A Framework for the Mitzvot of Pesach

Pesach and Chodesh Nisan (Month of Nisan (Mitzvot)

A combined list of general Yom Tov and Pesach Mitzvot from the Torah, which apply today, according to the counts of the Sefer Hachinuch (book about the Mitzvot) and Rambam (the great Medieval scholar, Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, aka Rambam). Those mitzvot which are specifically for the Seder are in bold:

1.Getting rid of Chamaitz.
2.Eating the minimum amount of (shemura) Matza at the Seder night at night .
3.That Chamaitz should not be found in your possession on Pesach.
4.To get rid of chamaitz on 14 Nisan (Rambam) and neither to eat nor benefit from Chamaitz after the end of the 6th hour of that day. (see footnote 3)
5.Not to eat anything on Pesach that contains Chamaitz.
6.Not to eat Chamaitz on Pesach
7.Sipur Yetziat Mitzrayim – ‘Recounting’ (?) the Exodus from Egypt.
8.Not to perform Melacha[1] on the first (and second) day of Pesach.
9.Resting on the Seventh (and eight) day of Pesach.
10.Not to perform Melacha on the seventh (and eighth day) of Pesach.
11.Not to eat Chamaitz on Erev Pesach after chatzot.
12.To say whole Hallel on the first day of Pesach.
13.Lismoach, to ‘rejoice’ on Pesach.

List of Pesach, Seder and chodesh Nisan (month of Nisan) Mitzvot which are Rabbinically mandated[2] as a framework to fulfil the Torah mitzvot:
a. Ma’ot Chitin – Pesach charity
b. Beracha on fruit trees in blossom
c. Bedikat Chamaitz (searching for chamatiz), Biyur Chamaitz (getting rid of chamaitz), Bitul Chamaitz (disavowal of chamaitz). Mechirat Chamaitz (sale of chamaitz) if this is necessary in your circumstances.
d. Not to eat Matza on Erev Pesach (some have the custom not to eat Matza for a month before Pesach) to have a ‘taste’ for the Matza shel Mitzva at the Seder.
e. Not to eat Chamaitz on Erev Pesach after the start of the 5th hour of the day.[3]
f. Preparing for the Seder.
g. Four cups of wine ‘al haseder’ (in the designated order), including Kiddush.
h. Conducting the Seder after nightfall (may be understood as a Torah mitzva).
i. Hasaiba (recling), mandatory only for men.
j. Eating Maror.
k. Reciting Hallel
Other Mitzvot Related to Pesach and Chodesh Nisan (the month of Nisan):
Ta’anit Bechorim.
Chol Ham’oaid.
Sefirat HaOmer.

[1] Creative labour forbidden on Shabbat and Yom Tov (some specific Melachot (pl.) are ok on YT).
[2] Jewish law has a 3 tier structure – 1. Torah law (including the Oral Torah) 2. Rabbinic law (the Torah gives Rabbinic authorities a mandate to legislate to protect and maintain Torah law) 3. Custom (minhag) which is often using in the application of Rabbinic law, since in many circumstances the Rabbis gave a broad scope to their laws allowing for divergent applications within the framework of their laws. In a similar vein to clashes of legal principle in English law, the Rabbis in this case work on how to decide between conflicting principles of law.

[3] For such purposes, the Jewish clock runs according to the hours of sunlight each day as calculated from sunrise to sunset. See www.myzmanim.com for more on this topic.