{"id":5536,"date":"2011-03-04T05:02:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T03:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5536"},"modified":"2021-03-21T09:22:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T07:22:02","slug":"04-05-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-05-02\/","title":{"rendered":"02.\u00a0The Meaning of <strong>Bitul \u1e24ametz<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>bitul \u1e25ametz<\/strong> text is in Aramaic because it was composed when this was the vernacular. Yet one is free to recite it in Hebrew or any other language, as long as he understands what it means. If one utters the declaration in Aramaic without understanding its general significance as an act of <strong>bitul<\/strong>, thinking instead that it is an Erev Pesa\u1e25 prayer, he has not nullified his <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> (MB 434:9).<\/p>\n<p>The Rishonim explain the significance of the <strong>bitul<\/strong> (nullification) in two ways. Rashi and Ramban explain that human beings have the power to nullify <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>. This capacity is unique to the context of <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>, since according to the Torah <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> is entirely insignificant during Pesa\u1e25. It is forbidden to derive benefit from it, and consequently it is like the dust of the earth. In one respect alone does <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> retain significance during Pesa\u1e25: if it remains in one\u2019s home, he transgresses the law of <strong>bal yera\u2019eh <\/strong>and <strong>bal yimatzei<\/strong>, but if the owner nullifies his <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> before it becomes forbidden, his intention is in accord with the Torah\u2019s intention, so even if <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> remains in his possession during Pesa\u1e25, he will not have violated <strong>bal yera\u2019eh <\/strong>and <strong>bal yimatzei<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tosafot<\/strong> explain that the <strong>bitul<\/strong> is effective because it renders the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> ownerless (<strong>hefker<\/strong>), and the Sages teach that <strong>bal yera\u2019eh <\/strong>and <strong>bal yimatzei<\/strong> apply only to <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong> one owns, not to ownerless <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, according to the first explanation, the nullification focuses on the <strong>\u1e25ametz <\/strong>itself, while according to the second explanation, the nullification is directed at the owner, who relinquishes his ownership over the <strong>\u1e25ametz<\/strong>. The Ashkenazic version of the declaration takes both explanations into account, and therefore mentions both nullification and renunciation of ownership. The Sephardic version mentions only nullification, which includes renunciation, for if something is nullified it consequently becomes ownerless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bitul \u1e25ametz text is in Aramaic because it was composed when this was the vernacular. Yet one is free to recite it in Hebrew or any other language, as long as he understands what it means. 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