Bedikat Chametz
Searching for the Chametz (8 steps)

On the night of the 14th of Nissan, (Sunday, March 28th, 2010), as of we search for the hametz.
You will need:

• 10 pieces of bread no bigger than your nose
• aluminum foil
• a candle or flashlight
• a knife

1. Wrap the bread in foil properly
2. Have someone hide them in each room of the house
3. Light the candle
4. Say the beracha: Barouch Ata Ado-nay, Elo-henu melech ha-olam, asher kidehshanu bemitzvotav, veh tsivanu al biyur chametz
(everyone else says “Amen”)
5. Go searching for all 10 pieces of bread (without speaking – if one did speak after they commenced the search they need not make another beracha)
6. Bring the candle and knife with you
7. When finished, disowned all the chametz you don’t want by reciting:
Kal Chamira d’Ica birshuti, d’la chazita oud’la viarteh v’leheveh hefker keh arfra d’ar ah
(All the chamets that I own, whether I saw it or not, is now considered ownerness like the dirt of the earth)
8. Put the 10 pieces of bread in a bag for the next day

Remeber to sell you chametz by Wednesday morning. Check with your local Rabbi to obtain the contract.

Biyur Chametz
Burning the Hametz (4 steps)

On the morning of Monday, 29th of March, 2010, until about 10am maximum (ask your local Rabbi):

1. Place the 10 pieces of bread without the foil in a bin
2. Burn them all, along with any other hametz that you have in your possesion
3. Recite Kal Chamira
Kal Chamira d’Ica birshuti, d’la chazita oud’la viarteh, d’vearteh oh d’la vearteh, livteel v’leheveh hefker keh arfra d’ar ah
(All the chamets that I own, whether I saw it or not, which I did or did not remove, is now considered ownerness like the dirt of the earth)
4. Carefully throw out all the ashes in the garbage

If one forgot to search for the hametz on Sunday night, they can still go through the 8 steps for ‘Searching for the Hametz” on Monday and the go through the “Burning of the Hametz” until about 10am (ask local Rabbi for exact time).