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מתני׳ ארבעה עשר שחל להיות בשבת — מבערין את הכל מלפני השבת, דברי רבי מאיר. וחכמים אומרים: בזמנו. רבי אליעזר בר צדוק אומר: תרומה — מלפני השבת, וחולין — בזמנן.
Mishnah: With regard to the 14th of Nisan that occurs on Shabbat, one removes all leaven from his possession, whether it is teruma or non-sacred food, before Shabbat, except for that which will be eaten during the first part of Shabbat. In that case, one cannot remove leaven from his possession on the 14th of Nisan itself as he does in other years. This is the statement of R' Meir. And the Rabbis say: One may remove the leaven at its usual time on the 14th of Nisan by throwing it away or declaring it ownerless. R' Eliezer bar Tzadok says: Teruma should be removed before Shabbat, as only a few people are permitted to eat it and therefore one can presume that it will remain uneaten during Shabbat. However, non-sacred foods should be removed at their usual time, on the 14th of Nisan itself.
גמ׳ תניא, רבי אליעזר בר צדוק אומר: פעם אחת שבת אבא ביבנה, וחל ארבעה עשר להיות בשבת. ובא זונין ממונה של רבן גמליאל ואמר: הגיע עת לבער את החמץ, והלכתי אחר אבא וביערנו את החמץ.
Talmud: It was taught in the Tosefta that R' Eliezer bar Tzadok says: One time my father, R' Tzadok, spent Shabbat in Yavne, and the 14th of Nisan occurred on that Shabbat. Zonin, who was the appointee of Rabban Gamliel, came and said: The time has come to remove leavened bread; and I went with my father and we removed the leavened bread. This story serves as anecdotal evidence that leaven is removed at the usual time on the 14th of Nisan, even on Shabbat.
מתני׳ ההולך לשחוט את פסחו, ולמול את בנו, ולאכול סעודת אירוסין בבית חמיו, ונזכר שיש לו חמץ בתוך ביתו. אם יכול לחזור ולבער ולחזור למצותו — יחזור ויבער, ואם לאו — מבטלו בלבו.
Mishnah: One who is traveling on the eve of Passover to slaughter his Paschal lamb, to circumcise his son, or to eat a betrothal feast in his father-in-law’s house, and he remembers that he has leavened bread in his house, if he is able to return to his house and remove the leaven and afterward return to the mitzva toward which he was traveling, he should return home and remove his leaven. But if there is not enough time for him to go home and remove the leaven, and still complete the mitzva that he already began, he should nullify it in his heart, as by Torah law this is sufficient.