DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Thursday, October 27, 2005

B"H

Tishrei 24, 5766 * October 27, 2005

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Today's Mitzvot (Day 55 of 339):

Negative Mitzvot 200, 201 Positive Mitzvah 158
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Negative Mitzvah 200: It is forbidden to allow any Chametz to
be seen during Passover

-Exodus 13:7 "And there shall be no leavened bread to be seen
in your possession, neither shall leaven be seen
within all your borders"

We are cautioned not to allow any Chametz to be seen in our
possession on Pesach.

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Negative Mitzvah 201: It is forbidden to own Chametz during
Passover
-Exodus 12:19 "Seven days shall there be no leaven found in
your houses"

We are forbidden to own any Chametz on Pesach.

Most people usually store all the Chametz foods, dishes and
any other items which may be considered Chametz away and hidden
from sight.

Then they go to the Rabbi and sign a note of sale.

The Rabbi sells the entire stock of Chametz to a non-Jew.

This enables us to keep this Mitzvah of not owning Chametz.

The non-Jew becomes the owner of all Chametz during Pesach,
and then after Pesach the Rabbi buys back the Chametz from him
so we can use it again.

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Positive Mitzvah 158: Eating Matzah on Passover

-Exodus 12:18 "On that evening, you shall eat unleavened bread"

On the fifteenth night of the month of Nisan, the holiday of
Pesach begins.

We commemorate the story of Pesach by eating the very same type
of unleavened bread our ancestors ate as they made their exodus
from Egypt.

We are obligated to eat the Matzot on the first night of Pesach.

On the other days of Pesach, we continue to eat Matzah because
we may not eat any Chametz.

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