Tosefta for Pesachim 15:1

מפני שאור הנר יפה לבדיקה ואע"פ שאין ראיה לדבר זכר לדבר שנאמר (שמות יב, יט) שבעת ימים שאור לא ימצא בבתיכם ואומר (בראשית מד, יב) ויחפש בגדול החל ואומר (צפניה א, יב) בעת ההיא אחפש את ירושלים בנרות ואומר (משלי כ, כז) נר ה' נשמת אדם חופש כל חדרי בטן

because the light of a lamp is suitable for searching. And though there is no proof of the matter yet there is a hint of it, for it is said, 'seven days shall there be no leaven found [in your houses]'; and it is said, 'and h searched, and began at the eldest, [etc.]'; and it is said, 'and it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps'; and it is said, 'The soul of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the innermost parts of the belly'. This light of the sun, where is it meant?

Tosefta Pesachim

Holes in the upper and lower [walls of] the house, the mattress, and the cellar, and the roof of the house, and the roof of a closet, [and] the grain storage, [and] the cowshed, and the woodshed, and the storerooms -- [specifically,] the wine storeroom and the oil storeroom and the produce storeroom -- there is no need to check. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says, [if] a couch is separated from the house (i.e., it is raised up such as to create a storage area under it) and there was wood or stones under it, one checks the outer side but there is no need to check the inner side.

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