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Pesach musagim 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| בִּרְכַּת אִילָנוֹת | During ניסן we make a ברכה on a blossoming tree. |
| שַׁבָּת הַגָּדוֹל | The שבת before פסח when the Yidden took in a sheep and a big miracle happened. |
| מְעוֹת חִטִּים | Money to be given to the poor to buy מצות. |
| חָמֵץ | Any food made of a grain that has risen, it isn't allowed to be eaten on פסח. |
| קִטְנִיּוֹת | Peas, beans, legumes, even though they aren't grains, still aren't eaten on פסח. (By Ashkenazim). |
| 2448 | The year the Yidden were taken out of מצרים |
| מְכִירַת חָמֵץ | Selling the חמץ before פסח, so he doesn’t own any חמץ on פסח. A Rabbi does it as it is complicated. |
| בְּדִיקַת חָמֵץ | Searching for חמץ. The מצוה is to search for חמץ the night of יד ניסן. At that point the house must be clean, therefore there is the מנהג to put out 10 pieces to search for. |
| בִּטּוּל חָמֵץ | Nullifying חמץ. We declare that any חמץ one still has in their possession is considered like dust. We do this my saying כל חמירא, making everything ownerless. |
| בִּעוּר חָמֵץ | Burning the חמץ. The morning of ערב פסח we need to burn any חמץ we still have left. |
| בַּל יֵרָאֶה וּבַל יִמָּצֵא | It should not be seen or found, meaning that one isn’t allowed to own חמץ on פסח. |
| סוֹף זְמַן אֲכִילַת חָמֵץ | The latest time to eat חמץ, one may not eat חמץ past the 4th hour of the day on ערב פסח. |
| תַּעֲנִית בְּכוֹרוֹת | Fast of the firstborns. On ערב פסח the firstborn may not, usually they would join a sium, and then are allowed to eat. |
| עֵרוּב תַּבְשִׁילִין | We prepare food before יום טוב, so we can prepare food from יום טוב to the next day which will be שבת. |
| חַג הַפֶּסַח | One of the 4 names for the יום טוב, reminds us the ה skipped over the houses of the Yidden during מכת בכורות |
| חַג הַמַּצּוֹת | This name reminds us that the Yidden didn’t have enough time to let the dough rise. |
| חַג הָאָבִיב | This name shows us that פסח always happens in the spring. |
| זְמַן חֵרוּתֵנוּ | The time of our freedom, this name reminds us that it is the יום טוב of our redemption. |
| Gebrokts | מצה that got in contact with water, many have the מנהג to be careful this doesn't happen on פסח. |
| שְׁמוּרָה מַצָּה | מצה that the wheat has been watched to make sure it stays dry from the moment it is harvested. |