[Avodah] hilchot pesach

[Zev Sero]

On 31/03/2012 3:49 PM, Eli Turkel wrote:
> I recently went to a shiur of R. Avraham Yosef on Pesach. Some of his points were
>
> 1. No problem cooking kitrniyot on the 7th day for the shabbat after Pesach (for Ashkenazimn - obviously only in EY)

This is pretty clear.  The kitniyot are not included in the sale, even if
they're in the cupboards that were leased to the goy, so there's no reason
not to take them out.  And the "har`ama" that the eruv tavshilin depends
on: that you're cooking in case guests arrive 10 minutes before shabbos,
works just as well with kitniyot; those hypothetical guests might very well
be Sefardi.


>      Theoretically it also applies to real chametz

Huh?!  How could one cook chametz on Pesach?  How could one even have it
in the kitchen and handle it, even if it belongs to the goy?  If nothing
else, what about the risk that one will absentmindedly eat some?  I don't
understand this at all.


> - the only problem being a technical one of getting the chametz since the rabbi buys back the chametz only motzei shabbat

This could be got around very simply, by having the goy stipulate that he
gives permission for people to help themselves to his chametz after Pesach.



> 2. Soft matzot are preferable to our regular matzot when one is sure the hasgacha. From the Ramah giving a maximum of 1 tefach it seems that they had soft matzot in his days. The advantage of soft matzot is that it easier to eat a kezayit in achilat peras, especially for those who eat 2 kezeytim.

But that would only apply for the seder.  Are they also preferable
during the rest of Pesach, and if so why?



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