does [not] plan to return before or on Pesach: Pesachim 6a
Checking a location which could be dangerous, due to scorpions or due to Nochrim: Pesachim 8a-b
Procedure
Time for the Searching: Pesachim 2a, 2b, 3a, 4a, 10b; Menachot 67b
One Searching or Multiple Searches: Pesachim 10b
Making a Blessing: Pesachim 7a-b
What Blessing to Make: Pesachim 7a-b
Searching with a candle: Pesachim 2a, 3a, 7b-8a
Using a Candle vs. Using a multi-wick Torch: Pesachim 8a
Searching an outdoor yard with sunlight: Pesachim 8a
Searching an outdoor, roofed pavillion with sunlight: Pesachim 8a
Searching a room via the light of a skylight: Pesachim 8a
Leaven held over after Searching must be placed in a safe storage to prevent being taken by a rodent: Pesachim 9b, 10b, 21a
Searching Specific Locations
A high or low bed which segments a room: Pesachim 8a
If one converts one's house into a storehouse, so that the Leaven will be buried as though underneath a ruin: Pesachim 6a
Who is obligated to check a hole which runs through a wall which separates 2 houses: Pesachim 8a
A hole which is in a wall between a Jew and a Nochri: Pesachim 8b
Wine, Oil and other Food Storage Cellars, from which one does [not] supply one's table during meals: Pesachim 8a
Method for examining a winecellar: Pesachim 2a,8b
Leaven located on an out-of-reach ceiling beam: Pesachim 10b
Leaven in a deep pit: Pesachim 10b
Leaven in a snake's mouth: Pesachim 10b
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