{"id":5487,"date":"2011-03-04T03:01:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T01:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2021-03-15T12:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:58:30","slug":"04-03-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-03-01\/","title":{"rendered":"01.\u00a0The <strong>Mitzvot<\/strong> Associated with Eliminating <strong>\u1e24ametz<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a positive Torah commandment to eliminate all <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> from our possession before Pesa\u1e25, as it is written, \u201cYet on the first day you must remove the <strong>se\u2019or<\/strong> from your homes\u201d (Shemot 12:15). The oral tradition teaches that we are to clear out the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> by midday of the 14th of Nisan, Erev Pesa\u1e25. This ruling is supported by the verse, \u201cYou shall not slaughter the blood of My sacrifice over <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>ibid.<\/strong> 34:25), which is interpreted to mean that one may not slaughter the Paschal sacrifice while there is still <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> in his possession, and the time for slaughtering the Paschal sacrifice begins at midday on the 14th of Nisan (see <strong>Pesa\u1e25im<\/strong> 4b; MT, Laws of <strong>\u1e24ametz<\/strong> and Matza 2:1). Men and women are equally obligated in this mitzva, as they are concerning all of the <strong>mitzvot<\/strong> of Pesa\u1e25.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever did not remove the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> from his home by midday of the 14th of Nisan is in violation \u2013 every single moment that he delays \u2013 of the positive commandment of removing the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> (MB 443:1). Furthermore, from the moment the Pesa\u1e25 holiday begins, he is in violation of two prohibitions: <strong>bal yimatzei<\/strong>, as it is written, \u201cSeven days there shall be no <strong>se\u2019or<\/strong> found in your homes\u201d (Shemot 12:19), and <strong>bal yera\u2019eh<\/strong>, as the Torah declares, \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 (<strong>ibid<\/strong>. 13:7). Thus, by fulfilling the mitzva of eliminating <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>, we are saved from two prohibitions: <strong>bal yera\u2019eh<\/strong> and <strong>bal yimatzei <\/strong>\u2013 that <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> should be neither seen nor found in our possession.<sup><a href='#_te01ftn3_1' id='_te01ftnref3_1' class='aup1'>[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The mitzva of removing the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> is the first in a series of <strong>mitzvot<\/strong> connected with Pesa\u1e25. As noted, <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> on Pesa\u1e25 is a metaphor for the evil inclination, and one has to clear out the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> from the house in order to experience the sanctity of the Pesa\u1e25 sacrifice and the eating of the matza properly. Therefore, the first of the preparations for Pesa\u1e25 is removal of the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>\n<a href='#_te01ftnref3_1' id='_te01ftn3_1'>[1]<\/a>. A summary of the opinions regarding the times of the onset of the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> prohibitions: The removal and destruction of the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> must be done by midday of the 14th (perhaps according to <strong>Ha-ma\u2019or<\/strong> the mitzva begins at midday, but according to the rest of the Rishonim, on the Torah level the removal and destruction of the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> must be completed by midday). There is a dispute regarding the starting times of the other <strong>mitzvot<\/strong> connected to <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>. Regarding the prohibition of eating <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>, R. Yehuda maintains that the Torah prohibition begins at midday of the 14th, and R. Shimon maintains that it begins at the onset of the Pesa\u1e25 festival. Most Rishonim adopt the view of R. Yehuda, but some adopt the view of R. Shimon. Regarding the prohibitions of <strong>bal yera\u2019eh and bal yimatzei<\/strong>, most Rishonim maintain that these prohibitions begin at the onset of the festival, while a minority maintains that they begin at midday of the 14th (above, 2:2, n. 2).<\/p>\n<p>One who participated in the Paschal sacrifice (<strong>korban Pesa\u1e25<\/strong>) while he still had at least a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> of <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> in his possession violated a Torah prohibition, as it says: <strong>\u201c<\/strong>You shall not slaughter the blood of My sacrifice over <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong> (Shemot 34:25<strong>)<\/strong>. If he was warned about this and still did it on purpose, he incurs the penalty of lashes (MT, Laws of <strong>Korban Pesa\u1e25 <\/strong>1:5).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a positive Torah commandment to eliminate all \u1e25ametz from our possession before Pesa\u1e25, as it is written, \u201cYet on the first day you must remove the se\u2019or from your homes\u201d (Shemot 12:15). The oral tradition teaches that we are to clear out the \u1e25ametz by midday of the 14th of Nisan, Erev Pesa\u1e25. 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