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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 431
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Orach Chayim Siman 431 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 2 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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<b>זמן בדיקת החמץ. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>בתחלת ליל י"ד בניסן בודקין את החמץ לאור הנר בחורין ובסדקין בכל המקומות שדרך להכניס שם חמץ:
The Time for the Search of Chametz, 2 Seifim: At the beginning of the night of the 14th of Nisan, we search for chametz by the light of a candle in holes and cracks in every place that it would be usual to have brought chametz.
יזהר כל אדם שלא יתחיל בשום מלאכ' ולא יאכל עד שיבדוק ואפי' אם יש לו עת קבוע ללמוד לא ילמוד עד שיבדוק ואם התחיל ללמוד מבעוד יום אין צריך להפסיק (ויש אומרים שצריך להפסיק וכן נראה לי עיקר):
Every person must be careful not to start any work or to eat until they have searched. Even if they have a fixed time to study, they should not study until they have searched. If they started learning while it was still day, they don't have to stop ( and some say they do have to stop, which seems correct to me )
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0