{"id":5517,"date":"2011-03-04T04:07:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T02:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5517"},"modified":"2021-03-21T09:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T07:12:23","slug":"04-04-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-04-07\/","title":{"rendered":"07.\u00a0Do Books Require <strong>Bedikat \u1e24ametz<\/strong>?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to several A\u1e25aronim, one is required to search every book that one studied during the year, page by page, because a crumb of <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> might have fallen into one of them. These authorities maintain that the objective of <strong>bedikat<\/strong> <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> is to remove every crumb of <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> from one\u2019s possession (<strong>\u1e24azon Ish<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>However, according to those <strong>poskim<\/strong> who maintain that the purpose of <strong>bedikat \u1e25ametz<\/strong> is to find pieces of <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> the size of a <strong>kezayit<\/strong>, clearly there is no need for such a thorough search of books, for it is inconceivable that there could be a <strong>kezayit<\/strong> of <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> between the pages of a book. In fact, even some of the stringent <strong>poskim<\/strong> who say that all <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> must be sought out maintain that one is not required to search for the sort of tiny crumbs one is liable to find in books, because even if one sees them on Pesa\u1e25, there is little concern that one will want to eat them.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, one should not search his books page by page, because this is overly stringent behavior that may even cause one to waste Torah-study time. This is the accepted practice.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, one should not put books on the dining table during Pesa\u1e25 unless he was careful to distance them from <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> throughout the year. Such books might contain a crumb of <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>, which could fall into some food on Pesa\u1e25, and any amount of <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> on Pesa\u1e25 is forbidden, even if it is mixed with a much greater quantity of other foodstuffs. It is permissible, though, to read such books on a table at which one does not eat.<\/p>\n<p>If during the year one places such books on the dining table between meals, he must clean the table well after eating, so that no crumbs remain. Even the stringent <strong>poskim<\/strong> maintain that one who is careful all year long to distance his books from <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>, and when bringing them to the dining table is careful that no crumbs of <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> fall into them, is not required to search his books, because they are already considered <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>-free.<sup><a href='#_te01ftn4_6' id='_te01ftnref4_6' class='aup1'>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The status of a bookcase itself depends upon the household. If there are no children, and the adults are careful not to put any food on the bookshelves, no <strong>bedika<\/strong> is required. If there are children who may have placed food on a shelf, one is required to search among the books and behind them. If the bookshelf was cleaned well before Pesa\u1e25, a casual search is sufficient.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>\n<a href='#_te01ftnref4_6' id='_te01ftn4_6'>[6]<\/a>. The opinion of \u1e24azon Ish appears in <strong>\u1e24azon Ish <\/strong>O\u1e24 116:18. In practice, he would check the books he wanted to study over Pesa\u1e25 page by page, and he sold the rest of his books to a gentile and placed a screen before them, so that he did not need to check them. <strong>Bedikat \u1e24ametz U-vi\u2019uro<\/strong> 2:1 is very strict about small crumbs, but regarding the issue of checking books, states in 3:24 that the custom is not to be strict like <strong>\u1e24azon Ish<\/strong>, since the crumbs in books are extremely small and insignificant. <strong>Responsa<\/strong> <strong>Or Le-Tziyon<\/strong> 1:32 disagrees with <strong>\u1e24azon Ish<\/strong> and proves from Rambam that one need not be concerned with <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> that is smaller than a <strong>kezayit<\/strong>. However, as noted in the previous section, whenever there is a concern that a small crumb might mix into food, one must be stringent, and as such, one should not bring books that may have crumbs in them into contact with food on Pesa\u1e25.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to several A\u1e25aronim, one is required to search every book that one studied during the year, page by page, because a crumb of \u1e25ametz might have fallen into one of them. These authorities maintain that the objective of bedikat \u1e25ametz is to remove every crumb of \u1e25ametz from one\u2019s possession (\u1e24azon Ish). 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