EREV PESACH
ORDER FOR THE SEARCH AND REMOVAL OF CHAMETZ
Should Erev Pesach fall on Shabbat, the search and the removal of chametz are advanced to Thursday evening and Friday morning respectively.
Customarily one sets well-wrapped bits of hard bread in sundry places a while before the search, so that the searcher will find them. According to the Kabbalah, ten pieces should be placed. Before beginning the search, the following blessing is recited:
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ*
בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ עַל בִּעוּר חָמֵץ:
Chabad
boruch atoh Adonoy Eloyheinu melech ho-oylom, asher kid'shonu*
b'mitzvoysov, v'tzivonu al biur chomeitz:
By candlelight one is to search in every concealed place, even fissures in the floor. Between the blessing and the start of the search one must not speak, even concerning the search itself. During the search, one should refrain from speaking of anything unrelated to the search. Household members should stand nearby to hear the blessing, each then searching his own place without speaking in between. They should start the search in the chamber closest to where the blessing was heard, and should not proceed to another room immediately after the blessing. Once the search is finished, one must take care that the chametz retained (to be eaten or to be burnt in the morning) be placed in a secure spot, lest it be carried about and thereby crumbled and spread by children or rodents.
Once the search is done one must also nullify any chametz he may have overlooked, and say:
Hebrew
כָּל חֲמִירָא וַחֲמִיעָא דְּאִכָּא בִרְשׁוּתִי*, דְּלָא חֲמִתֵּהּ
וּדְלָא* בַעַרְתֵּהּ וּדְלָא* יְדַעְנָא לֵיהּ, לִבָּטֵל וְלֶהֱוֵי
הֶפְקֵר כְּעַפְרָא דְאַרְעָא:
Chabad
kol chamiro vachami-o d'iko virshusi*, d'lo chamiteih
ud'lo* va-arteih ud'lo* y'dano leih, liboteil v'lehevei
hefkeir k'afro d'aro:
The chametz, including the ten pieces, is to be burnt in a dedicated fire on the morning of the fourteenth of Nissan, before the fifth "proportional" hour of the day ends. (A "proportional" hour is one-twelfth of the span between sunrise and sunset.) Thereafter, one should recite the following declaration, nullifying any remaining chametz:
Hebrew
כָּל חֲמִירָא וַחֲמִיעָא דְּאִכָּא בִרְשׁוּתִי*, דַּחֲזִיתֵהּ וּדְלָא*
חֲזִיתֵהּ, דַּחֲמִתֵּהּ וּדְלָא* חֲמִתֵּהּ, דְּבַעַרְתֵּהּ וּדְלָא*
בַעַרְתֵּהּ, לִבָּטֵל וְלֶהֱוֵי הֶפְקֵר כְּעַפְרָא דְאַרְעָא:
Chabad
kol chamiro vachami-o d'iko virshusi*, dachaziseih ud'lo*
chaziseih, dachamiteih ud'lo* chamiteih, d'va-arteih ud'lo*
va-arteih, liboteil v'lehevei hefkeir k'afro d'aro:
The following is recited while the chametz is burned:
Hebrew
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ* יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֲנִי
מְבַעֵר חָמֵץ מִבֵּיתִי וּמֵרְשׁוּתִי*, כָּךְ תְּבַעֵר אֶת כָּל
הַחִיצוֹנִים, וְאֶת רוּחַ הַטֻּמְאָה תַּעֲבִיר מִן הָאָרֶץ, וְאֶת יִצְרֵנוּ
הָרָע תַּעֲבִירֵהוּ מֵאִתָּנוּ, וְתִתֶּן לָנוּ לֵב בָּשָׂר לְעָבְדְּךָ בֶּאֱמֶת, וְכָל
Chabad
y'hi rotzoyn mil'fonecho* Adonoy Eloyheinu veiloyhei avoyseinu, k'sheim she-ani
m'va-eir chomeitz mibeisi umeir'shusi*, koch t'va-eir es kol
hachitzoynim, v'es ruach hatumoh ta-avir min ho-oretz, v'es yitzreinu
horo ta-avireihu mei-itonu, v'siten lonu leiv bosor l'ov'd'cho be-emes, v'chol