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Sifrei Devarim 131

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 16:4) "And there shall not be seen unto you leaven in all of your border for seven days": "yours" you may not see, but you may see that of others (gentiles) and that of the Temple (i.e., if there were chametz of the Temple in his house, he is not in transgression of "there shall not be seen unto you.")

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"shall not be seen unto you": Do not see it as being yours, but void it in your heart — whence they ruled: "If one were on his way (on the fourteenth of Nissan) to slaughter his Pesach offering, or to circumcise his son, or to eat the betrothal feast in the house of his father-in-law, and he remembered that he had chametz in his house — if he can return (home) and burn it and return to his mitzvah, he should do so; if not, he should void it in his heart.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"and there shall not be seen unto you leaven": This is the difference between Beth Hillel and Beth Shammai: Beth Shammai say: Leaven (is forbidden) in (the size of) an olive, and chametz in (the size of) a date (less than an olive). Beth Hillel say: Both in (the size of) an olive.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"and there shall not remain of the flesh that you sacrifice in the evening on the first day until the morning": Which offering do you sacrifice in order to eat it in the evening? This is the chagigah (the festive offering), which is eaten together with the Pesach.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"in the first day until the morning": the morning of the second day.

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