Chapter 113 – The Day Before Pesach (Passover) and the Baking of Matzah (unleavened bread)
113.1) Do not say Mizemor letodah (A Psalm of Thanks) or Lamenatzeah (For the chief Musician).
113.2) Do not eat hametz (food forbidden for use by Jew during the festival of Passover) past one-third of the day.
113.3) Do not do any work in the afternoon except that that is permissible on Hol Hammoed (intermediate days of Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot (one of Judaism’s three central harvest festivals)).
113.4) Get a haircut and trim your nails in the forenoon.
113.5) Do not eat matzah.
113.6) Firstborn sons of the father or of the mother must fast.
113.7) Firstborn sons who fast should say Anenu (answer us) in the Shemoneh esreh of the Minhah service.
113.8) To be considered very scrupulous, bake the “matzah mandatory” in the afternoon.
113.9) Empty the water used to wash vessels in a place where the water will be absorbed right away.