The Reasons For Bedikas Chametz
Rabbi Sruly Bornstein
The machlokes between Rashi and Tosfos as to why we do Bedikas Chametz, especially after doing Bitul. Rashi holds so not to be oiver בל יראה, Tosfos holds it is to prevent one from finding Chametz on Pesach... Is it based on the machshava of a person or not? Ran, R' Akiva Eiger, and the joining of the reason of Rashi by Bitul begets the reason for Bedikah, and same with Tosfos. Sugya: בדיקת חמץ