If one makes a bracha on something not Kosher (meat and milk,chicken and milk, pork…) should he eat it to avoid saying G-d's name in vain or not?
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3Related: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/64937/…– YishaiCommented Dec 12, 2018 at 23:35
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2Possible duplicate of Is saying a bracha over non-Kosher food a sin or does it simply not count as a Mitzvot?– יהושע קCommented Dec 13, 2018 at 0:38
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2@JoshK Not a dupe. This question merely presupposes that it is a sin to say a beracha on non-Kosher and asks whether, once he has said the beracha, is that lisence to eat the treif.– DonielFCommented Dec 13, 2018 at 9:38
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Is this about one making the bracha knowing that the food was not Kosher, or about one who, after making a bracha, finds out "oops, this isn't Kosher"?– Robert ColumbiaCommented Dec 13, 2018 at 21:03
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1yosef, you can't change the question anymore now that it has upvoted answers. You can ask any new questions at judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/ask– Double AA ♦Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 20:00
2 Answers
He already said God's name in vain since non-kosher food doesn't warrant a blessing. Eating the food now isn't going to help that.
אכל דבר איסור, אף על פי שאינו אסור אלא מדרבנן, אין מזמנין עליו ואין מברכין עליו לא בתחלה ולא בסוף. (שולחן ערוך או"ח סימן קצו:א)
If one ate something prohibited, even if it was only prohibited rabbinically, one does not combine him to a zimmun, nor would he say a beginning or after blessing [on that food]. (Shulchan Aruch OC 196:1)
After such a mishap one should say ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד.
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Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat.– Isaac Moses ♦Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 14:43
According to the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (in Laws of Blessing 6:4),1 in the event of saying a Bracha l’vatalah (an unrequired blessing), the fix is to say, “Baruch Shem kavod Malchuto l’olam va’ed.”
צְרִיכִים לִזָּהֵר שֶׁלֹּא לְבָרֵךְ חַס וְשָׁלוֹם בְּרָכָה לְבַטָּלָה, אוֹ לִגְרֹם לְעַצְמוֹ לְבָרֵךְ בְּרָכָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה. וְאִם נִכְשַׁל וּבֵרַךְ בְּרָכָה לְבַטָּלָה, וְכֵן בְּעִנְיַן אַחֵר אִם נִכְשַׁל וְהוֹצִיא שֵׁם שָׁמַיִם לְבַטָּלָה, יֹאמַר אַחֲרֶיהָ, בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. ...
One should not consume the non-kosher food. There are a variety of reasons for the various prohibitions against eating all the different types of non-kosher food. Many are enumerated in the Mishnah Torah, Laws of Forbidden Foods. For the various types and reasons, see there.
1. See also 10:4 and the sources cited there, particularly the Pri Megadim, for more details.