In the nighttime bittul, why does one only nullify unseen chametz and not all chametz?
Synopsis
At night, one nullifies only chametz 'that I have not seen and have not removed' because one intends to eat the remaining chametz and to burn it the next day to fulfill the mitzvah. Full nullification of all chametz is deferred to the daytime bittul.
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