Chametz
What are the three things you can't do with Chametz on Pesach?
eat, own, benefit
How many minutes does matza have to be made to prevent it from becoming chametz?
18 minutes
When kashering, what are we trying to get out of the utensil?
The taste of food (chametz, not kosher)
What do firstborn men have a custom to do on erev Pesach?
Fast
What are 2 valid ways to do ביעור חמץ?
Flushing down the toilet
Burning
Throwing out in a public garbage
What halachot do we learned from the fact matza is called לחם עוני? (give 1 of 2)
1) simple ingredients - just flour and water
2) should be broken, not full
What is ליבון?
Kashering by fire
Whether or not to recline while eating this depends on your custom.
Karpas
What do we put around the house before בדיקת חמץ? Why?
10 pieces of chametz, so that the bracha we make is not a ברכה לבטלה
What kind of matza may not be used to perform the mitzva with? Why?
It is מצה עשירה, because it is not simple and has more ingredients than just flour and water.
What is the concept that determines which method of kashering we use for a utensil?
The same way the taste goes in, that's how it comese out
There is a custom that the Rabbi of shul give a long speech on this special shabbos.
Shabbos Hagadol
From when is it אסור מדרבנן to eat חמץ on erev Pesach?
The 4th hour of the day
When the box of matza says מצה שמורה, what does that mean?
What kinds of materials may not be kashered? Why?
כלי חרס, כלי זכוכית
Because the taste doesn't come out fully
Which tefilah is not recited on erev Pesach? Why?
מזמור לתודה
Because it reminds us of the Korban Todah, which had chametz in it
What does עובר לעשייתן mean? Give 1 example of a bracha made in the Pesach season that is considered עובר לעשייתן.
You make the bracha before doing the mitzva. Some examples include:
על ביעור חמץ
על אכילת מצה
על אכילת מרור
When is it forbidden to eat matza? Why?
Erev Pesach, so that we are excited to perform the mitzva during the seder.
What method of kashering is used to kasher a microwave? How is it done?
הגעלה
Put a cup in and have it boil. The hot steam in the microwave take the taste out of the walls
There is a custom not to eat this all the way from Rosh Chodesh Nissan
Matza