Shulchan Aruch (Weiss Edition) Volume 8

HILCHOS PESACH Sections 453-494

453. The Laws Pertaining to the Grain Used for Matzah and [How] it must be Ground

454. Which Matzah is Unacceptable for a Person to Use in Fulfilling His Obligation [to Partake of Matzah on Pesach Night]

455. The Laws Governing the Water Used to Knead [the Dough from which] Matzah is Made

456. The [Maximum] Size of [the Dough] to Knead for Matzos

457. The Laws [Governing How to] Conduct [the Separation of] Challah from a Dough [to be Baked as] Matzah

458. The Time and the Procedure for Kneading the Matzah [to be Used for] the Mitzvah [of Eating Matzah]

459. The Place and the Procedure for Kneading the Matzos

460. The Laws Pertaining to the Matzah [to be Used for] the Mitzvah [of Eating Matzah]

461. The Laws Pertaining to the Baking of Matzah; With which Matzah may [a Person] Fulfill his Obligation [to Eat Matzah]

462. The Laws Pertaining to Whether Mei Peiros [Causes Dough] to Become Chametz

463. Whether it is Permitted to Singe [Many] Stalks [of Grain] at the Same Time; the Laws Governing Grain That Has Not Yet Ripened

464. [The Laws Pertaining to] Mustard Into Which Flour was Mixed

465. The Laws [Governing] Bran on Pesach

466. Whether Spittle, Urine, and the like Cause [Grain or Flour] to Become Chametz

467. The Laws that Apply When Water Falls upon Wheat and [those that Apply When a Kernel] of Wheat is Discovered [in Matzah or in Other Cooked] Foods

468. Not to Perform Work on the Day Before Pesach After Midday

469. Not to Designate Meat for Pesach

470. The Fast of the Firstborn on the Day Before Pesach

471. The Prohibition Against Eating [a Meal of] Bread, [i.e., Rich Matzah,] after the Tenth Hour on the Day before Pesach

472. The Laws Pertaining to Reclining and [Drinking] the Four Cups [of Wine at the Seder]

473. The Laws [Governing] the First Cup [of Wine] and the Order of the Pesach Seder until the Second Cup [of Wine]

474. A Blessing is not Recited on the Second Cup [of Wine]

475. The Remaining Laws Pertaining to the Seder

476. The Custom [that Applies Regarding] Eating Roasted [Meat] on Pesach Night

477. The Laws [Governing] Eating the Afikoman

478. Not to Eat After Eating the Afikoman

479. [The Recitation of] the Grace after Meals over the Third Cup [of Wine]

480. The Order of the Fourth Cup [of Wine]

481. Not to Drink after the Four Cups [of Wine]

482. The Laws Pertaining to a Person who does not Have Matzah that was Guarded

483. The Laws Pertaining to a Person who does not Have Wine [for Pesach]

484. [The Laws Pertaining to a Person] who Desires to Conduct a Seder in Several Homes

485. The Laws Pertaining to a Person who Took an Oath Not to Eat Matzah

486. The Laws Pertaining to the Measure of a Kezayis

487. The Order of the Pesach Evening Service

488. The Order of the Pesach Morning Service

489. The Order of the Prayers on the Second Night of Pesach; the Counting of the Omer

490. The Order of the Prayers [Recited] on the Second Day [of Pesach]; the Prayers [Recited on] Chol HaMoed [Pesach]

491. The Order of Havdalah Recited on the Night Following a Festival

492. The Fasts [Held on] Monday, Thursday, and the [Following] Monday After Festivals

493. Laws that are Observed During the Days of the Omer

494. The Order of Prayers on the Festival of Shavuos

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