Chometz Found Over Pesach

The Gemorah in Psachim 111b tells us that one who hangs his bread up in the air – it is considered kasheh l’anius, it causes one to become poor. How then does the Shulchan Aruch (OC 436:1) write that if one finds chometz over Pesach, one covers it with a pot or vessel or one…

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9 Things to Know About Maariv from Maran Rav Chaim zt”l

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The following are 9 things to know about Maariv from Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l. The minhag is to recite, “vehu rachum” before maariv. In some places they they recite shir hamaalos hinei borchu etc, (Shoneh Halachos 236:1). After one recites, “Borchu”, it is considered equivalent to being in the middle of…

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