3. Children’s Food: Babies and children whose diet requires them to eat kitniyos on <strong>Pesach</strong> are permitted to do so. The utensils that are used with kitniyos should be stored and washed in a designated area outside of the kitchen. CHOMETZ FOUND ON OR AFTER PESACH 1. On Yom Tov: If any chometz is found on Yom Tov, it should be covered but not touched because it is muktzeh. During Chol Hamoed, one should lock the chometz away until after the entire <strong>Pesach</strong> is over (it can’t be destroyed because it was sold to the goy). 2. After <strong>Pesach</strong>: If one finds chometz after <strong>Pesach</strong> that was not included in the mechira, then a Rav should be consulted to determine what should be done with it. LAWS OF TAANIS BECHORIM (FAST OF THE FIRSTBORN) Who fasts? • All first born males (bechor) must fast on Erev <strong>Pesach</strong>, whether he is the first born from his father or from his mother. • First born girls do not fast. What if the child is below Bar Mitzvah? • The father must fast instead of his bechor until he has reached the age of Bar Mitzvah. • If the father is also a bechor, then the mother does not have to fast on her son’s behalf as long as her husband or son attends a siyum. Siyum or Seudas Mitzvah • The custom is to end the fast early by participating in a siyum or other seudas mitzvah. • The bechor needs to be present when the siyum is made to be allowed to eat in order to break his fast. • A person, attending a siyum in order to break his fast, should make sure to eat something at the siyum. VRDH TLYPT TWKLH LAWS OF TEFILAS HADERECH • Introduction: When one travels to another city, tefilas haderech should be recited to daven for a safe journey. • Modes of Transportation: Tefilas haderech should be said when traveling with all modes of long distance transportation (car, bus, train, boat, airplane, etc.) whether one is the driver or a passenger. • Length of a Trip: Tefilas haderech should only be said on trips that one travels beyond the city limits and the trip will take at least 72 minutes to reach the destination. • Timing of the Bracha: оо L’chatchila (Ideal Time): The bracha should be recited as soon as one reaches the outskirts of the city in which he is leaving. оо B’dieved: For how long can the bracha still be said? If one forgot to say tefilas haderech at the beginning of the journey, then it can still be said as long as there is still more than a parsah (2 ½ miles) until the city limits of the destination. • The Bracha: оо Multiple Passengers- If more than one person is in the vehicle, it is better for one person to say the tefilas haderech out loud and have the others in mind. оо Best Way to Say the Bracha: Since 24 tefilas haderech does not begin with the word “Baruch”, it is preferable to arrange to have another bracha said right beforehand. For example, one can eat or drink something to require a bracha achrona and then recite tefilas haderech after that bracha achrona. • Multiple-Day Journey: оо Stop-over During the Day: If a person is driving from one city to another, even if he stops along the way for a few hours, he does not have to repeat tefilas haderech when he resumes driving. оо Drive Through the Night: If a person travels through the night, he does not have to say tefilas haderech again in the morning, but he may choose to do so as long as he does not say the bracha (Baruch atah…) at the end. оо Stopped for the Night: If, however, one sleeps overnight at a motel/hotel, a new tefilas haderech needs to be said upon resuming travel in the morning. In this scenario, one may say tefilas haderech right away even if he stayed overnight in a city and is still within its limits. • Air Travel: оо Only One Tefilas Haderech- Tefilas haderech should only be said once a day. Therefore, if one says tefilas haderech on the way to the airport, it should not be said again on the airplane. If, however, AGUDATH ISRAEL OF ILLINOIS the airport is within the city limits (like the case of both Chicago airports) tefilas haderech should only be said on the airplane. оо Proper Time for Tefilas Haderech on the Plane: There are different customs as to when a person should say tefilas haderech on an airplane. Some are of the opinion that it should be said when the airplane is on the runway about to take off and others are of the opinion that it should be said when the plane is 10 tefachim off the ground. Both minhagim are acceptable. • Additional Travel Halachos: оо Bracha on Oceans and Seas: If someone sees the Mediterranean Sea or the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans, then he should say the bracha “oseh ma’aseh breishis”. Some poskim hold that the proper bracha is “she’asah es hayom hagadol.” оо Bracha on Mountains: If someone sees unusually big mountains (i.e. Swiss Alps), then the bracha “oseh ma’aseh breishis” should be said. This applies even if he sees the mountains from a great distance (i.e. from the window of a plane), as long as he sees the mountains clearly.
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