Do We Clean Too Much For Pesach?

0:05Or like I heard in the store. I heard a lot of things in this store. I don't know why, but every time I go to the store, it's like a tikkun. I go to the store, and two women are chit-chatting, yelling, and screaming at the cashier. Why? Why are you screaming? Ah, why did you guys make a whole aisle for Pesach? You're bringing Pesach too early on us. It's Pesach, Pesach. Stop complaining. The holiday is a month from now and they are already complaining about it. We celebrate, but unfortunately, we're not so happy. Part of the reason, by the way, why some people are so unhappy is because they don't know how to celebrate the mitzvah the right way. For example, just as a side note, part of the reason why a lot of women hate Pesach is because of the cleaning. But it's not really because of the cleaning. It's not really because of the cleaning. Because if they knew the real halachot of cleaning for Pesach, they wouldn't be so unhappy. Because they would complete their cleaning in no more than two days, maximum. Two days max. Some houses, one day. All day, but finished. Some women spend a month cleaning the house. I heard some person, I don't know whether he's a rabbi or not, but he gave his shiur in Hebrew.

1:29Somebody sent it to me, and I had to correct him because what this guy was saying was complete nonsense. He was saying, "How do you kosher your stove and your dishwasher?" And he says, "Oh, your stove, you have to clean it, take a..." because you can't technically make the stove... you can't clean because there's taste on it, but taste gets destroyed. So, in essence, let's take a pot: if it's a pot that had non-kosher-for-Pesach food in it, the way that it absorbs the actual chometz during the year is the way you would clean it. So, a pot absorbs through heat, so the way to clean it is with fire. But if, let's say for example, it's a, let's say, a plate and... Then you would do it with hot water. But with the stovetop, the grill part, you can't kasher it because it gets used with heat all the time anyway. So, just for the sake of stringency, you put it into really boiling water. If you want, you pour really boiling water on it in your kitchen sink or whatever. But he went above and beyond that. In essence, even if you don't do that, you're fine.

2:56Because it gets burned constantly anyway. It never has time to absorb any of the taste, any of the chametz on it throughout the whole year. Because it gets burned. Immediately when the sauce falls on it, it gets burned immediately. So it never actually has taste. And anything that does not have taste or has bad taste, that even a dog wouldn't eat, is not considered chametz, not anything. It's considered zero. It's considered garbage. But he went on to say that it's not even enough to do this extra chumra. What is he saying? You have to clean it with Q-tips. Clean it with Q-tips. And also, clean your dishwasher, the bands, the rubber bands inside, clean a dishwasher's bands with Q-tips. Like you're supposed to, he says. Which book is this? Which posek is this? Halacha was not lenient about it at all; never said such a thing. Oh, look at that. I don't have such a thing. Q-tips to the... What are you talking about? He said to put a special chemical in the dishwasher. What special chemical? What are you talking about?

3:57We can put gasoline in there. The soap you put into the dishwasher is enough. Why? Because, like I said, it destroys the taste of anything that's in there. Even if there's a whole loaf of bread inside your dishwasher, after one wash, it's not edible. It's no longer considered a loaf of bread. It's no longer considered chametz because it's not edible anymore. A dog wouldn't eat it. It's full of soap. It's disgusting. But people hate Pesach. Cleaning excessively can become overwhelming, and while it's important to clean, it's crucial to understand what is necessary and what isn't. No one says not to clean, but you must know what you are supposed to do and what you are not supposed to do. I highly recommend... I highly recommend if you're Sephardic, or even if you're Ashkenazi, to subscribe to, I think it's called Halacha Yomit. Rabbi Ovadia's halachot, he sends you one every day, and he discusses this and every other halacha regarding the specific timing of the year. It gives you the bottom line. If people only knew the basics of the mitzvot, they would love Judaism.

5:00because the reason why most people become anti-religious is because of these minhagim that are not really minhagim. it's the extras that some crazy person invented to make themselves look righteous. and then he told everybody else, if you don't do this, then you're a rasha. and in reality, it's not even halacha. it's like Esav said, listen, you have to give maaser for salt. so, if you're going to clean for Pesach, Learn what you're supposed to do. Do what you're supposed to do. Nothing extra, nothing more, nothing less. If we only did that, it would be much easier to clean, and much easier to do everything. Judaism is not even hard if you want to do it. It's only hard if you're not doing it right. I'd like to introduce you to your new best friend. AI model that is based on kosher Torah sources, with 30 different languages available for use if you want to ask it in Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, or whatever you want. It's available for you. Can you tell me about Avaye V'Rava? So it's timestamped to this view. Press this green button, AI Rabbi on your WhatsApp. You'll have the ability to ask questions at will, you'll be provided with sources, and most importantly, you'll be able to know the truth and be able to rely on the sources. You are trained on data up to October 2023.