{"id":5509,"date":"2011-03-04T04:03:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T02:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5509"},"modified":"2021-03-21T09:10:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T07:10:38","slug":"04-04-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-04-03\/","title":{"rendered":"03.\u00a0The Berakha<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before the bedika<\/strong>, one recites the berakha<\/strong>: \u201cWho sanctified us with His mitzvot<\/strong> and commanded us concerning bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz<\/strong>\u201d (\u201casher kideshanu be-mitzvotav ve-tzivanu al bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz\u201d<\/strong>). Though the actual bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz<\/strong> will not take place until the following morning with the burning and nullification of \u1e25ametz<\/strong>, we recite \u201cal bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz<\/strong>\u201d before the search on the night of the 14th, because bedikat \u1e25ametz<\/strong> is the first step in the process of eliminating \u1e25ametz<\/strong> from the home.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

One must not speak between the recitation of the berakha<\/strong> and the beginning of the bedika<\/strong>, and if at that point one spoke about matters unrelated to bedikat \u1e25ametz<\/strong>, he disqualified that berakha<\/strong> and must recite another before beginning the bekida<\/strong>. If, however, one talks about unrelated matters after<\/strong> beginning the search, his berakha<\/strong> remains valid, for it applies to the part of the bedika <\/strong>that he already performed. Le-khat\u1e25ila<\/strong> one should not talk about unrelated matters during the bedika<\/strong>, so that one maintains focus on the task at hand (SA 432:1; MB ad loc<\/strong>. 5, 6).<\/p>\n

One who owns several houses must search them all. He recites the berakha<\/strong> before searching in the first location. He recites it only once, even if the houses are located a distance from one another.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

If one must travel, and therefore performed bedikat \u1e25ametz<\/strong> before the 14th of Nisan, even though his search is valid, he does not recite the berakha<\/strong>. One only recites the berakha<\/strong> over a search performed from the night of the 14th onward, because such a search is adjacent to bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz<\/strong>. Any \u1e25ametz<\/strong> found on the evening of the 14th will be destroyed the next morning. If one was unable to search on the evening of the 14th, and instead searched the following day, or during Pesa\u1e25, he recites the berakha<\/strong>, because he will immediately destroy any \u1e25ametz<\/strong> he finds, and it is appropriate to recite \u201cal<\/strong> bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz<\/strong>\u201d over such a search. (Rema 436:1 and BHL ad loc.<\/strong>; MB 435:5).[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n[2]<\/a>. If one forgot to recite the berakha<\/strong> before the bedika<\/strong> and remembered while in the middle, as long as he has other areas to check, he may still recite the berakha.<\/strong> If he remembered after completing the bedika<\/strong>, some say that he should recite the berakha<\/strong> before burning the \u1e25ametz<\/strong> on the day of the 14th (MA, Taz<\/strong>, and others; MB 432:4 is inclined to accept this view). Others maintain that the Sages instituted the berakha<\/strong> to be recited over the bedika<\/strong> and not on the burning, so if one forgot to recite the berakha <\/strong>by the end of the bedika<\/strong>, he has lost his opportunity to do so (Ba\u1e25<\/strong>, SAH, and others). When there is uncertainty about whether to recite a berakha<\/strong>, we are lenient, so one should not recite the berakha<\/strong>. One should not recite a berakha<\/strong> on bitul \u1e25ametz<\/strong> alone, as we do not recite berakhot<\/strong> on mere words or thoughts.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a>. The authorities disagree about this, as noted in MB 432:7. According to Pri \u1e24adash <\/strong>and \u1e24ayei Adam<\/strong>, walking a far distance is considered a significant interruption, and he would have to make a new berakha.<\/strong> Conversely, according to \u1e24ok Yaakov<\/strong> and Ma\u2019amar Mordechai<\/strong>, walking is not considered a significant interruption. This is also the opinion of Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/strong> 432:22. When in doubt about whether or not to make a berakha<\/strong>, we are lenient. If a homeowner wants to search part of his house and wants to appoint someone else to search the rest of the house on his behalf, he should make sure that the appointee hears his berakha<\/strong>. Be-di\u2019avad<\/strong>, if the appointee did not hear the berakha <\/strong>but it is hard for the homeowner to search the entire house, the appointee should perform the rest of the bedika <\/strong>without a berakha <\/strong>(MB 432:11).<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a>. Indeed according to Ra\u2019ah and Pri \u1e24adash<\/strong>, one who is halakhically required to check should make a berakha<\/strong>, since the purpose of the bedika<\/strong> is to ensure that he does not violate bal yera\u2019eh\/bal yimatzei<\/strong> afterward; since the Sages decreed that one who leaves his house before the night of the 14th should check before he leaves, he should also make a berakha<\/strong>. According to Ritva and Ba\u1e25<\/strong>, he should make the berakha<\/strong> as long as he checks within the thirty days before Pesa\u1e25. But Kol Bo<\/strong> and Rema (436:1) are of the opinion that the berakha<\/strong> is also on the burning that takes place the following morning. This is also the opinion of Gra, and seems to be the conclusion of MA, Taz, <\/strong>and others. If one is uncertain about the berakha<\/strong>, we are lenient, and this seems to be the opinion of BHL ad loc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Itur<\/strong> states that there are those who maintain that one must also make the berakha <\/strong>of \u201cshe-he\u1e25eyanu<\/strong>\u201d prior to the bedika<\/strong>, since it is a mitzva that comes periodically, and there are those who say not to recite this berakha<\/strong>. Rosh rules that one should not make this berakha, <\/strong>since the bedika<\/strong> is connected to the Pesa\u1e25 holiday, when anyway he will recite she-he\u1e25eyanu<\/strong>. SA does not even mention the idea of she-he\u1e25eyanu<\/strong> on the bedika<\/strong>. However, some A\u1e25aronim suggest, as a nice custom, that one take a new fruit or new garment and recite she-he\u1e25eyanu<\/strong> on it before the bedika<\/strong> (Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/strong> 432:9).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before the bedika, one recites the berakha: \u201cWho sanctified us with His mitzvot and commanded us concerning bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz\u201d (\u201casher kideshanu be-mitzvotav ve-tzivanu al bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz\u201d). Though the actual bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz will not take place until the following morning with the burning and nullification of \u1e25ametz, we recite \u201cal bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz\u201d before the search on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-04-bedikat-chametz-the-search-for-hametz"],"yoast_head":"\n03.\u00a0The Berakha - 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\/04-04-03\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"03.\u00a0The Berakha - Peninei Halakha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Before the bedika, one recites the berakha: \u201cWho sanctified us with His mitzvot and commanded us concerning bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz\u201d (\u201casher kideshanu be-mitzvotav ve-tzivanu al bi\u2019ur \u1e25ametz\u201d). 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