Hilchos Pesach

Question 1

when do we start learning hilchos pesach ?

Answer 1

purim day
mitzva to start osek in halachos pesach 30 days before

some say its deoraisa (chasam sofer (end megila) ,maharsha(sukka9) pnei yehoshua(psachim6)
some say derababnan-beis yosef ,shua harav)

Question 2

What is the minhag of Maos Chittim ?

Answer 2

Minhag to give flour to the aniim of your city for pesach
or give money that they can buy themselves
nowadays the minhag has evolved to give all pesach needs (see Halichos shlomo 2:3)

Question 3

who is considered an ani regarding maos chittim ?

Answer 3

either he’s lived in the city for 30 days
or he plans on living there
other aniim just give them the days worth

Question 4

who is considered a resident to be chayav to give maos chittim ?

Answer 4

either he’s lived in the city for 30 days
or he plans on living there
even a talmid chacham (whose patur from tax) (pmg-safek)

the city residents can enforce this

Question 5

What is special about chodesh nissan ?

Answer 5

On rosh chodesh nissan the mishkan was inaugurated
12 nesiim brought korbanos on each day of the month
each day was a yom tov for that nasi
pesach erev pesach and isru chag
majority of month is kadosh -we view the wholw month

Question 6

what are the dinim relating to the kedusha of chodesh nissan ?

Answer 6

we don't say hesped (only chacham befanav ) 
or fast (only taanis chalom and erev pesach ) 
minhag is chasanim fast (some don't)

Question 7

someone who fasts on shabbos because of a chalom can he make up the fast the next day e/th its nissan ?

Answer 7

yes even if its rosh chodesh (some disagree)

Question 8

what changes are there to the tefillos in chodesh nissan ?

Answer 8

don't say 
tachnun 
tzidkascha 
yehi ratzon after torah reading 
hazkaras neshamos (only last day pesach)
tziduk hadin and kadish after 

good to read the nasi on each day
13th day read behaloscha

Question 9

some people read nesiim from a sefer torah

can you read from a sefer torah without brachos ?

Answer 9

some said based on yerushalmi not to read from a sefer torah without brachos some did though
see likutei mahariach chodesh nissan )

Question 10

Should you sell vadai chametz ?

Answer 10

No proper to sell chametz beain unless have a store
based on bchor shor (pesachim)
shabbos-harama on derabanan not deoraisa
R’tam- baal yiraeh on taaroves is derabanan

Question 11

is bedikah deoraisa ?

Answer 11

Shua Tos Psachim-bedika deoraisa if didnt do biur
not in chumash
r’ solo -biur a’‘z diff between e’y and chul Abeid teabdun double loshon
r’yishmael -dibra torah keloshon bnei adam
r’akiva - lo dibra torah double lashon means something
In EY not in fully control so cant destroy a’‘z
mitzvas yishuv imcomplete without biur A’z

Guy bought a house indians bow to tree an asheira
personal mitzva of biur a’z

Bedika is a chelek of biur just like A’‘z in E’Y

Meiri -bedika within 30 days before pesach
bracha or not
rema-w/o a bracha

Question 12

Does the rabbi have to make a kinyan sudar when selling the chametz ?

Answer 12

Shutfim
tos 1st daf bava basra
mishna - how thick wall ends hakol keminhag hamedina
tos- why list eg here we learn some minhagim have to observe
rif (mordechai gitin )-minhag-same letters as gehinam

Chazon ish ,steipler doesn’t make sense
minhag Rabbi makes a kinyan sudar to act as a shliach
Ram(hilchos mechira 5:11)-shlichus doesn’t need kinyan
Nesivos(nachlas yaakov)tshuva to butshuch heter -sell chametz with the cows to nj -muttar
Butzchacher yerushalmi -can’t do harama
Sudar very strange (baruch ber )-not a maase kinyan but a gemiras daas
Rambam -demonstrates done by gemiras daas

Question 13

What if a person forgets to make the kinyan

can you do it over the phone w/o a sudar?

Answer 13

Kinyan over phone
Ask person on phone -ask someone else do kinyan eved knani (kinyan al yedai acheirim ) hankicheif on my behalf
tos kidushin (works by chalifin also )
By chasan kala not at tisch ideally kone should give her
or do it beleiv shalem rambam says also works

Question 14

What are the 3 mitzvos of pesach ?

Answer 14

pesach -korban pesach -reminds us of makkos bechoros -h’ needed a sign to remind him to passover
matza-we left bechipazon
marror-slavery and bondage

Question 15

What is the afikoman ?

Answer 15

Afikoman-in place of kp taste of kp remain -can’t have food after (last thing in our taste buds )
matzos -deoraisa whether have a kp or not

Question 16

Is marror deoraisa ?

Answer 16

Marror - sandwich b/c don’t have kp supposed to be a cooperation therefore no biblical obligation

Question 17

what are 4 cups ?

Answer 17

4 cups -express our gratitude l’chaim no longer under mitzrayim

Question 18

what is the keara ?

Answer 18

not in the gemarah
place marror
charoses -some wine inside to remind blood jewish kids killed )
-also reminds us of cement
Rambam(peirush hamishnayos)-also mitzva to eat charoses and make a bracha

Question 19

what is karpas ?

egg and shank ?

Answer 19

Karpas beginning of meal -so kids ask
egg and zroah -times of bm had korban pesach Zroah in its place -achronim -zeroah netuya
egg - every YT brought chagigah (celebration offering )
why egg?
aveilus -1st meal round items (circle of life ) (ups and downs) remind us we in aveilus no bm

Question 20

eating erev pesach ?

Answer 20

don’t eat meal erev pesach(so have an apetite for matza) -can have fruit etc
-issur eat matzo on erev pesach

Question 21

Can you do kiddush early on pesach ?

Answer 21

can’t eat before its dark (on erev shabbos can start early kiddush before its dark)

Question 22

old people want to have a seder early ?

Answer 22

really old -just doing it for the experience -ok
R’shachter -kiddush try do after nightfall sing nirtza say before
woman labour night of seder -abridge seder
all 4 cups one shot doesn’t work

Question 23

How should table be set up on erev pesach ?

Answer 23

shua-Table set up mibod yom (elegant meal come its all set up beforehand )
set up table elaborate setting (e/th rest of year abstain b/c of bm )
have to feel as if we left mitzrayim

Question 24

Difference between kavod and oneg shabbos ?

do they apply to yom tov ?

Answer 24

kavod -anything before shabbos
oneg -anything on shabbos itself (gra)
shabbos candles -has both properties

same as yom tov
drisha’s mom -people lighting on yom tov night is a mistake -lose out kavod yom tov aspect

Question 25

how do you kasher counter tops on pesach ?

Answer 25

Granite, marble, Caesarstone, wood (if it has a smooth surface), and
stainless steel countertops can be kashered by pouring boiling water on
them (irui).

. Surfaces that cannot be koshered for Pesach, such as Formica and ceramic
tiles, should be covered with non-absorbent material such as contact paper, cardboard or aluminum foil (it is best to use a few layers of
aluminum foil, as it tears easily).

Question 26

How do you prepare a countertop so it can be kashered with irui ?

Answer 26

Remember to first clean the surface well using a rag that has a
dovor pogem on it.

Make sure the counter was not in direct contact with hot
chometz for the 24-hour period preceding the kashering.
59.3. Pour the boiling water over the entire surface
59.4. When finished, pour cold water over the surface.