## Kitzur Shulchan Arukh Siman 111

###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:1
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בַּלַּיְלָה שֶׁלִּפְנֵי עֶרֶב פֶּסַח בּוֹדְקִין אֶת הֶחָמֵץ. וְחַיָּבִין לִבְדּוֹק מִיָּד בִּתְחִלַּת הַלָּיְלָה. וְאָסוּר לְהַתְחִיל לֶאֱכֹל אוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת שׁוּם מְלָאכָה חֲצִי שָׁעָה קֹדֶם הַלָּיְלָה.

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
On the evening before *erev Pesach* the search for *chametz* must be made. You must make the search immediately after nightfall.¹ 431:1) It is forbidden to begin a meal². 431:6) or do any work one half-hour before nightfall.³. 431:11, 12)

footnotes:
¹ I.e. immediately after the appearance of the stars. (Mishnah Berurah
² A small snack is permitted. (Ibid
³ Even if you began the meal earlier than one half hour, you must interrupt the meal when the time for searching begins. (Ibid


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:2
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אֵין בּוֹדְקִין אֶלָּא בְּנֵר שֶׁל שַׁעֲוָה יְחִידִי, וְלֹא קְלוּעַ מִשּׁוּם דַּהֲוֵי כַּאֲבוּקָה. וּבִשְׁעַת הַדְּחַק שֶׁאֵין לוֹ נֵר שֶׁל שַׁעֲוָה, יִבְדֹּק בְּנֵר שֶׁל חֵלֶב.

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
The search should be made with only one wax candle, not with several candles intertwined, for that would be like a torch.⁴. 433:10) In a predicament when you have no wax candle, you may use a tallow candle.

footnotes:
⁴ If you used a torch or even a candle with several wicks, the search is invalid and you must repeat it with a single candle. (Ibid


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:3
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בּוֹדֵק כָּל הַחֲדָרִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָחוּשׁ שֶׁמָּא הִכְנִּיסוּ בָּהֶם חָמֵץ, אֲפִלּוּ הַמַּרְתְּפִים וְהָעֲלִיּוֹת וְהַחֲנֻיּוֹת וּבֵית הָעֵצִים. כֹּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָחוּשׁ שֶׁמָּא הִכְנִיסוּ שָׁם חָמֵץ, צְרִיכִין לְבָדְקן. וְכֵן צְרִיכִין לִבְדּוֹק כָּל הַכֵּלִים שֶׁמַּחְזִיקִים בָּהֶם חָמֵץ. וְקֹדֶם הַבְּדִיקָה יְכַבְּדוּ הֵיטֵב כָּל הַמְּקוֹמוֹת וִינַקּוּ אוֹתָם מִכָּל חָמֵץ, לְמַעַן יְהֵא נָקֵל לוֹ אַחַר כָּךְ לְבָדְקָם.

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
You must search all rooms in which you suspect that someone carried *chametz*, even cellars, attics, stores and woodsheds; any places in which you think that *chametz* may have been brought must be searched. You must also search all vessels in which you keep *chametz*. Before making the search, you should carefully sweep all these places and clean all *chametz* out of them, in order to make it easy for you to search the rooms afterwards.


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:4
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רֶפֶת שֶׁל בָּקָר, שֶׁנּוֹתְנִים שָׁמָּה תְּבוּאָה לַבְּהֵמוֹת לֶאֱכֹל, וְכֵן לוּל שֶׁל תַּרְנְגוֹלִים שֶׁנּוֹתְנִים לָהֶם שָׁם תְּבוּאָה, אֵינָן צְרִיכִין בְּדִיקָה, כִּי שֶׁמָּא לֹא נִתְחַמְּצָה כְּלָל הַתְּבוּאָה. וְאִם תִּמְצָא לוֹמַר נִתְחַמְּצָה, שֶׁמָּא אָכְלוּ הַכֹּל וְלֹא שִׁיְרוּ כְּלוּם. אֲבָל אִם נָתְנוּ לָהֶם שָׁמָּה תְּבוּאָה חֲמוּצָה, שֶׁאֵין כָּאן אֶלָּא סָפֵק אֶחָד, שֶׁמָּא אָכְלוּ הַכֹּל, אֵין סוֹמְכִין עַל זֶה, וּצְרִיכִין בְּדִיקָה.

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
A cowshed where the cattle are fed grain, and a chicken coop where the chickens are fed with grain do not require searching; [first of all,] because the grain may never have become *chametz*, and even if it did become *chametz*, it is possible that all of it was eaten and nothing was left. But if the grain you put there was *chametz*, you then have only one uncertainty, whether all of it was eaten; we do not rely on this possibility, and you are required to make a search.


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:5
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צְרִיכִין לִבְדֹּוֹק בְּכָל הַמְּקוֹמוֹת בַּחוֹרִין וּבִסְּדָקִין, כָּל מַה שֶּׁאֶפְשָׁר. וְגַם הַכִּיסִים שֶׁבִּבְגָדִים שֶׁלּוֹ וְשֶׁל תִּינוֹקוֹת, שֶׁלִּפְעָמִים נוֹתְנִים בָּהֶן חָמֵץ, צְרִיכִין בְּדִיקָה. וִינַעֲרֵם הֵיטֵב לְמַחַר בִּשְׁעַת הַבִּעוּר (תל"ג).

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
You must search everywhere, every nook and cranny, as best as you can. You must also search the pockets of your garments and those of your children's garments; for since sometimes *chametz* gets into them,⁵ in your pockets, you are, nevertheless, required to search them, because often people place things in their pockets and forget they did so. (*Ibid*. 433:47) they have to be searched. You should shake them thoroughly the next morning when you burn the *chametz*.

footnotes:
⁵ Even if you say you are certain that you did not put any chametz


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:6
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הַחֲדָרִים שֶׁמּוֹכְרִים לְאֵינוֹ יְהוּדִי עִם הֶחָמֵץ, כֵּיוָן שֶׁאֵין מוֹכְרִים עַד לְמָחָר, אִם כֵּן חָל עָלָיו בַּלַּיְלָה חִיּוּב בְּדִיקָה וְחַיָּב לְבָדְקָם (חיי"א כלל קיט מקור חַיִּים סוֹף סוֹף סִימָן תלו).

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
[This is the law concerning] the rooms you sell to a non-Jew together with the *chametz* in them. Since the sale is not valid until the morning, you are obliged to search them in the evening,⁶ and *Chayei Adam*. In their responsa, *Binyan Olam* and *Chasam Sofer* disagree and rule that you may be lenient so long as you searched the other rooms. This is also the opinion of *Aishel Avrohom*. (*Ibid*. 436:32, 433:23) and you must do so.

footnotes:
⁶ This is also the opinion of Mekor Chaim


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:7
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קֹדֶם שֶׁמַּתְחִיל לִבְדֹּק, יְבָרֵךְ אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל בִּעוּר חָמֵץ. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעַתָּה עֲדַיִן אֵינוֹ מְבַעֲרוֹ, מִכָּל מָקוֹם מְבָרֵךְ עַל בִּעוּר, לְפִי שֶׁמִּיָּד לְאַחַר הַבְּדִיקָה יְבַטֵּל אֶת הֶחָמֵץ שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָדוּעַ לוֹ, וְהוּא הַבִּעוּר לְחָמֵץ שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָדוּעַ לוֹ. וְלֹא יַפְסִיק בֵּין הַבְּרָכָה לִתְחִלַּת הַבְּדִיקָה. וְטוֹב שֶׁלֹּא יַפְסִיק עַד גְּמָר כָּל הַבְּדִיקָה, אֶלָּא בְּמַה שֶּׁהוּא מֵעִנְיַן הַבְּדִיקָה. וְיָכוֹל לִבְדֹּוֹק כַּמָּה בָתִים בִּבְרָכָה אֶחָת.

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
Before beginning the search you recite the berachah: *Baruch ata Hashem, Elokeinu melech haolam asher kideshanu bemitzvosav vetzivanu al biur chameitz* "Blessed are you, Hashem, our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments, and has commanded us concerning the removal of *chametz*." Even though you do not yet remove it, you still say the berachah "concerning the removal," since immediately after the search, you nullify the *chametz* that is unknown to you, and this, in effect, is the removal of such *chametz*. Do not make any interruption between the berachah and beginning the search.⁷. 432:5) It is a good thing not to interrupt until the search is completed, except for things relating to the search.⁸. 432:6) You may search many houses on the basis of the one berachah you recited.

footnotes:
⁷ If you did interrupt with something unrelated to the search, you must repeat the berachah, since there was an interruption between the berachah and the mitzvah. (Ibid
⁸ If you did interrupt, you need not repeat the berachah since you began the search, and thus there was no interruption between the berachah and the mitzvah. (Ibid


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:8
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יֵשׁ נוֹהֲגִין שֶׁקֹּדֶם הַבְּדִיקָה מַנִּיחִין פְּתִיתֵי לֶחֶם בִּמְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁיִּמְצְאֵם הַבּוֹדֵק, כִּי חוֹשְׁשִׁין שֶׁמָּא לֹא יִמְצָא כְּלוּם וּתְהֵא בְּרָכָה לְבַטָּלָה. וּפְשִׁיטָא כִּי מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ בּוֹדֵק כָּרָאוּי, אֶלָּא שֶׁהוּא מְקַבֵּץ אֵלּוּ הַפְּתִיתִים, לֹא קִיֵּם מִצְוַת בְּדִיקָה, וּבֵרַךְ בְּרָכָה לְבַטָּלָה (תל"ב).

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
Some people have the custom, before beginning the search, to deposit small pieces of bread in places where the searcher will find them. They are fearful, if he finds no *chametz*, the berachah will have been said in vain.⁹ and even if no *chametz* is found, the mitzvah is fulfilled. Nevertheless, it is not proper to negate a custom of the Jewish people. According to the *Arizal*, it is customary to place ten pieces of bread around the house. Special care must be taken that none of these pieces of *chametz* go lost. It is best to use the sort of bread that will not create crumbs. (*Ibid*. 432:12, 13) Needless to say, however, anyone who does not search properly, but only gathers up these pieces of bread, has not fulfilled the mitzvah of searching, and his berachah was said in vain.

footnotes:
⁹ It is, however, not a “blessing in vain” because the mitzvah is specifically to search for chametz


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:9
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הֶחָמֵץ שֶׁהוּא מְשַׁיֵּר לַאֲכִילָה אוֹ לִמְכִירָה, יַנִּיחַ קֹדֶם הַבְּדִיקָה בְּמָקוֹם הַמְשֻׁמָּר הֵיטֵב. וְכֵן הֶחָמֵץ שֶׁהוּא מוֹצֵא בִּבְדִיקָתוֹ, וְצָרִיךְ לְשָׂרְפוֹ לְמָחָר, יַנִּיחַ בְּמָקוֹם מְשֻׁמָּר וּמְקֻשָּׁר, שֶׁלֹּא יֹאבַד מִמֶּנּוּ, וְיַנִּיחֶנּוּ בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁיִּרְאֵהוּ לְמָחָר וְלֹא יִשְׁכַּח לְשָׂרְפוֹ.

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
The *chametz* you leave for food or for sale, should be put away in a safe place, before making the search. The *chametz* you find in the search, which must be burned in the morning, should be put away in a safe place and tied so that it won't get lost. It should be put it in a place where you will notice it in the morning, so that you will not forget to burn it.


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:10
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אַחַר הַבְּדִיקָה מִיָּד יְבַטְּלֶנּוּ, וְעִקַּר הַבִּטּוּל הוּא בַּלֵּב, שֶׁיִּגְמֹר בְּלִבּוֹ שֶׁכָּל חָמֵץ שֶׁבִּרְשׁוּתוֹ הֲרֵי הוּא כְּאִלּוּ אֵינוֹ, וְאֵינוֹ חָשׁוּב כְּלוּם, וַהֲרֵי הוּא כְּמוֹ עָפָר, וּכְדָבָר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ צֹרֶךְ כְּלָל. וְתִקְּנוּ חֲכָמִים שֶׁיּוֹצִיא דְּבָרִים אֵלּוּ גַּם בְּפִיו, וְיֹאמַר: כָּל חֲמִירָא וְכוּ'. וּמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ פֵּרוּשׁוֹ, יֹאמַר בְּלָּשׁוֹן שֶׁהוּא מֵבִין (אַללֶער זוֹיעֶרְטֵייג, אוּנְד אַללֶעס גֶעזֵייעֶרְטֶע ווֶעלְכֶעס זִיךְ אִין מַיינֶעם רְשׁוּת בֶּעפִינְדֶעט, דַאס אִיךְ נִיכְט גֶעזֶעהְן אוּנְד נִיכְט ווֶעגגֶעשַׁאפְט הָאבֶּע, זָאל פֶערְנִיכְטֶעט אוּנְד דעֶם שְׁטוֹיבֶּע דֶער עֶרְדֶע גְלַייךְ גֶעהַאלְטֶען זַיין) (תל"ד).

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
Immediately after the search, you should nullify the *chametz*. The actual nullification takes place in your heart, when you decide in your heart that you consider all *chametz* in your possession as non-existent, as worthless, as compared to dust, as something utterly useless. Our sages ordained that you should express these thoughts verbally by declaring *kol chamira* (all *chametz*) etc. Anyone who does not understand it in the Aramaic, should say it in a language he understands.¹⁰. 434:9) [The English translation of the Aramaic text is]: "Any leaven or *chametz* that is in my possession, that I have not seen and have not removed, should be nullified and become ownerless, like the dust of the earth."

footnotes:
¹⁰ Someone who understands absolutely nothing of the text of this declaration and thinks he is merely reciting some sort of prayer, has not fulfilled his obligation. (Ibid


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:11
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אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבִּטֵּל אֶת הֶחָמֵץ בַּלַּיְלָה לְאַחַר הַבְּדִיקָה, מִכָּל מָקוֹם גַּם בַּיּוֹם לְאַחַר שֶׁשָּׂרַף אוֹתוֹ יַחֲזוֹר וִיבַטְּלֶנּוּ, וְיִכְלוֹל כָּל הֶחָמֵץ וְיֹאמַר: כָּל חֲמִירָא וְכוּ'. אוֹ בְּלָּשׁוֹן שֶׁהוּא מֵבִין [כָּל שְֹאוֹר וְכָל חָמֵץ שֶׁבִּרְשׁוּתִי שֶׁרְאִיתִיו וְשֶׁלֹּא רְאִיתִיו, שֶבִּעַרְתִּיו וְשֶׁלֹּא בִּעַרְתִּיו, יְהֵא בָטֵל וְהֶפְקֵר וְחָשוּב כַּעֲפַר הָאֲדָמָה) (אַללֶער זוֹיעֶרְטֵייג אוּנְד אַללֶעס גֶעזֵייעֶרְטֶע, ווֶעלְכֶעס זִיךְ אִין מַיינֶעם רְשׁוּת בֶּעפִינְדֶעט. דַאס אִיךְ גֶעזֶעהְן אָדֶער נִיכְט גֶעזֶעהְן. דַאס אִיךְ ווֶעגגֶעשַׁאפְט אָדֶער נִיכְט ווֶעגגֶעשַׁאפְט הָאבֶּע, זָאל פֶערְנִיכְטֶעט אוּנְד דעֶם שְׁטוֹיבֶּע דֶער עֶרְדֶע גְלַייךְ גֶעהַאלְטֶען זַיין).

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
Even though you have already nullified the *chametz* at night after the search, nevertheless, in the morning after burning it, you must nullify it again. In this declaration you include all the *chametz*, and you say, *Kol chamira*—(all *chametz*) etc., or in a language you understand. [The English translation of the Aramaic text is:] Any leaven or *chametz* that is in my possession whether I have seen it or not, whether I have removed it or not, should be nullified and become ownerless like the dust of the earth."


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:12
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חֶדֶר שֶׁצָּרִיךְ בְּדִיקַת חָמֵץ, וְרוֹצֶה לַעֲשׂוֹתוֹ אוֹצָר, פֵּרוּשׁ שֶׁרוֹצֶה לֶאֱצוֹר בְּתוֹכוֹ פֵּרוֹת אוֹ עֵצִים אוֹ שְׁאָר דְּבָרִים, שֶׁמֵּחֲמַת זֶה לֹא יוּכַל לְבָדְּקוֹ, כְּשֶׁיַּגִּיעַ לֵיל אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר, צָרִיךְ לִבְדּוֹק תְּחִלָּה אֶת הֶחָמֵץ שָׁם בַּלַּיְלָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁבּוֹדְקִין אֶת הֶחָמֵץ לֵיל אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר. וַאֲפִלּוּ יֵשׁ עוֹד זְמַן רַב עַד הַפֶּסַח, וַאֲפִלּוּ מִיָּד לְאַחַר פֶּסַח שֶׁעָבַר. וּבְדִעֲבַד אִם לֹא בְּדָקוֹ קֹדֶם שֶׁעֲשָׂאוֹ אוֹצָר, אִם דַּעְתּוֹ לְפַנּוֹתוֹ קֹדֶם שֶׁיַּגִּיעַ זְמַן בְּדִיקַת חָמֵץ, אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לִטְרוֹחַ עַתָּה לְפַנּוֹתוֹ וּלְבָדְקוֹ. אֲבָל אִם דַּעְתּוֹ לְפַנּוֹתוֹ בְּתוֹךְ יְמֵי פֶּסַח, צָרִיךְ לְפַנּוֹתוֹ עַתָּה וּלְבָדְקוֹ, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֵּשׁ טֹרַח רַב וְחֶסְרוֹן כִּיס.

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
If you have a room that must be searched, that you want to use as a storage room; that is to say, you want to store, fruit, wood or other articles, which would make it impossible to search the room on the night of the fourteenth of Nisan, then you should search that room before¹¹ writes that he must also nullify the *chametz* that is not visible to him. (This may also apply in our case as well). (Ibid. 436:3) you convert it to a storeroom, making the search at night,¹² writes that if he forgot to search at night, he should do so by day. (*Ibid*.) in the same manner as you search for *chametz* on the night of the fourteenth of Nisan.¹³ 436:4 and also *Biyur Halachah* who writes that there are opinions that a berachah is said when the search is made within thirty days of the fourteenth). [This holds true] even if there is still plenty of time before Pesach, and even if this is immediately after the *Pesach* that has just passed. However, if you did not search the room before turning it into a storage room, if you intend to remove the stored articles, before the time of the search will come, you do not have to go to the trouble at this time to empty the room and search it. But if you intend to remove the articles during the week of *Pesach*, you must remove them now and make the search, even though it involves great trouble and loss of money.

footnotes:
¹¹ Regarding a person who embarks on a journey before the night of the fourteenth, who is required to search his home before leaving, Mishnah Berurah
¹² Regarding a person who embarks on a journey before the night of the fourteenth who is required to search his home before leaving, Mishnah Berurah
¹³ However, the berachah is not recited when the search is made before the night of the fourteenth. (See Mishnah Berurah


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:13
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וְאִם עוֹשֶׂה אֶת הָאוֹצָר עַל דַּעַת שֶׁלֹּא לְפַנּוֹתוֹ עַד לְאַחַר הַפֶּסַח, אֲזַי יֵשׁ חִלּוּק בַּזְּמָן. אִם הוּא קֹדֶם שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַפֶּסַח, אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְבָדְקוֹ (אֶלָּא שֶׁאִם יֵשׁ שָׁם חָמֵץ יָדוּעַ, יְבַעֲרֶנּוּ תְּחִלָּה) וְיוֹעִיל לוֹ הַבִּטּוּל, שֶׁיְבַטֵּל כָּל חָמֵץ בִּזְמַנּוֹ. אֲבָל אִם הוּא תּוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַפֶּסַח, חַל עָלָיו חִיּוּב בְּדִיקָה, (כֵּיוָן שֶׁשּׁוֹאֲלִין וְדוֹרְשִׁין בְּהִלְכוֹת פֶּסַח קֹדֶם לַפֶּסַח שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם) וְצָרִיךְ לְבָדְקוֹ. וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּדִיעֲבַד אִם שָׁכַח וְלֹא בְדָקוֹ, צָרִיךְ לְפַנּוֹת אֶת הָאוֹצָר וּלְבָדְקוֹ בַלַּיְלָה תֵּכֶף לְאַחַר שֶׁנִּזְכָּר.

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
If you fill up a storage room with the intention of not emptying it until after *Pesach*, then it depends on the time you fill it up. If you do it more than thirty days before *Pesach*, you need not search the room. However if there is any *chametz* you know of, you must first remove it. The declaration of nullification will then effectively nullify all your *chametz* at the proper time (*erev Pesach*). However, if it is within thirty days before *Pesach*, you are subject to the laws of searching for *chametz* (because we ask questions and explain the laws of *Pesach* thirty days before *Pesach*), thus you must search the room. Even if, inadvertently, you forgot to make the search, you must empty the storeroom, and make the search in the night, immediately after you become aware of your oversight.


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:14
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וְאִם עוֹשֶֹה אוֹצָר בַּבּוֹר מֵחִטִּים שֶׁאֵינָן מְחֻמָּצוֹת, וְאַחַר כָּךְ מֵחֲמַת לַחוּת הַבּוֹר נִתְחַמְּצוּ הַחִטִּים שֶׁבְּקַרְקָעִית הַבּוֹר וְשֶׁבְּקִירוֹתָיו, אַף עַל פִי שֶׁאֲצָרָן בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם, אֵין צָרִיךְ לְפַנּוֹת אֶת הַבּוֹר בְּלֵיל אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר וּלְבָדְקוֹ, אֶלָּא דַּי לוֹ בַּבִּטּוּל, כֵּיוָן שֶׁבְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאָצַר, אָצַר בְּהֶתֵּר. וְאִם יֵשׁ בֵּינֵיהֶם חִטִּים מְחֻמָּצוֹת, יֵשׁ בָּזֶה כַּמָּה חִלוּקֵי דִּינִים, וְיַעֲשֶׂה שְׁאֵלַת חָכָם (תל"ו).

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
If you store wheat that has not become *chametz*, in a pit, but afterwards, because of the dampness of the pit, the wheat at the bottom of the pit and at the sides became *chametz*; then, even if it was stored there within thirty days, you need not empty the pit on the night of the fourteenth and search it, rather reciting the nullification is enough, since it was stored in a permissible manner. If some of the wheat was *chametz* (when stored); there are many differing opinions about this, and in such case you should consult a qualified *posek*.


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:15
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לֹא יַשְׁלִיךְ גַּרְעִינֵי תְּבוּאָה לַתַּרְנְגוֹלִים בִּמְקוֹם לַח תּוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם, שֶׁמָּא יִשְׁכַּח מִלְבַעֲרָם.

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
You should not throw grain to the chickens in a moist place during the thirty days before *Pesach*, for you may forget to burn it.


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:16
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הַיּוֹצֵא לַדֶּרֶךְ, קֹדֶם לֶכְתּוֹ יְמַנֶּה שְּׁלִיחַ שֶׁיִּבְדֹּק וִיבַטֵּל חֲמֵצוֹ, וְיֹאמַר לוֹ בְּפֵרוּשׁ, שֶׁהוּא מְמַנֶּה אוֹתוֹ לְשְּׁלִיחַ עַל הַבְּדִיקָה וְגַם עַל הַבִּטּוּל. וְהַשְּׁלִיחַ יֹאמַר בַּבִּטּוּל: חֲמֵצוֹ שֶׁל פְּלוֹנִי וְכוּ'. וּמִכָּל מָקוֹם גַם הוּא בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא שָׁם, בְּעֶרֶב פֶּסַח בַּבֹּקֶר יְבַטֵּל חֲמֵצוֹ שֶבִּרְשוּתוֹ (תל"ב תל"ד תל"ו).

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
Before starting on a trip,¹⁴ (436:9) this refers to one who is going on a long trip or a sea journey. Even though he plans to return in ample time before *Pesach*, we are concerned that he might be delayed. One who leaves on a short trip and plans to return before the night of the fourteenth, need not take these measures. If, however, he plans to return within a short time before the search must begin, we are concerned that he may be delayed and, therefore, he should take the steps outlined in this paragraph. you should appoint an agent to search and nullify your *chametz*. You should tell him explicitly, that you appoint him as your agent to make the search and the nullification. When making the nullification the agent says, "The *chametz* of so-and-so etc." Nevertheless, wherever you happen to be on the morning of *erev Pesach*, you should nullify the *chametz* on your premises.

footnotes:
¹⁴ According to Mishnah Berurah


###### Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 111:17
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מָצָא חָמֵץ בְּבֵיתוֹ בְּחֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹצִיאוֹ וְיִשְׂרְפֶנּוֹ. וְאִם יֵשׁ בּוֹ כַּזַּיִת, יְבָרֵךְ מִתְּחִלָּה עַל בִּעוּר חָמֵץ. אֲבָל עַל פָּחוֹת מִכַּזַּיִת לֹא יְבָרֵךְ. וְאִם מְצָאוֹ בְּיוֹם טוֹב אוֹ בְּשַׁבָּת חֹל הַמּוֹעֵד, וְכֵן בַּשַׁבָּת שֶׁחָל בְּעֶרֶב פֶּסַח דְּאָסוּר לְטַלְטְלוֹ מִשּׁוּם דַּהֲוֵי מֻקְצֶה, יִכְפֶּה עָלָיו כְּלִי עַד מוֹצָאֵי יוֹם טוֹב אוֹ מוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת וְאָז יִשְׂרְפֶנּוּ. וְאִם מְצָאוֹ בַּיָּמִים הָאַחֲרוֹנִים, שֶׁאָז בְּמוֹצָאֵי יוֹם טוֹב כְּבָר עָבַר הַפֶּסַח, אֵינוֹ מְבָרֵךְ עָלָיו, אֶלָּא שׂוֹרְפוֹ בְּלֹא בְּרָכָה, אֲפִלּוּ יֵשׁ בּוֹ כַּזַּיִת (תל"ה תמ"ו).

**Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996:**
If you find *chametz* in your house on *Chol Hamoed*, you should take it out and burn it, and if it is the quantity of a *kazayis*,¹⁵ you should first say the berachah: *Al biur chametz*,¹⁶ before Pesach, and then found *chametz* on *Chol Hamoed*, according to some later *Poskim*, the original berachah you made before *Pesach* suffices even for the *chametz* you found on *Chol Hamoed*. Other *Poskim* maintain that a new berachah should be recited. Since there is a question, the rule of “doubtful *berachos*” applies and the berachah should not be recited. (*Ibid*. 435:5) but if it is less than a *kazayis*, you do not say a berachah. If you find the *chametz* on Yom Tov or on the Shabbos of *Chol Hamoed*, or on the Shabbos which occurs on *erev Pesach*,¹⁷ when it is forbidden to handle the *chametz* because it is *muktzeh*, you should cover it with a vessel until the conclusion of Yom Tov, or the conclusion of Shabbos, and then you should burn it. If you find *chametz* on the last two days of *Pesach*, in which case at the conclusion of Yom Tov, *Pesach* has already ended, you do not say the berachah when burning it. You should burn it without saying the berachah, even though its quantity is as much as a *kazayis*.

footnotes:
¹⁵ See glossary.
¹⁶ If, however, you searched your house properly and nullified all chametz
¹⁷ After the fifth hour of the day has passed.