Rosh Bais Horaah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lakewood, NJ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Q<\/strong><\/a> Someone will not be home for Yom Tov. How much cleaning and bedikas<\/em> chametz<\/em> must he do before leaving?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A<\/strong><\/a> There is a mitzvah \u201ctashbisu se\u2019or m\u2019bateichem<\/em>\u201d\u2014destroying all chametz<\/em> in one\u2019s possession. Many feel that since they are going away and won\u2019t be home at all, it\u2019s a great tirchah <\/em>to clean the entire house from chametz<\/em>. Many poskim<\/em> say that one may rely on the opinions that selling chametz<\/em> also fulfills the above mitzvah since the chametz<\/em> is no longer in the person\u2019s possession. However, since there is a mitzvah of bedikas<\/em> chametz<\/em> in one\u2019s home, one should leave over one room that they don\u2019t sell, clean it, and fulfill the mitzvah of bedikas chametz<\/em> there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s best, however, to make a general bedikah<\/em> throughout the entire house, rather than concentrate on one room, even if one will sell his chametz<\/em>. One should check just for chametz gamur<\/em>, i.e., he should look around for a black-and-white cookie or a snack bag. It shouldn\u2019t take more than 10 or 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q<\/strong><\/a> A couple went to their parents for Pesach. Although all the meals are eaten in the kitchen or dining room, the couple definitely had some nosh in their bedroom before Yom Tov began. Should they do their own bedikas chametz<\/em> in their private room?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q <\/strong>May they make a brachah<\/em> if the ba\u2019al habayis<\/em> is making a bedikah<\/em> with a brachah<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q<\/strong> Must the couple make some sort of kinyan<\/em> from the ba\u2019al habayis<\/em> for the room in order to make their own brachah<\/em> on the bedikah<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A <\/strong>No, it is not necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q<\/strong> A family is staying at their grandparents\u2019 home for Pesach. When they arrived, the bedroom had been cleaned for Pesach, and they didn\u2019t bring any chametz<\/em> into it. Therefore, they will not be making their own bedikah<\/em> there. However, they will be bodek<\/em> their car, since the family always ate in the car. Should they make a brachah<\/em> on that since it is being done on the night of 14 Nissan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A<\/strong> No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q<\/strong> Children are helping their father do bedikas chametz<\/em>. May the father rely on a katan<\/em> to check a room himself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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