#6: Cleaning for Pesach (Part 5)
- One must also clean one’s car, assuming that chametz was occasionally brought inside (R. Eider, p.71, and other contemporary poskim). If there are small, edible crumbs in the car (e.g., edible pieces of Cheerios or crackers, common with young children), one should try to vacuum them or take the car to a car wash, since it is difficult to clean these crumbs in other ways. In cases where this is difficult, one should consult with a rabbinic authority.
- Outside porches and yards need not be cleaned for chametz. The reason is that it can be assumed that birds have consumed any remaining edible chametz. If one knows that chametz was present there on the night of Bedikat Chametz, one should include that area as part of one’s search, since it is not assumed that the birds consumed that chametz in such a short time (Shulchan Aruch 433:6; Mishnah Berurah 433:27; Bedikat Chametz Ubiur, ch.3).
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Dedicated by Fran Broder as a zechus for the hostages to be released safely to their families and may everlasting peace come to Eretz Yisrael in the merit of learning Hilchos Shabbos.
