Excerpts from הגש"פ ואת עמלינו

Some of the Halachos heard on the phone  during Covid 19 from מורי ורבי הרה"ג ר' שלמה מילר שליט"א   at his במקום שבת הגדול דרשה 1) One should not order Chametz before Pesach from Amazon, etc., to be delivered after Pesach. 2)  Garbage bins belonging to the municipality may be filled with Chametz if put out on the curb before Pesach. 3) Burning Chametz requires a one-piece כזית or combined smaller pieces totaling a  כזית but then it needs to be in one כלי.  4) One can do ביעור חמץ by placing a כזית חמץ on a fork and burning it over a candle. 5) According to some, you can't Kasher a quartz countertop. Some consider crushed stone as חרס. 7) The Torah specified only כלי חרס can't be Kashered. Anything else could be Kashered. Therefore some hold one may Kasher even plastic etc. 8) Most alcohols in hand sanitizers are not made from grain, and one can rely on רוב that it's not חמץ.                 9) Those who Daven מוסף ביחידות on the first day of Pesach should stop saying משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם at  מוסף (not at Mincha) (Even Nusach Ashkenaz in Chutz Laaretz)  However, If you did say משיב הרוח at מוסף, there is no need to repeat the מוסף. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Rebbie's חומרא for Pesach- Don't be מקנה the מצות to your guest at the סדר Mori V'Rabi Harav Hagaon R. Shlomo Miller Shlita said,*  "Food that the owner has a right to eat, even if there are some restrictions on them are considered to belong to him. Therefore, one is   עובר על בל יראה ובל ימצא on לחמי תודה being it's considered enough of לכם just by having the right to eat them (רשות אכילה)  Similarly, one is יוצא אכילת מצה with מעשר שני, and it is considered his just because he has  רשות אכילה even though there are other restrictions on מעשר שני. Accordingly, if one is invited to the Seder, there is no need  for the host to be מקנה the Matzos to the guest. There is no need for the Matzos to fully belong to the guest. Having a רשות אכילה is enough ownership to be יוצא." Since it is not necessary to be מקנה, R.S.M suggested that perhaps it is better not to be מקנה the Matzos on Yom Tov. Doing a קנין on Yom Tov is only allowed when it is a Mitzvah. If there is no need to do it then there is no Mitzvah and one may not do a קנין. דרשת שבת הגדול תשע"ט"                                                           אליהו הנביא                Can he show up at the Seder?     Many believe that אליהו הנביא actually appears at every Seder table on Pesach Night. Some believe we open the door at שפוך חמתך so he can enter and drink from the כוס that was prepared specifically for him. כוס של אליהו is not mentioned in Bavli, Yerushalmi, Rambam, or Shulchan Aruch. The first to mention it is the חק יעקב  ( O Ch. 480).* The משנה ברורה writes it is called כוס של אליהו to remind us, the same way Hashem redeemed us from מצרים, so too will he redeem us and send אליהו הנביא with the בשורה of Moshiach's arrival. (not on Yom Tov) Others say that the reason is because there is a מחלוקת if you need 4 or 5 cups. אליהו הנביא will solve this dispute. The ערוך השלחן writes, "Some have a מנהג to stand up and say ברוך הבא. All this is to strengthen the אמונה. In ניסן Hashem redeemed us, and in ניסן, he will redeem us again. Opening the door is also to show our אמונה in ביאת המשיח. Hopefully, אליהו הנביא will appear in the very near future ויבשר לנו בשורות טובות. However, there is no מקור that אליהו הנביא actually appears at the  Seder. According to the גמרא (Eruvin 43a), אליהו הנביא can't & won't appear on YomTov or Shabbos.      *The פסקי תשובות quotes the מהר"ל (70-80 yrs. before theחק יעקב)  in דברי נגידים. The truth is that the דברי נגידים is a forgery and not from the מהר"ל but R. Yidel Rosenberg's z"l  own invention. --------------------------------------------------------------------------         THE FIFTH SON         אחד1 חכם - אחד2 רשע -     אחד3 תם - ואחד4 שאינו יודע לשאול  The last Lubavitcher Rebbe, R.M.M. Schneerson zt"l, said The sequence of the four sons goes in order from good to bad to worse. The רשע is in a better position than the the & תם   שאינו יודע לשאול. The רשע can turn over and become a Tzadik בשעה אחת in a very short time. Whereas to stamp out ignorance and עמי הארצות, takes lots of time, energy & effort.  The Rebbe said there are different levels of עמי הארצות. We have a תם  and a שאינו יודע לשאול who both attend the Seder. They at least know it's Yom Tov and the need to sit down to a Seder. There is, however, a fifth son who has absolutely no knowledge at all of Pesach, of a Seder, or any Mitzvohs, etc. This son is even more of an ignoramus than the שאינו יודע לשאול he doesn't even attend a Seder.  (ע"כ) -     -     -      -     -     -     -      -     -     -    - The תורה speaks of only 4 sons  כנגד ארבעה בנים דברה תורה Perhaps the fifth son is the  מכה אשר לא כתובה בתורה  In the הגדה, we can find the 4 stage instructions on how to deal with the fifth son.   We start with  כל דכפין ייתי וייכול. All we ask him  to do is to join us for a meal and nothing more. Then we get to 2) את פתח לו open up to him which will get him to 3) וכאן הבן שואל. He will start questioning By now, you can get to stage 4) אף אתה אמור לו כהלכות הפסח and you can teach him תורה This is the עבודה at the Seder, stamping out עמי הארצות, & being מבער ignorance.  והגדת לבנך Teach the children.  אמבצי ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- רבי, תלמידו, ותלמיד תלמיד * R.Shlomo Habavli (10th century Italy)   R.Meshulam (Talmid of R.S. Habavli)   R.Shimon  (Talmid of R. Meshulem)   ו There are 3 גאולות (Yotzer said before גאל ישראל) all starting with "ברח דודי" written by 3 different פייטנים*.  They are recited on the first and second day of Pesach  and on Shabbos Chol Hamoed (Pesach). * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------