{"id":5470,"date":"2011-03-04T02:01:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5470"},"modified":"2021-03-15T12:40:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:40:26","slug":"04-02-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-02-01\/","title":{"rendered":"01.\u00a0Four <strong>Mitzvot<\/strong> Concerning the Prohibition against <strong>\u1e24ametz<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four Torah commandments deal with the prohibition against <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> on Pesa\u1e25: three negative and one positive.<\/p>\n<p>The first prohibition is to refrain from eating <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>, as it is written, \u201cAnd <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> shall not be eaten\u201d (Shemot 13:3). Our Sages taught that the prohibition against eating <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> on Pesa\u1e25 includes not deriving any kind of benefit from the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>. The Torah further states: \u201cYou shall not eat any leavened product (<strong>ma\u1e25metzet<\/strong>)\u201d (Shemot 12:20). Our Sages concluded from this verse that not only something that had fermented on its own is prohibited, but even food that had been leavened by some external agent may not be eaten on Pesa\u1e25. It must be noted that the Torah was particularly stringent concerning the prohibition against eating <strong>\u1e25ametz.<\/strong> Almost all of the Torah\u2019s food prohibitions are punishable by lashes, while eating <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> on Pesa\u1e25 is punishable by <strong>karet<\/strong> (extirpation), as it is written, \u201cwhoever eats <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel\u201d (Shemot 12:15).<\/p>\n<p>The second prohibition is that no <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> may be found in our possession, as it is written, \u201cSeven days there shall be no <strong>se\u2019or<\/strong> found in your homes\u201d (Shemot 12:19). <strong>Se\u2019or<\/strong> is the \u201cstarter\u201d or leavening agent used to make dough ferment. This verse means not only that <strong>se\u2019or<\/strong> is forbidden, but also that no <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> may be found in our possession. This prohibition is often called <strong>bal yimatzei<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The third prohibition is that no <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> may be seen in our possession, as it is written: \u201c<strong>Matzot<\/strong> shall be eaten seven days; and no <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> of yours shall be seen, and no <strong>se\u2019or<\/strong> of yours shall be seen within all your borders\u201d (Shemot 13:7). One violates the second prohibition (<strong>bal yimatzei<\/strong>) and this third prohibition (called <strong>bal yera\u2019eh<\/strong>) only if one has in his possession on Pesa\u1e25 at least one olive\u2019s bulk (<strong>kezayit<\/strong>) of <strong>\u1e25ametz.<\/strong> If the volume of the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> that remained in one\u2019s possession was less than a <strong>kezayit<\/strong>, he does not violate <strong>bal yera\u2019eh <\/strong>and <strong>bal yimatzei <\/strong>on account of that <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth mitzva \u2013 a positive commandment \u2013 is to eliminate <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> and <strong>se\u2019or <\/strong>in advance of Pesa\u1e25, as it is written, \u201cSeven days you shall eat <strong>matzot<\/strong>; however, on the first day you shall remove the <strong>se\u2019or<\/strong> from your houses\u201d (Shemot 12:15).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Torah commandments deal with the prohibition against \u1e25ametz on Pesa\u1e25: three negative and one positive. The first prohibition is to refrain from eating \u1e25ametz, as it is written, \u201cAnd \u1e25ametz shall not be eaten\u201d (Shemot 13:3). Our Sages taught that the prohibition against eating \u1e25ametz on Pesa\u1e25 includes not deriving any kind of benefit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-02-general-rules-of-the-prohibition-against-hametz"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>01.\u00a0Four Mitzvot Concerning the Prohibition against \u1e24ametz - Peninei Halakha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-02-01\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"01.\u00a0Four Mitzvot Concerning the Prohibition against \u1e24ametz - Peninei Halakha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Four Torah commandments deal with the prohibition against \u1e25ametz on Pesa\u1e25: three negative and one positive. 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