The Limit of the Search: Danger

The baraita limits reaching into holes and crevices because of danger. The Gemara places the case in a collapse after prior use, where a dog can still reach the chametz and the search duty therefore remains. In response to the principle that mitzvah agents are not harmed, Rav Ashi raises the concern that a needle may be lost and searched for. The continuation explains that the concern is about looking for the needle after the chametz search is finished.

1. 1Read the baraita.
2. 2Read the question 'what danger'.
3. 3Read the scorpion suggestion and the response.