– Q. Rov, is there a mitzva or an obligation to begin cleaning ones home thirty days before Pesach?

A. Maharil (p. 11: 5 and 13: 2) and others rule that there is . See also Nitey Gavriel (4: 3) and others.

Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is similar.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a