112.1) Do not retain any food article which contains leaven during the week of Pesach (Passover). 112.2) Do not retain any grain or seed that may be moist during the week of Pesach. 112.3) During Pesach, you may wear garments that have been washed and starched, but do not use a table cloth that has…
111.1) On the eve of Passover, search for leaven immediately after nightfall. 111.2) Use only one wax candle for the search. 111.3) Search for leaven in all rooms and vessels. 111.4) Do not search in stalls or coops. 111.5) Search all nooks and crannies with care. 111.6) Search the rooms of non-Jews as well as…
110.1) Purify your oven if you have baked leavened bread in it. 110.2) You can purify it by plastering it. 110.3) Knead and prepare matzah (unleavened bread)in a room with a roof and no windows. 110.4) Do not use more dough than is necessary to remove hallah (challah; bread). 110.5) Do not stuff flour into…
109.1) Use only water that has stayed overnight. 109.2) Draw water between sunset and twilight. 109.3) Try to draw fresh water daily. 109.4) Draw the water from a river preferably. 109.5) Water for baking matzah (unleavened bread) should be drawn by a non-Jew. 109.6) Rinse a vessel that has had honey or fruit in it…
108.1) You are commissioned to see that moisture does not get into wheat used for matzah (unleavened bread). 108.2) If some wheat is split or sprouted, you may separate it and use the fit part. 108.3) Mills should be maintained and inspected regularly. 108.4) Do not use moist flour. 108.5) Do not use flour ground…
107.1) During the month of Nisan (first month of the Jewish year), do not say Tahanun (petition for Grace), do not hold funeral services, or say Tzidkateha tzedek (Thy righteousness) at the Minhah (prayers offered in the afternoon) service on the Sabbath. 107.2) You may not fast unless you have an evil dream. 107.3) On…
106.1) Do not buy or sell during Hol Hammoed (intermediate days of Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot (one of Judaism’s three central harvest festivals)) unless you will make a large profit. 106.2) You may sell merchandise that would depreciate in value another day. 106.3) You may sell merchandise if a fair is going on Hol Hammoed….
105.1) Do not remove and carry chattels or furniture during Hol Hammoed (intermediate days of Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot (one of Judaism’s three central harvest festivals)). 105.2) You may take in fruit or merchandise if you fear they may be stolen. 105.3) You may sell merchandise if a fair is going on Hol Hammoed.
104.1) On Hol Hammoed (intermediate days of Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot (one of Judaism’s three central harvest festivals)) you may perform some work. (See source for details, or consult a rabbi.) 104.2) Do not slight the festival. 104.3) You may do work which would result in loss if you did not do it. 104.4) The…
103.1) It is your duty and honor to observe festivals. 103.2) You should groom yourself as honor to festivals. 103.3) You should have two meals on each day of a festival to represent delight for festivals. 103.4) Say the benediction Sheheheyanu (Who hath kept us in life) at the conclusion of the evening kiddush…