Pesach הלכות פסח
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429Reciting the Confession in NissanSiman 429 · 9 seifim
- 1.One asks about the laws of Pesach beginning thirty…
- 2.Throughout the entire month of Nissan one does not…
- 3.It is a good custom to read, each day…
- 4.One should not decree a public fast during the…
- 5.One should not say the psalm "Answer me, Hashem,…
- 6.The custom is to say Mizmor L'Todah (the Psalm…
- 7.The custom is not to say "Tzidkatcha" in the…
- 8.It is a mitzvah for everyone to give "kimcha…
- 9.When Rosh Chodesh Nissan falls on Shabbat, requiring three…
430Shabbat HaGadolSiman 430 · 6 seifim
- 1.The Shabbat before Pesach is called "Shabbat HaGadol" (the…
- 2.The haftarah on this Shabbat is "Then the offering…
- 3.It is a holy obligation to gather in large…
- 4.When Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, the sermon of…
- 5.Some have the custom of saying to one another…
- 6.On the festival day itself, one gives sermons on…
431The Time for Checking for ChametzSiman 431 · 9 seifim
- 1.One who is careful about even a trace of…
- 2.At the beginning of the night of the fourteenth…
- 3.It is forbidden to eat a bread meal larger…
- 4.A synagogue warden who has checked his own home…
- 5.It is forbidden to begin any work half an…
- 6.Likewise, it is forbidden to begin studying from the…
- 7.All that was explained above applies specifically to an…
- 8.If one has not yet prayed Ma'ariv and the…
- 9.One who was traveling for his livelihood and arrives…
432The Law of the Blessing on the CheckingSiman 432 · 11 seifim
- 1.Even though one does not recite a blessing over…
- 2.It is forbidden to speak between the blessing and…
- 3.It is permitted to answer Amen and Yehei Shemei…
- 4.If he began checking without a blessing, he may…
- 5.One does not recite Shehecheyanu on the mitzvah of…
- 6.With one blessing recited over the checking, one may…
- 7.If it is difficult for him to check by…
- 8.If the head of household does not check at…
- 9.The custom is to place small pieces of bread,…
- 10.If he cannot find one of the ten pieces…
- 11.Some have the custom that the one checking carries…
433The Laws of Checking for ChametzSiman 433 · 8 seifim
- 1.The checking must be done by the light of…
- 2.A small pocket flashlight that can be brought into…
- 3.One should not check by the light of a…
- 4.One must check the holes and cracks in every…
- 5.There is no need to turn off the electric…
- 6.One who has a private car must check it…
- 7.Synagogues and study halls require checking by the warden…
- 8.There is no need to check books for chametz,…
434Laws Practiced After the CheckingSiman 434 · 13 seifim
- 1.Whatever chametz remains for eating on the night of…
- 2.One should clean one's teeth well after finishing the…
- 3.After the checking, one nullifies the chametz and declares…
- 4.One must say the nullification in a language he…
- 5.The custom is to say the nullification, for additional…
- 6.The nullification of chametz done during the day has…
- 7.Women too are commanded regarding the mitzvah of "you…
- 8.When the head of household instructs an agent to…
- 9.If the husband is not at home, he may…
- 10.One does not recite a blessing over the nullification…
- 11.One is not liable to lashes for the prohibitions…
- 12.Some say that if one has chametz in his…
- 13.One who has in his possession chametz that he…
435One Who Did Not Check on the Night of the FourteenthSiman 435 · 2 seifim
Read this siman →436The Law of One Who Travels by SeaSiman 436 · 5 seifim
- 1.One who goes abroad, if he intends to return…
- 2.One who goes to spend the festival of Pesach…
- 3.One who travels from his home on Erev Pesach…
- 4.One who checks before the night of the fourteenth…
- 5.One who rented a hotel room for the night…
437One Who Rents a House to His FellowSiman 437 · 4 seifim
- 1.One who rents a house to his fellow for…
- 2.One who rents a house from his fellow on…
- 3.One who rents a house to his fellow under…
- 4.A house that we have established has not been…
438A Child Who Enters a Checked House with Bread in HandSiman 438 · 1 seifim
Read this siman →440A Non-Jew's Chametz in a Jew's HomeSiman 440 · 1 seifim
Read this siman →442The Law of a Mixture of ChametzSiman 442 · 5 seifim
- 1.One who put leaven into dough on Pesach, and…
- 2.Chametz that spoiled or became putrid before its time…
- 3.Likewise, it is permitted to polish one's shoes during…
- 4.Bookbinders are permitted to glue papers with dough or…
- 5.Cigarettes about which there is concern that they are…
443The Law of Chametz on Erev PesachSiman 443 · 2 seifim
Read this siman →444Erev Pesach That Falls on ShabbatSiman 444 · 47 seifim
- 1.When Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, the sermon of…
- 2.When Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, one checks for…
- 3.When Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, some authorities require…
- 4.Even though on Friday, the 13th of Nissan, it…
- 5.It is permitted to do work on Friday just…
- 6.The romaine lettuce leaves used to fulfill the obligation…
- 7.On Shabbat, one should rise early to pray Shacharit…
- 8.One should be very careful during the meal that…
- 9.The Sages forbade eating matzah on Erev Pesach, so…
- 10.It is permitted to eat cooked matzah on Erev…
- 11.So as not to have to leave chametz in…
- 12.One who follows the advice mentioned should nullify the…
- 13.The third meal (seudah shlishit), whose time is after…
- 14.This meal should be held before the end of…
- 15.It is a mitzvah to prepare a hot dish…
- 16.On Shabbat, it is permitted to sweep the floor…
- 17.One does not wash the floor with water on…
- 18.It is permitted to shake out the tablecloth on…
- 19.Hospitals that cannot leave chametz for Shabbat, and have…
- 20.On Erev Pesach that falls on Shabbat, when one…
- 21.It is forbidden to eat before the checking, as…
- 22.Some say that by strict law one may sell…
- 23.Some have written that one should not write in…
- 24.One who is accustomed every year to sell, on…
- 25.A ba'al teshuvah (returnee to observance) who is a…
- 26.On Friday it is permitted to kasher utensils by…
- 27.Some have the custom of baking the matzah of…
- 28.One who bakes the matzah of the mitzvah on…
- 29.If one transgressed and baked the matzah of the…
- 30.A firstborn who has a delicate constitution, such that…
- 31.A firstborn to whom a son is born on…
- 32.A firstborn who will become bar mitzvah on Friday,…
- 33.A firstborn who reaches thirty days from his birth…
- 34.On Friday, one recites Mizmor L'Todah in the prayer…
- 35.One may not carry matzah on Shabbat, Erev Pesach,…
- 36.Guarded matzot designated for the Seder night that are…
- 37.Chametz on the festival day, after its time of…
- 38.One should not set the table and the dishes…
- 39.At the end of Shabbat, one says "Vetodi'einu" in…
- 40.Women who forgot and did not say "Vetodi'einu" in…
- 41.One lights a candle in honor of the festival…
- 42.In the Kiddush of the Seder night, one says…
- 43.In the blessing of Havdalah one says, "Ve'et yom…
- 44.If one forgot to recite Havdalah during Kiddush —…
- 45.The custom is to recite the nighttime Kiddush standing,…
- 46.Even when Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, when the…
- 47.One who erred in Havdalah, and instead of concluding…
445The Law of Removing ChametzSiman 445 · 4 seifim
- 1.How is the mitzvah of removing chametz performed? One…
- 2.It is forbidden to begin any work when the…
- 3.Before the time of its prohibition, one may throw…
- 4.If one declared the chametz ownerless and placed it…
446One Who Finds Chametz During the FestivalSiman 446 · 3 seifim
- 1.One who finds chametz in the public domain on…
- 2.Chametz on Pesach is also forbidden for benefit. Therefore…
- 3.The prohibition of even the slightest amount of chametz…
447A Mixture of Chametz on PesachSiman 447 · 32 seifim
- 1.One should buy open (unpackaged) food products for Pesach…
- 2.Even though chametz forbids on Pesach in any amount…
- 3.All the more so, one should permit wine made…
- 4.Likewise, bread that fell into wine and soaked there…
- 5.Likewise, barley beer, which is full-fledged chametz, that was…
- 6.What we hold as halachah — that a mixture…
- 7.Some say one should not be lenient, ideally, to…
- 8.Chametz that had already become mixed, liquid in liquid,…
- 9.Food products containing citric acid derived from wheat, mixed…
- 10.Some say that if one mixed the chametz in…
- 11.The Sages did not forbid chametz on Pesach in…
- 12.Matzah that was scooped with a peel used for…
- 13.It is permitted to eat on Pesach cheese or…
- 14.Cheese that was curdled during Pesach from rennet that…
- 15.If a grain of wheat is found in a…
- 16.Nevertheless, it is permitted to sell the dish to…
- 17.A wheat grain found in a dish that is…
- 18.If the wheat grain is found in a dish…
- 19.If a split wheat grain is found in a…
- 20.A chicken that was reheated on Pesach in a…
- 21.One should not scald wheat in boiling water, since…
- 22.What was forbidden regarding scalding nowadays does not apply…
- 23.Some have the custom not to eat chickens on…
- 24.If a whole wheat grain is found in a…
- 25.A mixture of chametz that became forbidden in any…
- 26.Chametz on Pesach that became mixed into a non-Jew's…
- 27.If a matzah made with chametz became mixed with…
- 28.A non-Jew who threw chametz into a Jew's pot…
- 29.If jam was made before Pesach in a vessel…
- 30.It is permitted, ideally, to drink water on Pesach…
- 31.It is permitted to drink milk on Pesach from…
- 32.Wines produced at the Carmel Mizrachi winery in Rishon…
+The Law of Imparting a Spoiled TasteSiman 447 (continued) · 5 seifim
- 1.Imparting a spoiled taste (noten ta'am lifgam) is permitted…
- 2.Cosmetics and makeup for women are permitted on Pesach,…
- 3.Tablets and sedative pills for headaches and toothaches may…
- 4.A patient in a life-threatening condition who knows he…
- 5.Even though by strict law it is permitted to…
448Chametz That Passed Through PesachSiman 448 · 7 seifim
- 1.Whoever retains chametz in his possession on Pesach nullifies…
- 2.Even one who checked for chametz on the fourteenth…
- 3.Some of the great halachic authorities hold that if…
- 4.A non-Jew who brings chametz to a Jew on…
- 5.It is permitted to eat chametz on the Shabbat…
- 6.One who stole chametz from his fellow before Pesach,…
- 7.Some say that chametz that passed through Pesach is…
+The Sale of ChametzSiman 448 (continued) · 10 seifim
- 1.The custom has already spread to rely on the…
- 2.One who sells his chametz to a non-Jew through…
- 3.One should not buy any product containing chametz after…
- 4.Ideally, it is not proper to sell the chametz…
- 5.An elderly or sick person who cannot sell the…
- 6.One who sold his chametz and specified the location…
- 7.A resident of the Land of Israel who has…
- 8.An agent appointed by the local rabbinate to arrange…
- 9.A grocery store owner who wishes to buy, before…
- 10.One who betroths a woman with chametz that is…
450A Jew and a Non-Jew Who Are PartnersSiman 450 · 1 seifim
Read this siman →451The Laws of Kashering VesselsSiman 451 · 9 seifim
- 1.Vessels used for chametz are forbidden to be used…
- 2.For every vessel, one follows its predominant use in…
- 3.However, a vessel whose predominant use was permitted, and…
- 4.Skewers and grates used to roast meat over fire,…
- 5.Baking pans in which challot are baked in an…
- 6.A coating that craftsmen apply to old pots and…
- 7.Old vessels that were coated as described above do…
- 8.An electric baking oven should be cleaned thoroughly, as…
- 9.A large electrically operated baking oven, in which chametz…
+Kashering a Microwave OvenKashering a Microwave Oven · 39 seifim
- 10.Regarding kashering a microwave oven, one must distinguish between…
- 11.An electric dishwasher that operates by washing with boiling…
- 12.A baking pan for a casserole, into which a…
- 13.A cake pan used to bake chametz throughout the…
- 14.Pots used for cooking over fire require immersion in…
- 15.A pressure cooker requires immersion, and the rubber gasket…
- 16.The handles of vessels that are attached by nails…
- 17.Pot lids and handles require immersion.
- 18.Aluminum vessels that have black pits on their bottom…
- 19.A mortar, whether of stone or metal, is permitted…
- 20.Kitchen knives are immersed in a primary vessel even…
- 21.The trivet — the iron support near the fire…
- 22.An electric hot plate (blech) suffices to be kashered…
- 23.A frying pan used for frying with oil suffices…
- 24.A frying pan used for frying without any oil…
- 25.Copper sheets called "tabsinim," used for baking in an…
- 26.One should rinse the vessels in cold water immediately…
- 27.Metal bowls into which a dish is poured from…
- 28.Metal plates, and likewise spoons ordinarily used as a…
- 29.Dentures should be cleaned thoroughly so that no trace…
- 30.Silver and gold vessels, and vessels used with cold…
- 31.An electric refrigerator suffices with thorough washing and cleaning…
- 32.A siphon (Sifon) and a SodaStream device suffice with…
- 33.No kashering at all is effective for earthenware vessels,…
- 34.Earthenware vessels used with cold substances during the year,…
- 35.For earthenware vessels that have gone unused for twelve…
- 36.Porcelain vessels have the same law as earthenware vessels;…
- 37.The sink in which pots and dishes are washed,…
- 38.Wooden and stone vessels, and bone vessels, have the…
- 39.Glass vessels neither absorb nor exude at all, and…
- 40.Pyrex and Duralex vessels used for cooking over fire…
- 41.An enamel vessel, which is a metal sheet coated…
- 42.It is permitted to use new coated, colored vessels,…
- 43.Tables on which one eats, if they are always…
- 44.A tablecloth used for eating during the year is…
- 45.A meat grinder requires immersion, after being disassembled and…
- 46.A vessel used for soaking meat before salting requires…
- 47.A metal vessel with a patch attached by soldering…
- 48.One should not immerse meat vessels and dairy vessels…
452When Is the Time for Kashering Vessels for PesachSiman 452 · 3 seifim
- 1.One who kashers vessels by immersion (hagalah) before the…
- 2.A chametz vessel that was not kashered, and was…
- 3.Since the laws of hagalah (kashering by immersion) are…
453Rice on PesachSiman 453 · 14 seifim
- 1.Rice and all types of legumes (kitniyot), including peas,…
- 2.Some Sephardim have also had the custom of avoiding…
- 3.One who was accustomed to forbid rice because he…
- 4.Even those who follow the custom of forbidding rice…
- 5.An Ashkenazi who is a guest in a Sephardic…
- 6.Rice imported from abroad that is glossy, where there…
- 7.An Ashkenazi who is a guest at a Sephardic…
- 8.An Ashkenazic woman married to a Sephardic man, who…
- 9.One who follows the stringent practice of not eating…
- 10.Likewise, it is permitted to cook rice on the…
- 11.Even though there are those who are stringent on…
- 12.A Sephardic woman who followed the lenient practice in…
- 13.Families who immigrated to the Land of Israel, and…
- 14.A righteous convert who converted in the Land of…
+The Law of Wheat for the Matzah of the MitzvahSiman 453 (continued) · 4 seifim
- 1.It is proper to make an effort to use,…
- 2.The matzah with which one fulfills the obligation on…
- 3.Some have the custom of eating, throughout all seven…
- 4.Wheat that was soaked briefly in boiling water, not…
455The Law of "Rested" WaterSiman 455 · 6 seifim
- 1.It is a well-established halachah among us that the…
- 2.If a large quantity of water is needed, one…
- 3.If additional water is needed, one may rely on…
- 4.A well whose water is somewhat salty, where it…
- 5."Rested" water that was kept in the vicinity of…
- 6.Ideally, one should not have a non-Jew draw the…
456Kneading More Than the Measure, and Separating Challah from the MatzotSiman 456 · 6 seifim
- 1.One should not knead for Pesach a dough larger…
- 2.Since one must be exacting about the measure of…
- 3.The measure of challah taken from the dough is…
- 4.Dough kneaded with fruit juices, such as wine, oil,…
- 5.Regarding the wording of the blessing over separating challah,…
- 6.If matzot were baked and distributed to a large…
+The Laws of Kneading and Baking MatzahSiman 456 (continued) · 5 seifim
- 1.It is proper to be very careful, as much…
- 2.Those engaged in the work of kneading should be…
- 3.By strict law, it is permitted to let a…
- 4.A boy who has reached bar mitzvah, having completed…
- 5.Ideally, one should not put salt in the matzah.…
458Baking on Erev PesachSiman 458 · 2 seifim
Read this siman →460The Law of the Matzah of the MitzvahSiman 460 · 5 seifim
- 1.There are places where the custom is for non-Jews…
- 2.It is proper to be careful not to give…
- 3.Some say one should not bake guarded matzah (matzah…
- 4.One should refrain from baking matzah in a microwave…
- 5.Matzah that was carried on the night of Pesach…
462The Law of Enriched MatzahSiman 462 · 2 seifim
- 1.The custom of the Sephardim and communities of the…
- 2.It is permitted to eat enriched matzah on the…
467Fruits and Food Products for PesachSiman 467 · 10 seifim
- 1.Grocers, shopkeepers and cooperative markets who supply food products…
- 2.Likewise, those who buy food products for Pesach should…
- 3.One should not buy food products for Pesach from…
- 4.Dried fruits such as raisins, plums, dried figs, apricots,…
- 5.One should be careful not to buy on Pesach…
- 6.Fine table salt is kosher for Pesach even without…
- 7.Sugar is permitted for eating during the days of…
- 8.Tea and coffee are permitted to drink on Pesach,…
- 9.Some have the custom of not soaking matzah in…
- 10.The widespread custom is to cook and fry with…
468The Laws of Erev PesachSiman 468 · 14 seifim
- 1.It is forbidden to do work on Erev Pesach…
- 2.If Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, it is permitted…
- 3.It is permitted to perform all types of work…
- 4.Everything permitted to be done during Chol HaMoed —…
- 5.They forbade doing work on Erev Pesach only in…
- 6.It should be instructed to residents of Jerusalem to…
- 7.Nevertheless, if one did not get a haircut on…
- 8.If Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, it is permitted…
- 9.One who arrives from overseas on Erev Pesach and…
- 10.It is permitted to start a washing machine on…
- 11.It is permitted to cut one's nails on Erev…
- 12.All this applies to Erev Pesach after midday, but…
- 13.It is permitted to write books in the course…
- 14.The custom is to say Mizmor L'Todah in Pesukei…
469Saying "This Meat Is for Pesach"Siman 469 · 2 seifim
Read this siman →470The Fast of the Firstborn on Erev PesachSiman 470 · 23 seifim
- 1.The custom is for firstborns to fast on Erev…
- 2.In these generations, when weakness has come upon the…
- 3.Some say that even a firstborn daughter fasts on…
- 4.In places where firstborn daughters do fast, if the…
- 5.Firstborns are permitted to eat on Erev Pesach by…
- 6.A firstborn father who redeems his elder son on…
- 7.Under pressing circumstances, one may also be lenient regarding…
- 8.Studying one book of the Zohar, even without understanding…
- 9.Some say that if a siyum meal already has…
- 10.One whose firstborn son was born within thirty days…
- 11.Those participating in a siyum meal should make an…
- 12.One may also be lenient regarding the fast of…
- 13.One who completed a tractate and delayed its formal…
- 14.Even though some say that one who does not…
- 15.There are firstborn women who come to the synagogue…
- 16.One who is a firstborn and is within the…
- 17.Firstborns who did not find a mitzvah meal on…
- 18.A firstborn on Erev Pesach who is within the…
- 19.Some have the custom that if a firstborn son…
- 20.If Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, by strict law…
- 21.If Erev Pesach falls on Erev Shabbat, since that…
- 22.One with a delicate constitution, who, if he eats…
- 23.One who had a bad dream on the afternoon…
471Eating on Erev PesachSiman 471 · 11 seifim
- 1.It is forbidden to eat matzah on the fourteenth…
- 2.It is permitted to eat enriched matzah (matzah ashirah)…
- 3.A cake made from matzah meal, into which honey…
- 4.It is permitted to eat cooked or fried matzah…
- 5.Regarding the blessing over cooked matzah: if one eats…
- 6.Matzah made explicitly not for the sake of the…
- 7.A young child who does not understand the telling…
- 8.Some have the custom of being stringent and not…
- 9.From the tenth hour of the day onward, it…
- 10.It is permitted to eat fruits and vegetables, as…
- 11.It is permitted to marry on Erev Pesach, even…
+The Laws of Leaning and the Four Sanctified CupsSiman 472 (continued) · 59 seifim
- 1.One's table should be set while it is still…
- 2.Ideally, one should begin conducting the Seder on the…
- 3.It is good to be stringent and recite Kiddush…
- 4.It is good for the children to sleep during…
- 5.One should set his table with fine vessels according…
- 6.Women are obligated in leaning, since husbands are not…
- 7.Leaning is required for drinking the four cups, for…
- 8.During the reading of the Haggadah and Hallel, if…
- 9.A son in the presence of his father, even…
- 10.The sexton must lean, and a mourner must also…
- 11.One whose relative died on the night of Pesach…
- 12.Leaning must be on the left side; if one…
- 13.The view of Maran the Shulchan Aruch is that…
- 14.Women who did not lean, and likewise a man…
- 15.Even a left-handed person, whose every action is done…
- 16.If one forgot to lean for the first cup,…
- 17.It is a mitzvah to recite Kiddush over red…
- 18.The custom has already spread to recite Kiddush and…
- 19.One fulfills the obligation with raisin wine that has…
- 20.If one soaks the raisins in water and squeezes…
- 21.As long as the wine has not been drawn…
- 22.Raisin wine made by soaking for three full days,…
- 23.Ideally, one should not use reconstituted wine (from concentrate)…
- 24.One fulfills the obligation with wine of the Sabbatical…
- 25.Even one whom wine harms, or who dislikes wine,…
- 26.It is permitted to be lenient with women for…
- 27.If drinking the four cups, in whatever manner, would…
- 28.One must drink the wine in the ordinary manner…
- 29.Even a poor person who goes door to door…
- 30.Charity wardens who are engaged in the mitzvah of…
- 31.One who has only one cup should take it…
- 32.Even one who does not know how to recite…
- 33.One who has vowed not to drink wine at…
- 34.One rinses and washes the cup; if it is…
- 35.Others pour the cup for him, in the manner…
- 36.A menstruant woman is permitted to pour the wine…
- 37.In accordance with Kabbalistic teaching, one drips water into…
- 38.The measure of the cup is a quarter-log, 27…
- 39.One must drink the quarter-log all at once, and…
- 40.If the cup is very large, ideally one should…
- 41.One who has only one large cup containing four…
- 42.All the members of the household must listen attentively…
- 43.Even in the Kiddush of the night of Pesach,…
- 44.If the one reciting Kiddush stammers, or does not…
- 45.If the one reciting Kiddush is not expert in…
- 46.One should begin Kiddush standing, and the order of…
- 47.The custom of the Sephardim and communities of the…
- 48.When reciting the blessing of Shehecheyanu, one should have…
- 49.One should drink the cup of Kiddush while leaning,…
- 50.Women are obligated in the mitzvah of Kiddush of…
- 51.Women are permitted to conduct the Seder by themselves,…
- 52.Women who mistakenly recited Shehecheyanu at the time of…
- 53.One who forgot the blessing of Shehecheyanu on the…
- 54.A person who publicly desecrates Shabbat and poured the…
- 55.One who did not recite Kiddush on the night…
- 56.Some have the custom of eating a hard-boiled egg…
- 57.Likewise, one who is hungry and finds it difficult…
- 58.The halachic authorities disagree as to whether Kiddush of…
- 59.The law of Kiddush of the festival day is…
473The First and Second Cup, and Rachtzah (Washing the Hands)Siman 473 · 5 seifim
- 1.One washes his hands as required for washing before…
- 2.If one erred and recited the blessing "al netilat…
- 3.If one washed his hands before eating the karpas,…
- 4.It is proper to do the washing in one's…
- 5.If one forgot and did not perform Yachatz (breaking…
+KarpasSiman 473 (continued) · 9 seifim
- 1.One takes less than the volume of an olive…
- 2.Even though karpas is preferable to other vegetables, nevertheless,…
- 3.One must wait until nightfall and only then eat…
- 4.If one dips in lemon water and salt, one…
- 5.It is more proper that the most senior of…
- 6.If the head of household is not expert in…
- 7.Eating the karpas does not require leaning. Nevertheless, if…
- 8.The dipping of the karpas is only for the…
- 9.It is good to leave a little of the…
+The Laws of the First Cup and the Order of Pesach Through YachatzSiman 473 (continued) · 5 seifim
- 1.Before beginning the reading of the Haggadah, one takes…
- 2.Our custom is to break the loaf in the…
- 3.If one of the three matzot broke, one should…
- 4.Even if one has only two loaves, he should…
- 5.One whose matzot are extremely thin, such that no…
+Magid (The Telling)Siman 473 (continued) · 29 seifim
- 1.One lifts the Seder tray with everything on it,…
- 2.After reciting "Ha lachma anya," before "Mah nishtanah," a…
- 3.One should not begin reciting the Haggadah before nightfall…
- 4.Women too are obligated in the telling of the…
- 5.A woman who is uncertain whether she recited the…
- 6.Some say that the mitzvah of "you shall tell…
- 7.One who finds it difficult to read the Haggadah…
- 8.One who merely contemplated the Haggadah in his heart,…
- 9.It is a positive commandment to tell one's children…
- 10.Even one who has no matzah or maror is…
- 11.A blind person must recite the Haggadah, and may…
- 12.A child who asked some question on the night…
- 13.After the questions, one returns the tray with the…
- 14.If one wishes, he may recite the Haggadah while…
- 15.One who translates for his fellow the wording of…
- 16.There is no need to rush through the reading…
- 17.On the night of Pesach that falls on Shabbat,…
- 18.One should not interrupt with speech in the middle…
- 19.The bread should be uncovered while reciting the Haggadah,…
- 20.When one says "blood, and fire, and pillars of…
- 21.When one reaches "this matzah," he must lift the…
- 22.When one reaches "lefichach anachnu chayavim" ("therefore we are…
- 23.After reciting the blessing "Asher ge'alanu" through "ga'al Yisrael,"…
- 24.If one has no wine, he may recite the…
- 25.Some say that in the blessing "Asher ge'alanu" one…
- 26.In the blessing "Asher ge'alanu" one should say "venodeh…
- 27.In the blessing "Asher ge'alanu" one should say "venochal…
- 28.Some have the custom of saying the blessing "Asher…
- 29.The mitzvah of the Haggadah and the telling of…
+MarorSiman 473 (continued) · 25 seifim
- 1.One takes the volume of an olive of maror…
- 2.Before eating the maror, one must have intent to…
- 3.One should not eat any of the maror before…
- 4.If one erred and recited "le'echol maror" instead of…
- 5.One does not recite the blessing "Ha'adamah" over the…
- 6.Dipping the maror in charoset is a rabbinic mitzvah,…
- 7.Nevertheless, one does not recite a blessing over the…
- 8.The custom of the Babylonian community is to make…
- 9.These are the vegetables with which one fulfills the…
- 10.If one cannot find maror from the vegetables mentioned,…
- 11.One fulfills the obligation with their leaves and their…
- 12.Nowadays there are God-fearing farmers who know how to…
- 13.Chazeret grown hydroponically (in water) is valid for fulfilling…
- 14.One does not fulfill the obligation with the leaves…
- 15.One does not fulfill the obligation with maror that…
- 16.One should not place the maror leaves in vinegar…
- 17.If one has no vegetables for the first dipping…
- 18.Ideally, one should not take even cooked maror for…
- 19.One who cannot eat the volume of an olive…
- 20.One whom doctors fear may become ill and bedridden…
- 21.Even though ideally one should exempt the maror from…
- 22.It is permitted to eat maror on Erev Pesach,…
- 23.It is permitted to crumble the maror so as…
- 24.It is good and proper to be concerned to…
- 25.One should not recite the blessing over eating maror…
474The Blessing Over the Second CupSiman 474 · 1 seifim
Read this siman →475Further Laws of the Order of Rachtzah (Washing Before the Meal)Siman 475 · 2 seifim
- 1.One washes his hands properly and recites the blessing…
- 2.Nowadays it is permitted to touch printed sacred books…
+Motzi MatzahSiman 475 (continued) · 49 seifim
- 1.One should take the matzot in the order in…
- 2.One who erred and recited the berachah over the…
- 3.One who mistakenly ate matzah without reciting HaMotzi and…
- 4.The measure of a kezayit, according to Maran the…
- 5.On the night of Pesach one should eat at…
- 6.When the first night of Pesach falls on Shabbat,…
- 7.Some say one must eat the two kezaytim, or…
- 8.It is an established principle that mitzvot require intent…
- 9.Some have the custom to say "L'shem Yichud" before…
- 10.One who recited the blessing over the matzah on…
- 11.One must recline to the left while eating the…
- 12.One who ate the matzah without reclining cannot remedy…
- 13.Although the primary halachah is that a left-handed person…
- 14.It has already been explained above that the custom…
- 15.Before the head of the household distributes from the…
- 16.One should not speak until he has eaten a…
- 17.If he began chewing and tasted the matzah in…
- 18.One must chew the matzah well and then swallow…
- 19.It is forbidden to eat any other food together…
- 20.One who wrapped the matzah together with some food…
- 21.One who is not in good health, or an…
- 22.One who is elderly or sick and cannot eat…
- 23.One is permitted to eat matzah by itself even…
- 24.One must eat a comfortable kezayit of matzah, so…
- 25.If one wrapped the matzah in fiber or the…
- 26.One does not fulfill the obligation with cooked matzah,…
- 27.Matzah that was soaked in water for a full…
- 28.One whom doctors determine would be harmed by eating…
- 29.One who is sensitive to wheat grain and could…
- 30.If one ate the matzah and maror wrapped together…
- 31.The matzah with which one fulfills the obligation on…
- 32.One should make an effort to take, for the…
- 33.Guarded matzot into which non-guarded matzah became mixed and…
- 34.A loaf of matzah that became leavened, which became…
- 35.The eating of matzah and maror must take place…
- 36.The time for eating matzah and maror is, at…
- 37.One who has no possibility at all of obtaining…
- 38.A sick person who can eat only less than…
- 39.One who has only one kezayit of matzah, and…
- 40.One who has only one kezayit of matzah, and…
- 41.Two people who have only one kezayit of matzah…
- 42.One who has two kezaytim, and his fellow does…
- 43.One who has two kezaytim of matzah and is…
- 44.One who intended to eat a kezayit of matzah…
- 45.It is permitted to weigh the matzah on the…
- 46.It is good to be concerned at the outset…
- 47.When Pesach falls on Shabbat, the Sages did not…
- 48.It is permitted to eat enriched matzah (matzah ashirah)…
- 49.One whose hour of birth falls on the Seder…
+Korech (The Sandwich)Siman 475 (continued) · 10 seifim
- 1.One takes the volume of an olive of matzah…
- 2.From the moment one recited the blessing over eating…
- 3.Even one who has not had the custom of…
- 4.After dipping the sandwich in charoset, there is no…
- 5.If one did not dip in charoset, and ate…
- 6.One who erred and ate the korech before eating…
- 7.Some have the custom of mixing karpas or other…
- 8.One must eat the sandwich while leaning; nevertheless, if…
- 9.One who finds it difficult to eat the volume…
- 10.If one did not remember the sandwich until after…
+Shulchan Orech (The Festive Meal)Siman 475 (continued) · 4 seifim
- 1.One sets his table and eats his fill joyfully,…
- 2.If one falls asleep in the middle of the…
- 3.On the night of Pesach, when one eats while…
- 4.The law of the night of Pesach is like…
476Eating Roasted Meat on the Night of PesachSiman 476 · 7 seifim
- 1.In a place where the custom is to eat…
- 2.All this applies to ordinary meat, but the shank…
- 3.A whole roasted kid is forbidden to be eaten…
- 4.If one forgot to roast the shank bone on…
- 5.A roasted egg is permitted to be eaten on…
- 6.One should be stringent in a place where the…
- 7.It is permitted to eat roasted meat on the…
477Tzafun (The Afikoman)Siman 477 · 14 seifim
- 1.After finishing the entire meal, one eats the afikoman…
- 2.He should eat the afikoman with appetite and while…
- 3.Nevertheless, if he does not eat it with such…
- 4.One should pay attention and also remind the members…
- 5.If one did not lean while eating the afikoman…
- 6.If one forgot to eat the afikoman, and remembered…
- 7.If the matzah set aside for the afikoman is…
- 8.One should be careful to eat the afikoman before…
- 9.One should not eat the afikoman in two locations,…
- 10.One who falls asleep in the middle of eating…
- 11.It is a measure of piety not to speak…
- 12.It is forbidden to eat anything after the afikoman.…
- 13.It is permitted to drink water after the afikoman,…
- 14.It is proper to say words of Torah at…
479Barech (Grace After Meals)Siman 479 · 6 seifim
- 1.One washes his hands for the final water and…
- 2.One should be careful not to lean while reciting…
- 3.One should be careful to say "Ya'aleh V'yavo," and…
- 4.When he finishes Birkat HaMazon, he recites the blessing…
- 5.If one wishes to drink wine between the third…
- 6.When there is a groom present on the night…
480HallelSiman 480 · 11 seifim
- 1.One should finish Hallel with joy and gladness, beginning…
- 2.One should rouse all those present to say Hallel…
- 3.One concludes Hallel with the blessing of "Yehalelucha": "Baruch…
- 4.When he concludes "Melech mehulal batishbachot," he does not…
- 5.It is a mitzvah to seek out a zimun…
- 6.Some have the custom, in the reading of Hallel,…
- 7.One should be careful to finish Hallel before midnight,…
- 8.One drinks the cup while leaning, and should not…
- 9."May Hashem be pleased with his work, and may…
- 10.A person is obligated to occupy himself with the…
- 11.One who is an onen (pre-burial mourner) on the…
481Eating Matzah During the Rest of PesachSiman 481 · 2 seifim
Read this siman →487The Laws of the Prayer on the Night of PesachSiman 487 · 15 seifim
- 1.On the night of the festival of Pesach that…
- 2.The custom of Israel throughout the Diaspora is to…
- 3.In the festival day prayer, one concludes: "Baruch Atah…
- 4.One who prays on the festival day, and upon…
- 5.The custom of the Sephardic communities is to complete…
- 6.Even in places that do not yet have the…
- 7.In places where the Ma'ariv prayer of the festival…
- 8.A congregation that erred and forgot to say Hallel…
- 9.Women too must complete Hallel with its blessings on…
- 10.On the night of Pesach that falls on Shabbat,…
- 11.When the night of Pesach falls on Shabbat, one…
- 12.Hallel is completed (recited in full) only on the…
- 13.In the blessing of the haftarah on Shabbat Chol…
- 14.One who errs in his prayer on the night…
- 15.The custom is to read the psalm of the…
488The Laws of the Festival Day of PesachSiman 488 · 18 seifim
- 1.One prays Shacharit of the festival day with joy…
- 2.It is forbidden to interrupt in the middle of…
- 3.An individual who recited the blessing over Hallel, and…
- 4.If one finished Hallel through "Ki le'olam chasdo" and…
- 5.One who reads Hallel on days when it is…
- 6.A Sephardi who does not recite any blessing over…
- 7.If one paused in the middle of Hallel, even…
- 8.One who is in doubt whether he read Hallel…
- 9.If one read Hallel and finished it by saying…
- 10.The entire day is valid for reading Hallel, from…
- 11.In taking out the Torah scroll, some have the…
- 12.The order of the reading of the portions during…
- 13.It is permitted to add people called up to…
- 14.If the cantor erred on the first day of…
- 15.Likewise, if the cantor erred and read on the…
- 16.One recites the prayer for dew (Tikkun HaTal) on…
- 17.If, on the first festival day of Pesach, one…
- 18.On Chol HaMoed, which is the second day of…
489The Laws of Counting the OmerSiman 489 · 43 seifim
- 1.The Torah states: "You shall count for yourselves, from…
- 2.Nevertheless, since it says, "Seven weeks shall you count…
- 3.Those who have the custom of saying, in the…
- 4.One who recited the blessing for counting the Omer,…
- 5.At the end of Shabbat, one counts the Omer…
- 6.Before counting the Omer, one must recite: "Baruch Atah…
- 7.The mitzvah of counting the Omer may be fulfilled…
- 8.The wording of the counting is "la'omer" ("to the…
- 9.One should not recite Shehecheyanu over counting the Omer,…
- 10.One imprisoned during the days of the counting, where…
- 11.Women are exempt from the mitzvah of counting the…
- 12.It is a mitzvah to train young children to…
- 13.A child who comes of age in the middle…
- 14.The mitzvah of counting the Omer must be performed…
- 15.An elderly or sick person for whom it is…
- 16.It is a mitzvah for each and every Jew…
- 17.Since the halachic authorities disagree as to whether mitzvot…
- 18.The time for counting the Omer is at night.…
- 19.One who prays Ma'ariv with the congregation while it…
- 20.A fine and pleasant custom in several Jewish communities…
- 21.Some say it is proper to count immediately after…
- 22.After counting the Omer, one says, "HaRachaman Hu yachazir…
- 23.The custom is to say "Lamnatzeach binginot mizmor shir"…
- 24.The early authorities disagree as to whether the mitzvah…
- 25.A proper custom in Jerusalem is to count the…
- 26.One who forgot to count the Omer for a…
- 27.If one erred in the count and did not…
- 28.One who is uncertain whether he counted the Omer…
- 29.Likewise, if one was standing during twilight and clearly…
- 30.From the seventh day onward, one must also count…
- 31.One who is uncertain how many days it is…
- 32.An onen, before whom lies his deceased relative, who…
- 33.Likewise, a sick person who did not count the…
- 34.Counting the Omer must be done aloud, with one's…
- 35.One who writes in a letter at night, "Today…
- 36.One whose fellow asks him after sunset, "How many…
- 37.One who studies from the Shulchan Aruch after sunset…
- 38.One whose fellow asked him how many is it…
- 39.Therefore, if he said to his fellow, after sunset…
- 40.One who forgot to count the Omer on the…
- 41.One who forgot to count the Omer on Friday…
- 42.One who recited the blessing intending that today is…
- 43.During the days of the counting, half an hour…
490The Order of Prayers During Chol HaMoedSiman 490 · 7 seifim
- 1.During the days of Chol HaMoed, one prays Shacharit,…
- 2.One prays Musaf on Chol HaMoed, saying "et yom…
- 3.On the festival day and on Chol HaMoed, one…
- 4.On the days of Chol HaMoed Pesach, as well…
- 5.On the night of the last festival day, one…
- 6.On Shabbat Chol HaMoed, one prays Ma'ariv as on…
- 7.One who errs in his prayer during Chol HaMoed…