Bedikat Chametz – Traveling Away from Home for Pesach
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Question
If I am traveling away from home for all the days of Pesach, am I required to clean the house from chametz as usual every year, or are there leniencies in the laws of bedikat chametz and cleaning the house in such a case?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
In principle, one who will not be at home at all can sell his entire home to a non‑Jew, and thereby be exempt from bedikat chametz in his home.
Those who have the custom not to sell real (full‑fledged) chametz should first remove such chametz from their home.
However, the Sages obligated a person to perform a bedikah for chametz; therefore, on the night of the 14th he should check the room in the place where he will be staying for the holiday.
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