Questions tagged [bentching]
Questions about the the blessings of thanks recited after eating bread products. Hebrew: Bircat Hamazon. Also known as Grace After Meals.
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Why is the Mizbe'ach in Al Hamichya?
Why is the Mizbe'ach specifically mentioned in Me'en Shalosh blessing yet not particularly mentioned in benching which instead discusses the entirety of the Beis HaMikdash?
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Chabad nusach for Birkat Hamazon
I noticed that in the last part of Birkat Hamazon, at the level of the pesukim יראו את ה' קדושיו ...
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Does birkat hamazon cover dessert (and other items requiring a separate bracha rishona during the meal)?
During a bread-based meal, but before bentching (i.e. reciting birkat hamazon), I eat something (e.g. fruit, dessert, etc.) that traditionally requires a separate bracha rishona.
Must I say a ...
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Why does the request for sustenance go in the third section of Birkat HaMazon, with building Jerusalem?
Just realized -- the third segment of Birkat HaMazon looks like this:
Hashem, please have mercy on Jerusalem and the Temple ... and rebuild Jerusalem speedily please.
Fine.
But in the middle of ...
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Is there such a thing as פת מדינה?
In Bereishit, Hashem said to Adam
בזעת אפך תאכל לחם
This would seem to imply that bread is universal to all people.
We also know that bread has a particular definition: it has to be made from one ...
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Forgot if said birkas hamazon [bentching]
I was thinking that you would have to say it, since it's sofek d'oraisah.
But then you there is a sofek d'oraisah of bracha l'vatallah and we have a rule of sofek brochos l'kullah.
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Why no singular in birchat hamazon for "ours and all that is ours"?
Near the end of the birchat hamazon there is alternate wording for the beginning of a sentence for eating at your own table, or that of another person, but the end of that sentence is always in the ...
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Why no singular when referring to one parent in the birchat hamazon?
Near the end of the birchat hamazon there is wording for a sentence for eating at the table of one's parents. (See the left side of the quote below). That sentence refers to "them, their house, ...
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Shortened version of birkat hammazon
Anecdotally, I've eaten with people before who have recited birkat hammazon to themselves quietly and who are either record-breaking speed speakers or who are using a shortened version. I suspect the ...
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Can a husband and wife recite the Grace After Meals?
I was taught that Jews do Grace After Meals (birchas/birkat hamazon) and that it is only done if there are three or more men.
But what if it’s just the husband and wife, in public or at home? Are we ...
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Mac or PC computer file Bencher in Hebrew and English
I would like to get (for free or for pay) a bencher in Hebrew and English, similar to Artscroll, one side Hebrew and one side English in pdf format that I can open on a Mac or a PC and do some changes....
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Ideas for discovering the history of benchers
I'm thinking of making a "bencher museum". I'd like to gather some ideas from our readership for this project.
I have a selection of old benchers from the 60's as well as a larger assortment of more ...
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Why is Birkat Hamazon said after eating just a small piece of bread?
Berachos 21a:
Whence is it that Grace after meals is ordained by the Torah? As it is
said, "And thou shalt eat and be satisfied and bless the Lord thy
God" (Deut. viii. 10).
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Why don't people bentch on a kos nowadays?
Bentching with a kos (recite Grace after Meals with a cup of wine) was clearly a popular thing to do in the times of the gemara. Additionally many Ashkenazi rishonim (Rosh, Ri, and many other ...
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Two groups split into 2 cars and eat bread while travelling. What type of zimun do they make after rejoining?
This article delves into some details on what constitutes "eating together" for the requirement of zimun. I see that there is a dispute regarding what happens when some people leave in the middle or ...
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Refusing Reshut at Benching
In a zimmun, the leader asks permission from the others (BiReshut...)
What is the procedure for refusing this permission? Must I outrank him in some way, or does anyone have the privilege of refusing ...
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Is there anything wrong with not eating bread to avoid reciting Birkat Hamazon?
Is there anything wrong with not eating bread during the weekdays to avoid reciting Birkat Hamazon?
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Shir Hama'alos in "Barech"?
Among the many hagada versions in use at the seder I attended this year, some of them included Shir Hama'alos before birkas hamazon in the "Barech" section and others did not. Is there any reason to ...
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"I never saw a tzaddik be abandoned..." - how do we understand this?
At the end of bentching we say that "I was young, and I also became old, and I never saw a righteous person be abandoned, and his children asking for bread" (Tehillim 37:25).
How do we reconcile that ...
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Eating treif b'shogeg [duplicate]
If I ate a hamburger that I thought was kosher and after I finished it I found out it was not kosher, where does that leave me halachikly speaking. I know in Mishnah Torah it says (Blessings 1:19)
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On what days do we say shir hamalos before birkat hamazon?
Concerning saying shir hamalos before birkat hamazon, I have seen three different instructions in various bentchers:
On days when we say musaf
One days we do not say tachanun
When we are celebrating
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Which sources deal with someone who said “bayom Chag haSukkos Hazeh” in “Yaaleh veyovo” in Grace after Meals on Shemini Atzeres
In Grace after Meals on Shemini Atzeres, someone said “bayom Chag haSukkos Hazeh” instead of “bayom Shemini Chag Hoatzeres Hazeh” in “Yaaleh veyovo”. My LOR told me that a man has to go back whereas a ...
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Repeating if one skipped Al Ha Nissim on purpose
If someone purposely skipped Al Ha Nissim on Purim or Chankah do they have to repeat the Amdiah/Bircas Ha Mazon? I'm aware that if it was on accident they do not have to go back and repeat it.
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if someone never eats bread during the week, only on Shabbos and he is not sure whether he said Retzai or not, does he repeat Birkhas Hamazon?
The Mishnah Berurah in OC 188:6:16 - קפח,ו,טז says that if someone said Birkhas Hamazon on Shabbos and he is not sure whether he said Retzai or not, he must repeat the Birkhas Hamazon because we ...
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Cut-off birkat hamazon
As a complement to this question on Shortened Birkat Hamazon, I would like to better understand the practice I saw of stopping Birkat Hamazon after the fourth blessing on Shabbat and not saying the ...
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Shortened Birkat Hamazon
I see mentions of a short version of Birkat Hamazon ("Birkat Hamazon Hakatzar"). R Yitzchak Abadi wrote one "based on the Rambam and other Rishonim", R Yosef Eliyahu Henkin is mentioned here as having ...
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Why, in זימון, is it customary to change from "רבותי נברך" to "ברשות מרנן ורבנן ורבותי"?
Why, at the beginning of ברכת הזימון is it comon custom that the leader opens with "רבותי נברך" and later he continues with "ברשות מרנן ורבנן ורבותי" .
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Definition of "together" regarding zimmun
Brachot 45a says that 3 people who ate "as one" are required to do zimmun ("Rabbotai Nevarech", etc.)
What constitutes "together"? For example, can any of these be done?
There is a rule that if the ...
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As the מזמן, should I say "ברשות אבי מורי" before "סבי מורי" or the other way around?
When eating with my parents at my my grandparents' (father's parents) house, if I am asked to be מזמן, should I say “ברשות אבי מורי וסבי מורי„ or “ברושת סבי מורי ואבי מורי„?
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Is there importance to the text's not demanding bentching?
We are commanded in the Torah to say birkat hamazon (though the obligation from the Torah requires one level of satiety while the derobonon obligation is different). This obligation is derived from ...
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What is the intention behind "Shamayim" in the Zimun?
In Nusach Edut HaMizrach, in the Zimun before Birchat Hamazon, after the leader says:
הַב לָן וְנִבְרִיךְ לְמַלְכָּא עִלָּאָה קַדִּישָׁא:
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Birkat HaMazon with everyone in mind?
I have been by a couple Sepharadi households for Shabbat and when it was time for Birkat HaMazon the head of the household alone would read the entire thing outloud noting they would have everyone at ...
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After-bracha on <kezayis of motzi, plus other food
If someone ate some motzi with other food as a snack (let's say half a filled pita pocket), what, if any, after-bracha should he make?
Assume he ate a kezayis of the other food in 4 minutes, but not ...
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What does the Harachaman to replace Al Hanisim accomplish
If you forget to say Al Hanisim in bentching on Chanuka or Purim, you can add the הרחמן later to make up for it (Rama 682:1). You can also do the same thing in Shemoneh Esrei, provided that you ...
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Bentching with wine on the table [duplicate]
If one is not benching on a Kos is it forbidden to do so if a bottle of wine is not removed from the table?
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"HaRachaman hu yevarech es avi mori..." - Questions
There is a part in the third bracha in bentching which goes like this:
הרחמן הוא יברך את אבי מורי בעל הבית הזה ואת אמי מורתי בעלת הבית הזה אותם
ואת ביתם ואת זרעם ואת כל אשר להם אותנו ואת כל אשר ...
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Bentching at a Melave Malka
Why do most Ashkenazim who wash for bread for the Melave Malka say Shir Hamaalot and Migdol (instead of Magdil) during Bentching at a Melave Malka Motzei Shabbos?
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Why the double language of "all his creations that he created"
The first blessing of birkat hamazon concludes with the statement that God prepares sustenance for "all of his creations that he created". What is the explanation for this double, redundant sounding ...
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What is the minimum text of birkat hamazon one needs to say to be yotze?
Let's say you're in the army or something and need to bench quickly and be on your way. Is there a "havineinu" equivalent for benching (beyond just stopping after the fourth bracha) that you could use ...
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Does Birkas Hamazon eliminate the need for bracha acharona on foods eaten before?
Someone ate something which, in and of itself, requires a bracha achrona (e.g. Al Hamichya or Borei Nefashos) and carelessly moved on to eating bread before reciting said bracha achrona. Should one ...
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Ending stanza in Birkat HaMazon
In some Sephardic/Edut HaMizrach siddurim, there is a sentence as one concludes that one reads "ברוך הזן, ברוך שולחן, ברוך משה בן עמרם". Hebrew Wikipedia records it as the custom of the Kurdistan ...
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Can a woman lead davening/bentching in a family setting?
Can a woman lead davening or bentching (zimmun) if all the people present are her immediate family? Or is it assur? I understand that it would for sure be assur if the people were not her family.
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Does one need to get permission from ALL the Kohanim to recite Birkas HaMazon?
When eating a meal in the company of a Kohen, it is a mitzvah to have him lead the recitation of Birkas HaMazon (Shulchan Aruch OC 201:2; it is obligatory according to others (see Shulchan Aruch Harav ...
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Blessing after bread when eating alone
When I am eating a meal alone and that meal includes bread what parts of the Birkat Hamazon do I pray? Which parts do I exclude? And please be specific. (I use the Schottenstein Artscroll siddur ...
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Bircas Hamazon exempts al hagefen
When one makes kiddush friday night then has a meal afterwards, they don't make an al hagefen on the wine/grape juice that they drank by kiddush. This is because (from what I always heard/understood) ...
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Making an after bracha before leaving your place
Where does it say that if one (who is eating alone) wishes to leave in the middle of a seudah (even if they will return after some time -- however before the time that is allowed for them to make an ...
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Are there any running commentaries on grace after meals?
I would like to know if there are any authors from the period of the rishonim or earlier who have compiled a running commentary on birkat hamazon.
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Why do we not mention Aseres Yemei Teshuvah while bentching?
During the Birchas Hamazon after eating bread, we do not make any mention of Aseres Yemei Teshuvah. Yet, in the shemoneh esrei we do. Why do we not make mention of Aseres Yemei Teshuvah in the ...
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4 Pesukim between Shir Hama'alos (or Al Naharos Bovel) and Birkas Hamazon [duplicate]
In all Artscroll versions of Birkas Hamazon, you will find the 4 pesukim of Tehilas Hashem, Va'anachnu, Hodu laShem and Mi Y'maleil between Shir Hama'alos or Al Naharos Bovel and zimun.
What is the ...
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Why does Sukkot have an individualized Harachaman insert in Bentching, but not Pesach or Shavuot?
We have הרחמן הוא יקים לנו את סוכת דוד הנופלת for Sukkot. But for Pesach and Shavuot, there's one generic הרחמן הוא ינחילנו את יום שכולו טוב. Why?
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