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face=Arial>From: Akiva Miller via Avodah
<avodah@lists.aishdas.org><BR><BR>>> Rav Shimon Eider (Halachos of
Pesach, page 72) quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein<BR>as saying the we do NOT have to
do bedikah on seforim (although "a volume<BR>which may have been used around
chometz" should not be brought to the<BR>table)....<BR>.....Pesach cleaning will
drive anyone "crazy" (to use RMB's word above) if he<BR>doesn't plan for it
well, allowing sufficient time to do a proper job. If<BR>one chooses (or his rav
instructs him) to follow the Chazon Ish, this will<BR>include every single sefer
that might have chometz in it, and many other<BR>parts of the house where other
poskim would say, "There's no kezayis here."<BR>Don't blame the halacha when the
fault really lies with poor planning.<<<BR><BR>Akiva
Miller</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Here is a practical suggestion for people with large numbers of seforim
(most people on Avodah), and for people who bring seforim to the table --
everyone here, I'm sure. You do not have to wait until it is almost
Pesach to get rid of your crumbs. You can do it all year
long. My father always had seforim on the table during Shabbos and weekday
meals, and he had a habit of blowing on the pages and shaking every sefer before
putting it away. When I once asked him why he did this, he explained that
he did it to keep his seforim clean for Pesach. </DIV>
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<DIV>My feeling is that such hanhaga also fulfills the mitzva of
remembering yetzias Mitzra'im every day, "Lema'an tizkor es yom tzeischa
mei'eretz Mitzra'im kol yemei chayecha."</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby
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