28 Adar 5773
In an effort to cover all the Halakhot for Pesah in time, here are a few Halakhot about hamess in regards to Pesah. These are very important Halakhot so please review them carefully one by one. BH beli neder I plan on sending a recording of Pesah Halakhot for easier learning :) Enjoy!
IV. Hamess
1. The Torah forbids eating, deriving benefit from, or owning hamess during Pesah. Hamess results when any of the five grains (wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt), after harvesting, makes contact with water and fermentation takes place.
Mixtures including hamess are also prohibited as are edible extracts and alcoholic fermentation of hamess. Bread, cereal, cake, cookies, crackers, pastas and spaghetti from the five grains are pure hamess.
Rice, soy, corn (maize), potatoes, fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish and dairy products are permitted when in their pure form. If processed, one must be careful that the product does not include or did not absorb from a hamess derivative.
Hamess derivatives unfit for human or animal consumption are not considered food and are permitted on Pesah. This includes virtually all deodorants, soaps, cleansers and cleaning agents, polishes, toothpastes, lipsticks, most cosmetics and medicines (all ill tasting liquids, tablets and capsules), etc.
**If you are not sure whether a product is hamess or not, refer to
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2. a. One who finds hamess in his possession during hol hamo`ed should burn it immediately; if found on Yom Tov, however, it should be covered until after Yom Tob, at which time it should be burned. There is no berakha on these cases of burning.
b. Hamess be`ayin (roughly translated “visible,” not a mixture) which was in the possession of a Jew during Pesah is prohibited even after Pesah.
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