66 Friday, April 11, 1981
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Special Rules Followed When Pesach Falls On Sunday
By RABBI SHMUEL
HIMELSTEIN
on those rare years when
Passover begins after
Shabat, as we will see be-
Imagine what a relief it
low.
would be to a woman if she
This occurs very rarely —
could come rested into the
in 1981 and 1994 — and no
more until the next century.
So it's now or (almost)
make the
never.
mess less.
Passover Greetings
When Pesach begins on
the night after Shabat (i.e.
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where the first day of
Pesach is a Sunday), homes
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before
Shabat begins. All
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the cleaning must be com-
pleted on Friday. Most (as
we shall see) of the hametz
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(bread, etc.) has to be
burned by Shabat, and in
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essence most of the Pesach
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food has to be ready by that
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time.
That being the case,
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all that the housewife can
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(hopefully) do on Shabat is
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rest.
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Similarly, while one
normally burns all his
hametz on the morning be-
fore Pesach, since this will
be Shabat, one must burn it
on Friday. But it isn't so
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simple. One must normally
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burn his hametz by about 10
a.m. (depending on where
he lives), because Jewish
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law forbids anyone to own
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hametz after that time.
In this case, though, that
refers to 10 a.m. on Shabat,
or the day before Pesach.
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That means that only this
year, bne can burn his
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hametz after the 10 a.m.
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deadline (but of courst not
after Shabat has begun,
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when lighting a fire is for-
PASSOVER
bidden).
But there is another com-
plication. What is one to eat
on Shabat itself? As on any
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other year, one is not
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allowed to eat matza just be-
fore Pesach. But if one
burns all the hametz on Fri-
day, what will there be left
to eat? And to add fuel to the
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cycle — but it isn't. In es-
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sence, it means that this is
the one year where one
burns most of the bread,
but not all of it. One
leaves behind a small
quantity of bread specifi-
cally for the meals of
Shabat. Alternately, as is
the case in Jerusalem,
one can purchase special
matza made without
water, which one is per-
mitted to eat even on the
day before Pesach, since
it may not be used for the
Seder anyway.
(Ashkenazim, though,
have the custom of not
using this matza on
Pesach.)
But there is still a prob-
lem. Let us say that you
have two small loaves left
Pesach Seder. Well, until
technology designs a home
which remains perpetually
clean, dustless and spotless
(plus instantly cooked
Passover meals), there isn't
much hope for that, except
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WISH EVERYONE
A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY
PASSOVER
over for Shabat morning.
The law is that all hametz
cannot be eaten beyond
about 9 a.m., and must be
destroyed by about 10 a.m.
That means a) that you
will have to eat your Shabat
meal very early (most
synagogues will make it a
point to hold extremely
early services that day) and
b) you will have to get rid of
the crumbs some way. Since
you can't burn your hametz
then, the solution is to be
sure to eat as much as possi-
ble by the deadline, and to
simply flush any crumbs
that might remain down the
toilet, thus effectively de-
stroying them.
Remember, though, there
is still another considera-
tion. What food will you eat
on that day? In what pots
will it be cooked? While one
is still permitted (at least
theoretically) to use hametz
pots, most wives prefer to
switch to Pesach pots and
dishes before Shabat. So you
have to be extremely careful
not t6 let the bread come
into contact with any of
your Pesach pots, dishes or
silverware.
It might thus be advisable
to eat the bread in a sepa-
rate place, rinse out the
mouth, and then proceed to
the table set with the
Pesach dishes.
These, then, are the ad-
vantages and disadvan-
tages of Pesach falling on
Sunday, right after Shabat.
And if you find this is some-
thing you like, you'll have
another chance to repeat it
all — in 1994.
Season's Greetings
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