What are the obligations of heirs who inherit a home in which the deceased owner failed to perform bedikat chametz before Pesach?
Synopsis
If heirs intend to acquire the chametz in the estate, they violate bal yira'eh and must check and destroy it; if they did not intend to acquire it, no obligation applies unless they actively use the space.
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