Bedikas chametz

Bedikas chametz, or bedikat chametz (בְּדִיקַת חָמֵץ‎, Tiberian: bəḏīqaṯ ḥāmēṡ) is the search before the Jewish Holiday of Pesach for chametz. The search takes place after nightfall on the evening before Pesach (the night of the 14th of the Hebrew month of Nisan, as stated in the Mishnah tractate Pesachim). When Pesach starts on Saturday night, bedikas chametz takes place on Thursday night (two nights before Pesach).

Bedikas chametz

Bedikas chametz, or bedikat chametz (בְּדִיקַת חָמֵץ‎, Tiberian: bəḏīqaṯ ḥāmēṡ) is the search before the Jewish Holiday of Pesach for chametz. The search takes place after nightfall on the evening before Pesach (the night of the 14th of the Hebrew month of Nisan, as stated in the Mishnah tractate Pesachim). When Pesach starts on Saturday night, bedikas chametz takes place on Thursday night (two nights before Pesach).