Two Important Pesach Questions

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Well, they're important to me, anyway. You see, being a gluten-freebie like I am, I only have gluten-free oats in the house, which means I don't have chametzdik items around to tear up and disperse around my house for the big search on Thursday night.

So what do I do? Do I sprinkle oats all over the place? Seems a little ... strange.

Since we're talking about Passover, can I use my year-round hot-water kettle over Passover? Without kashering?

Ready, set ... go!

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  2. take a slice of bread from someone , tear it in a few pieces, wrap them up and search for them.

    the purpose for this 'minhag' is not to make a bracha in vain and to make sure that you didnt forget anything anywhere that could possibly contain chametz (more of an option is you have kids putting chametz all over the place) I know of people who found chametz in their closet or AC , by accident, during their chametz search, so who knows!?

    Regarding the hot water kettle, there are different opinions. the most lenient would be, if you never put food on top of it , during shabbos to warm up or it isnt near food in the kitchen then yes you could. (after scrubbin it nonetheless)

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  3. It seems silly to bring something I have an allergy to into my home just for the minhag. Are there those who do NOT follow this minhag?

    Also: My hot water kettle sits all by its lonesome, is never unplugged or empty, either. I also never use it to warm anything. That's what platas are for :D

    Thanks!

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  5. WAIT...are you saying certified gluten-free oats are kasher l'pesach??? I need to know...

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  6. I think you don't have to kasher it.  But I think it would be easy to do if you wanted to - overfill it and let the water bubble out the top when it boils.  Clean it first.

    I'm not a rabbi, but I can't imagine this wouldn't work.

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  7. To be extra strict, clean it first and maybe don't use it for 24 hours?  But I don't think waiting is really necessary, if it's never used around chametz.

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  8. As far as I know Bedikat Chometz is required.  Why would it hurt you to bring in a few pieces of bread?  It's not a contact allergy, is it?

    Also, Yalkut Yosef says you can clean your hot water boiler/urn and use it for Pesach.  Since you're doing the Sephardi thing anyway.

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  9. Make two dozen oatmeal cookies(non-bake ones if you like).  Hide ten around the house.  Send the other 14 to me as payment for solving your problem(or I guess you could eat them).

    Kettle you should be able to get away with cleaning it well.  If you want to be machmir -clean well, don't use for 24hrs, fill, boil, pour out boiling water.  Tada Kosher.

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  10. My parents never put out bread. The whole idea of putting out bread is so that you do in fact find something. However, you don't actually have to put out bread. Just don't clean the house so thoroughly that you are sure there is no chametz around.

    http://www.aish.com/h/pes/l/48969586.html 

    22. Why are "ten pieces of bread" distributed around the house before the search?In order that the search can be performed with a blessing in a house that is completely clean, the custom is to distribute ten pieces of bread around the house before the search. Whoever puts out the pieces should make a note of where they are located, in case any are not found during the search.

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  11. You don't need 10 for the Bidikat chametz.  Just put one little bag of oats that doesn't have a Pesach hechsher.
    The kettle should be very easy to "kasher" for Pesach.

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  12. then just wash it off and its done. I do the same thing. the urn is in the dining/living room on its lonesome table.

    then do like Michael mentioned. make something with the oats and search for it (and thats why I said one slice, no need to buy any of it.  if you were here, I'd give you some already wrapped up. just so you can find them and burn them the next day :)

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  13. no. oat is one of the 5 grains that is considered chametz

    she is saying that she has no other grains in the house  other than oats (doesnt have wheat, barley, rye or spelt) that she could do a search for.

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  14. I agree with you there. Seems ridiculous to bring it in if you don't ever eat it, and infact CAN'T eat it. I would use the oats. Oats are chometz. I liked the making cookies idea!

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  15.  err take my opinion worth a grain of salt b/c I'm cynical about bringing about those types of things heh.  I should probably have been responsible and said "Go ask your rav". ;)

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  16. In case y'all are wondering what I did ... I ended up buying some cookies (why would I make cookies only to burn them!? agh!) and using those. Then my good friend Dustin charred 'em up in his grill! Thanks EVERYONE for the advice. 

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