Nous ne craignons pas qu'une belette ait pu transporter (hamets) de maison en maison et d'un endroit à l'autre. Car si oui— de cour en cour et de ville en ville —il n'y a pas de fin à la chose! [S'il a fouillé un coin de la maison et est venu dans l'autre coin, il n'a pas à craindre: "Peut-être que quand je suis arrivé à cet endroit, une belette a transporté du hamets à l'endroit déjà fouillé, et je dois retourner chercher." Car si cela était à craindre, il faudrait aussi le craindre de cour en cour, à savoir: "J'ai cherché mon voisin avant. Peut-être qu'après ma recherche, une belette a amené du hamets de la cour de mon voisin à la mienne— et il n'y a pas de fin à la chose!]
Bartenura on Mishnah Pesachim
אין חוששין – when he searched his home in this corner and came to check the other corner, we should not suspect lest in the midst of my coming to this [corner], a mole dragged [hametz] from the checked place and I have to go back and re-check it, for if you come to fear for this, then behold, you also [have to check] from this courtyard to [the other] courtyard, one can say that I checked prior to my fellow and after my searching the mole brought Hametz from my fellow’s courtyard to my courtyard, and there is no end [to this].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Pesachim
Introduction
This mishnah continues yesterday’s mishnah in which we learned that they need not check places into which chametz is not brought.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Pesachim
They need not fear that a weasel may have dragged [chametz] from one room to another or from one place to another, for if so, [they must also fear] from courtyard to courtyard and from town to town, and there would be no end to the matter. There are two basic explanations to this mishnah. Some explain that once a room has been searched for chametz, they need not recheck the room lest a weasel dragged chametz into it after it had been searched. [In my house, my 1 ½ year old son is our little weasel, dragging chametz all over the place. Since I know he does this and I see him do it, I do check.] The Rambam explains that they need not check a room into which chametz is not brought, lest a weasel brought chametz into there. If we were to have such fears, they would never end and there would be no meaning to the statement in yesterday’s mishnah that we need not check a place into which chametz is not brought. Alternatively, even once a room had been checked, it would have to be constantly rechecked lest a weasel had dragged chametz into there.
