Chapter 112 : Chapter 112 Chametz That is Forbidden to be Kept on Pesach and That Which May be Kept on Pesach

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§1

Any food that contains a mixture of chametz even if the chametz is not actually present, but only the taste of the chametz remained after the chametz itself was removed, is forbidden to be kept during Pesach. However, if the food never contained chametz but was cooked in a vessel used for chametz, even if chametz was cooked in the vessel that day, or if an item was pickled in a vessel used for chametz, you are permitted to keep it during Pesach,¹This is permitted only if it is removed from the chametz vessel and put into a Pesach vessel. You should take care to put the food in a place where you or others do not usually go, in order to prevent anyone from eating the food on Pesach. (Mishnah Berurah 442:1) provided it was cooked or pickled before Pesach; but if the cooking or pickling was done on Pesach in a vessel used for chametz, the food item must be burned.

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§2

If grain contains some seeds that have sprouted or were split open, even if only a few of them were mixed in a large quantity, or if water has fallen on the grain, or it was washed with water, it is forbidden to keep (such grain during Pesach), and anything that was prepared from such grain, is forbidden to be kept during Pesach. If you sell your neighbor grain that has become wet, you must let him know this, so that he will not keep it in his possession during Pesach. You are forbidden to sell it to a non-Jew, when you are concerned that the non-Jew will sell it to a Jew who will keep it during Pesach.

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§3

Clothes that were laundered and starched with wheat starch are permitted to be worn on Pesach, but you should not spread a tablecloth if there is any starch on it, for there is concern that some particles may flake off, and most certainly it is forbidden to put the Pesach flour into such a cloth.

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§4

You are allowed to paste paper on a window even during the thirty days before Pesach, provided the chametz is not visible. Since the paste is not absolute chametz, and it is also covered up, the Sages did not rule stringently in this case. But, if the paste is visible, it is forbidden. But before the thirty days, it is permitted in any case.

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§5

If ink was prepared with beer before Pesach, you are permitted to write with it on Chol Hamoed Pesach, because it has become unfit even for dog food before Pesach. The same law applies to all similar cases where chametz has become spoiled and totally unfit before Pesach. You may derive benefit from such chametz and keep it on Pesach. But if a non-Jew prepared ink with beer on Pesach, a Jew is forbidden to derive benefit from it, because the chametz belonging to a non-Jew is also forbidden for a Jew to benefit from on Pesach.

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§6

All vessels that you are not kashering for Pesach must be scrubbed thoroughly on erev Pesach before the sixth hour, and rinsed in such a way that no chametz is visible on them. They should be stored in a secluded place where you do not ordinarily go on Pesach. It is best to lock them up in a separate room and to hide the key until after Pesach.