Burning The Chametz

Bi'ur Chametz

בִּעוּר חָמֵץ

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בִּעוּר חָמֵץ

BURNING THE CHAMETZ

On the fourteenth of Nissan, chametz may be eaten only until the end of the fourth "hour" (check your local Jewish calendar for exact times). In the fifth "hour," burn any remaining chametz, including the ten pieces.

Before the end of the fifth hour, say the following (in a language that you understand) to nullify any remaining chametz:

Hebrew

כָּל חֲמִירָא1 וַחֲמִיעָא דְּאִכָּא בִרְשׁוּתִי,
דַּחֲזִיתֵּיהּ וְדְלָא חֲזִיתֵּיהּ,
דַּחֲמִיתֵּיהּ וְדְלָא חֲמִיתֵּיהּ, דְּבַעַרְתֵּיהּ
וְדְלָא בַעַרְתֵּיהּ, לִבָּטֵל וְלֶהֱוֵי הֶפְקֵר
כְּעַפְרָא דְאַרְעָא.

Sephardi

Kol chamira1 vachami'a de'ika virshuti,
dachazitei vedela chazitei,
dachamitei vedela chamitei, deva'artei
vedela va'artei, libatel velehevei hefker
ke'afra de'ar'a.

English

All chametz1 and anything that contains chametz that is in my possession, whether I saw it while searching for chametz or not, whether I have ever noticed it or not, whether I removed it or not, should be nullified and ownerless like the dust of the earth.

Continue with the following:

Hebrew

יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְיָ 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, וְתִתֵּן לָנוּ לֵב בָּשָׂר לְעָבְדְּךָ
בֶּאֱמֶת, וְכָל סִטְרָא אָחֳרָא וְכָל
הַקְּלִפּוֹת וְכָל הָרִשְׁעָה כְּעָשָׁן תִּכְלֶה,
וְתַעֲבִיר מֶמְשֶׁלֶת זָדוֹן מִן הָאָרֶץ, וְכָל
הַמְּעִיקִים לַשְּׁכִינָה תְּבַעֲרֵם בְּרוּחַ בָּעֵר
וּבְרוּחַ מִשְׁפָּט כְּשֵׁם שֶׁבִּעַרְתָּ אֶת
מִצְרַיִם וְאֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם
בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה, אָמֵן סֶלָה.

Sephardi

Yehi ratzon milfanekha Adonai Eloheinu veilohei
avoteinu, k'shem she'ani meva'er chametz
mibeiti umeirshuti, kach teva'er et kol
hachitzonim, ve'et ruach hatum'ah ta'avir
min ha'aretz, ve'et yitzreinu hara ta'avireihu
mei'itanu, v'titen lanu lev basar le-ovdecha
be'emet, vechol sitra achara vechol
haklipot vechol harish'ah k'ashan tikhleh,
v'ta'avir memshelet zadon min ha'aretz, vechol
hame'ikim lash'chinah teva'arem b'ruach ba'er
uvruach mishpat k'shem shebi'arta et
Mitzrayim ve'et eloheihem bayamim hahem
bazman hazeh, amen selah.

English

May it be Your will, Lord, our God and the God of our fathers, that just as I am destroying chametz from my house and from my possession, so too should You destroy all the outside forces that oppose holiness, remove the spirit of impurity from the world, remove the evil inclination from us, and give us a heart of flesh that feels holiness, not like a heart of stone that feels nothing, to serve You truthfully. Destroy all evil, all the unholy forces, and all the wickedness in smoke. Remove the rule of evil from the land. Destroy all those who oppose the Divine Presence with a spirit of destruction and justice, just as You destroyed the Egyptians and their gods in those days, at this time. Amen, selah.

סֵדֶר קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח

THE ORDER OF THE KORBAN PESACH

The following description of the order of the Pesach-offering is recited after the Minchah prayer on the day before Pesach. This reflects the order of service during Temple times on the day before Pesach, when the afternoon daily burnt-offering (which the Minchah prayer currently replaces) was followed by the Pesach-offering.

On the fourteenth of Nissan after Minchah, say the following:

Hebrew

קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח1 מֵבִיא מִן
הַכְּבָשִׂים אוֹ מִן
הָעִזִּים זָכָר בֶּן שָׁנָה, וְשׁוֹחֲטוֹ
בָּעֲזָרָה בְּכָל מָקוֹם, אַחַר
חֲצוֹת אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר דַּוְקָא,
וְאַחַר שְׁחִיטַת תָּמִיד שֶׁל
בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם, וְאַחַר הֲטָבַת
נֵרוֹת שֶׁל בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם. וְאֵין
שׁוֹחֲטִין אֶת הַפֶּסַח עַל
הֶחָמֵץ. וְאִם שָׁחַט קוֹדֶם
לַתָּמִיד, כָּשֵׁר, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיְּהֵא
אַחֵר מְמָרֵס בְּדַם הַפֶּסַח
כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִקְרַשׁ עַד שֶׁיִּזְרְקוּ
דַּם הַתָּמִיד, וְאַחַר כָּךְ יִזְרְקוּ
דַּם הַפֶּסַח זְרִיקָה אַחַת
כְּנֶגֶד הַיְסוֹד.

Sephardi

Korban Pesach1 mevi min
hak'vasim o min
ha'izim zachar ben shanah, v'shochto
ba'azarah bechol makom, achar
chatzot arba'ah asar davka,
ve'achar shechitat tamid shel
bein ha'arbayim, ve'achar hatavat
nerot shel bein ha'arbayim. v'ein
shochtin et hapesach al
hechametz. ve'im shachat kodem
latamid, kasher, uvilvad sheyehe
acher memares b'dam hapesach
kedei shelo yikrash ad sheyizreku
dam hatamid, ve'achar kach yizreku
dam hapesach zrikah achat
k'neged hay'sod.

English

The Pesach-offering1 is brought from male lambs or goats that are less than a year old, and can be slaughtered anywhere in the Temple Courtyard after midday of the fourteenth of Nissan (the day before Pesach). It must be done after the slaughtering of the afternoon daily burnt-offering and after the afternoon cleaning of the cups of the menorah. One should not slaughter the Pesach-offering while he still has chametz in his possession. If he slaughtered the Pesach-offering before the afternoon daily burnt-offering, the Pesach-offering is still kosher, as long as someone stirs the blood of the Pesach-offering so that it will remain liquid and not congeal by the time the blood of the daily offering is poured on the altar. After pouring the blood of the daily offering, the blood of the Pesach-offering is poured once toward the base of the altar.

Hebrew

וְכֵיצַד עוֹשִׂין שָׁחַט
הַשּׁוֹחֵט, וְקִבֵּל הַכֹּהֵן
הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁבְּרֹאשׁ הַשּׁוּרָה

Sephardi

V'cheitzad osin shachat
hashocheit, v'kibel hakohen
harishon sheb'rosh hashurah

English

How is the Pesach-offering performed? The Kohanim would form lines across the Temple Courtyard between each slaughtering station and the altar, and they would hold vessels with which to pass the blood down the line. The slaughterer would then slaughter the offering, and the Kohen standing at the head of the line would catch the blood in his vessel and pass it to his friend. His friend would then pass the vessel full of blood to his friend next in line, and so on, until the vessel would reach the Kohen standing closest to the altar, who would pour it once toward the