EREV PESACH
ORDER OF THE SEARCH AND REMOVAL OF CHAMETZ
When Erev Pesach coincides with Shabbat, the search and removal of chametz are moved up to Thursday evening and Friday morning respectively.
It is customary to place well-wrapped pieces of hard bread in various places some time before the search, so that the one who searches will find them. According to the Kabbalah, one should place ten pieces. Before starting 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:
One is to search by candlelight in all hidden places, even cracks in the floor. One is not to speak between the blessing and the beginning of the search, even concerning the search itself. Throughout the search, one should not speak about anything that is not relevant to the search. Members of the household should stand nearby to hear the blessing, with each one then searching his own place without speaking in between. They should begin the search in the room nearest the place where the blessing was heard, and not go to another room immediately after the blessing. After the search, one must be careful that the chametz retained (to be eaten or to be burnt in the morning) should be put in a safe place, so that it is not carried about and thereby crumbled and spread by children or rodents.
After the search one must also nullify the 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, should be burned in a special fire on the morning of the fourteenth of Nissan, before the end of the fifth "proportional" hour of the day. (A "proportional" hour is one-twelfth of the period between sunrise and sunset.) Following this, 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 said during the burning of the chametz:
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