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Monday, April 06, 2009

EZ Reads: Pesach Cleaning

It's going to be a busy day here as we get ready for Pesach, running errands, getting a rack for our car (any suggestions? Roofbag.com wouldn't get to us on time...), and all that fun stuff. At least we don't have to make Pesach this year, though it will likely be the last time that's true. Instead of posting, I'm scheduling a bunch of EZ Reads to go up over the course of the day.

Typically, these roundups are composed by dropping into a folder any pieces that seem interesting. When there are a bunch in the folder, after checking which ones still seem interesting after another glance, they get shared here for anyone to take a look at. When times are busy, though, the folder gets to be a little fat; Pesach is a good time to clean it out a bit, and since we don't have an apartment to clean {ducks}, this - and our car - will be my Pesach cleaning. Since some people enjoy these and some people don't care for them at all, preferring when I write stuff (clearly, this is my Mom), everything will be divided into sections for y'all (a post for each type, scheduled over the course of the day) and only available on expand or by going to the individual post pages.
Enjoy!

11 comments:

  1. "At least we don't have to make Pesach this year, though it will likely be the last time that's true."

    Daddy and I are looking forward to coming to you next year!

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  2. Try sears for the rack.

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  3. Mom - Thanks :P

    HF - Yeah, I'm going to try Home Depot and Sears, though online Sears didn't look good (I don't have a rack on the car yet, and most of their carriers are for that).

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  4. Don't you still have to get rid of chametz?

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  5. No. We're just selling all the chametz in our apartment.

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  6. I didn't know there were opinions that that is permitted. Not judging or anything, just truly interested, as even opinions by and Pesach guides for those who are less observant to my recollection say something about still cleaning and still doing bedikat chametz in such a situation if date of departure is within a certain time, maybe a month, or two weeks, I'm not sure, before Pesach.

    Even recently I heard a snippet of an anecdote about someone who liked going away for Pesach until he found out he'd have to clean anyway.

    Out of curiosity, when you stay at home, are you okay selling "real" chametz or do you feel you must get rid of it all? Again, not judging, no position on either position, just interested in how it matches up.

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  7. Well, we're still going to be cleaning our car; I believe you're correct that *some* cleaning should be done, but it's really minimal. Bedikah is a different question: We won't be in a position to do bedikah, as we'll be traveling during the zman. Perhaps we'll pull over and check inside the car, hmm...

    Last night while selling chametz with the Rav he would ask people specifically if they'd be in their apartment at all over Yom Tov. If they would, they had to designate areas for their chametz; if not, he did not ask. I asked "because we won't be there we are not required to set aside areas", and he answered that that was correct.

    I'm okay selling "real" chametz so long as it's something that one could actually sell (has some value). If the non-Jew would come and take it over Yom Tov, that would be fine with me. (Actually an interesting piece in the WSJ discussing selling chametz - look up best of the web or Taranto and chametz. He wrote about legal loopholes, and then received a lot of mail discussing how it's actually a legitimate sale, and cases where the gentile came around to take things like alcohol because he could not buy in stores due to state blue [?] laws.)

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  8. We won't be in a position to do bedikah, as we'll be traveling during the zman. Perhaps we'll pull over and check inside the car, hmm...

    Don't you still do it before you leave, just without a bracha?

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  9. If you clean, yes. If you don't, and you're selling it, no.

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  10. Ironic timing: R' Aviner.

    "Q: Does someone who will be away from his house all of Pesach have to clean his house?
    A: No. He should include everything in the sale of chametz and fulfill the mitzvah of searching for chametz in the place he will be for Pesach."

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  11. I just finished the kitchen and switched over a few minutes ago.

    Chag Kasher Ve'Sameach to all!

    Mark

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