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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 438
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Orach Chayim Siman 438 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>עכבר שנכנס למקום בדוק וככר בפיו. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>עכבר שנכנס לבית בדוק וככר בפיו ונכנס אחריו ומצא פירורין אפי' כדי כל הככר צריך לחזור ולבדוק הבית אחר הככר שהכניס לפי שאין דרכו של עכבר לפרר והני פרורין מעלמא אתו ולא מאותו ככר אבל אם תינוק נכנס לבית בדוק וככר בידו ונכנס אחריו ומצא פירורין אינו צריך לחזור ולבדוק שחזקתו שאכלו ואלו הפירורין שנפלו ממנו בשעת אכילה שדרך התינוק לפרר וי"א שאם אין בפירורין כדי כל הככר צריך לחזור ולבדוק: דיני עכבר נכנס ויוצא השמיט הרב הואיל ולא שכיחי:
[The Laws that Apply when] a Mouse Enters a Place that was Previously Searched with a Loaf in Its Mouth, 2 Seifim If a mouse enters a house that has been checked, carrying a loaf in its mouth, and one enters after it, and one finds crumbs, even if enough crumbs to constitute the entire loaf, one must return and inspect the house after the loaf that the mouse brought in, as it is not the nature of a mouse to break up bread, and these crumbs likely came from elsewhere and not from that loaf. However, if a toddler enters a house carrying a loaf in its hand, and one enters after it, and crumbs are found, there is no need to return and inspect, assuming that the toddler ate, and these crumbs fell from it during eating, as it is the toddler's nature to break up bread. Some say that if the crumbs do not amount to the entire loaf, one must still return and inspect. The laws concerning a mouse entering and leaving were omitted by the Rabbi since they are uncommon
כזית חמץ למעלה על הקורה מחייבין אותו להביא סולם להורידו מפני שפעמים יפול מהקורה אבל אם היה חמץ בבור אין מחייבין אותו להעלותו אלא מבטלו בלבו ודיו:
If there is a size of an olive of leaven on the roof, one is obligated to bring a ladder to remove it, as sometimes it may fall from the roof. But if the leaven was in a pit, one is not obligated to bring it up, rather they nullify it in their heart, and it is sufficient.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0