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Apparent contradiction in the Aruch Hashulchan regarding the laws of the morning blessings
The Aruch Hashulchan (OC 47:16) asks how is it that one can fulfill the obligation of Birchas Hatorah by reciting the Brachah of “Ahavah Rabbah”, being that the main parts of a Brachah are the ...
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Can the words ״שתרגילנו בתורתך״ ever count as Birchas Hatorah?
The law is (Orach Chaim 47:7) that if one already recited the blessing of “Ahavas Olam/Ahavah Rabbah”, and recited words of Torah immediately after Shmoneh Esreh, he no longer needs to recite Birchas ...
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Finishing a Berachah when in doubt
If one said “Baruch Atah Ado-nai Elo-heinu Melech Ha’olam”, and then he realized that he shouldn’t have, because of a doubt as to whether he needed to make a Berachah, should he finish the Berachah, ...
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Saying Baruch Shem after possible Bracha Levatala
When you make a bracha in vain, you're supposed to recite Baruch Shem afterwards. What if you're not sure it was in vain? Normally, you wouldn't recite a bracha in case of doubt, but what if you did ...
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Four Minim blessing with a lack of one Hadas myrtle
The one who blessed the 4 Minim and found out (retrospectively after the blessing) that one myrtle cloth fell on him on the way and blessed the set with only two myrtle instead of 3. Before the ...
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Should someone say a bracha if he slept after removing his tallis?
Assuming the full time one would need to say a bracha otherwise hasn't passed but in that time the tallis wearer fell asleep. Let's say for an hour. If he had been awake he wouldn't have said a bracha ...
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What to do regarding the Brachah on rice when the only other food you have is Ha'adama?
If one wants to eat cooked rice and a vegetable, should he/can he say Ha'adama on the vegetable first, and have in mind not to cover the rice, so that he can say Shehakol on the rice, according to ...
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Making a bracha mentally in case of doubt
Normally, in cases where the necessity of a bracha is in doubt, we say safek brachos lehakel—skip the bracha rather than risk making one in vain. But there are opinions that you can make a bracha ...
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Shiur for Al Hamichya
What is the minimum shiur to say Al Hamichya? If one eats a quantity of mezonos which is less than the shiur, should they say Borei Nefashos instead?
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What defines a room that crossing it would require you to make a new Bracha
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Hi,
I was told correct me if I’m wrong according to Lubavitch minhag
every time you cross from one room to the next and you return to the room you were in before, if you had food there that you ...
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If saying a Beracha over a worldly benefit is a logical mitzva, are non believers exempt? Are Chazal saying Hashem's existence is a svara?
According to the Gemara (Brachot 35a), the halacha of saying a beracha before benefiting from the world is a svara; a halacha derived from logic:
סברא הוא: אסור לו לאדם שיהנה מן העולם הזה בלא ברכה
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Reciting Birkat Shehechiyanu when purchasing a gun
Came across the article below, discussing if Shehecheyanu can be recited when a gun is purchased:
האם לברך "שהחיינו" בקניית אקדח?
מאת: נח זבולוני
האם רכישת נשק אישי כמו אקדח, מחייבת את ברכת ...
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Should you say a beracha when you see a gentile child prodigy
The Talmud in tractate Berachot 58a mentions a beracha that should be recited when you see a gentile scholar. Many poskim hold it is required for the scholar mentioned in the Gemara to observe the ...
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Shehecheyanu on Lulav during Kiddush on Sukkot night?
If the Lulav and Esrog were in sight while one recited Shehecheyanu during Kiddush at night, should he skip Shehecheyanu on the Lulav the next day?
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Should Jews make Birkat Ha’ilonot on hydroponic fruit trees
According to Halacha, should the beracha of Birkat Ha’ilonot, made when seeing a fruit tree for the first time during the month of Nissan, be made on fruit trees which are grown hydroponically or ...
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What is the proper beracha for a mandarin chicken salad?
According to Halacha, what is the proper beracha to recite on a mandarin chicken salad? Is it Shehakol, Ha'etz, Ha’adamah, or something else?
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Beracha on chocolate covered raisins [duplicate]
According to Halacha what is the proper beracha on chocolate covered raisins? Is it shehakol, haetz, or something else?
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What is the proper beracha on boba
According to Halacha, what is the proper beracha when drinking boba with boba balls? Is it shehakol or something else?
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What is the proper beracha for Pancakes or waffles
According to Halacha what is the proper beracha (blessing) on pancakes or waffles? Is it considered like bread which requires hamotzi or is it considered more like cake which is mezonot?
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Are women obligated in Birkat Hachama
According to Halacha, are women obligated to recite Birkat Hachama? Or no, are they exempt from reciting it as a positive time bound commandment?
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Minimum amount for beracha achorona
According to Halacha what is the Minimum amount to eat before Jews are obligated to recite a beracha achorona? Is it a disputed question?
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What is the proper beracha on granola bars
According to Halacha what is the proper beracha to be made on granola bars? Is it mezonot or maybe something else? Is this question a machloket amongst the poskim?
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May Jews fulfil 100 daily berachot by listening to the berachot recited by others?
According to Halacha is it permissible for Jews to fulfill their obligation to recite 100 berachot daily by having someone else recite some berachot for them, such as having someone else recite ...
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Is saying 100 berachot daily biblical or rabbinic [duplicate]
In halacha, Jews should recite 100 berachot a day. My question is, is this requirement a biblical law or a rabbinic decree?
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Does a father recite Baruch Shepetarani for an adopted son
According to some Poskim, a father should recite a blessing named Baruch Shepetarani when his son turns bar mitzvah age. My question is, should it be recited if a father adopts a son when that son ...
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Mizuman on Pizza
There is a well known discussion about the proper brocho to make on pizza. Say three people are eating pizza at the same table. One washes on his pizza and the other two make a mezonos. Can the person ...
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What are the requirements for an outdoor zimun
Inspired by this question about an outdoor minyan, I am curious, what are the requirements for counting Jews in an outdoor zimun? Say three Jews who otherwise would qualify in a zimun ate together ...
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Where does it first talk about saying HaNotein Re'ach Tov BaPeirot
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Where does it first talk about saying the Bracha HaNotein Re'ach Tov BaPeirot?
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Question regarding the laws of Brachos
If one drank half a Revi’is of wine, and then drank a Revi’is of water, and then recited “Borei Nefashos”, with the intention of drinking another half a Revi’is of wine afterwards, should he recite “...
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Are the laws of meeting someone affected by phone or video chats? [duplicate]
There are a number of halachot triggered by meeting someone, up to and including saying brachot when you haven't seen them for a long time. Are these halachot affected by phone or video communication? ...
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Birkat hatorah before Zohar study
According to Halacha, does the Berakha of Birkat hatorah have to be recited before Zohar study? Is it similar to the Talmud or tanakh in this respect?
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Berachot over flavored vaping/e cigarettes
Does Halacha require making a beracha after flavored vaping? To my understanding, the consensus practice is there is none over smoking. But if a Jew vapes a flavored e cigarette, do they recite a ...
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Blessing on drinks made from the 7 species
According to Halacha, do drinks, such as for example pomegranate juice, made from the 7 species have the same Berakha of when you eat the 7 species or no? The reason I ask is because for example you ...
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Standing positions during Birkhat Kohanim
The Rambam writes (משנה תורה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כהנים ט״ו) that people standing behind the Kohanim during birkhat Kohanim do not receive the beracha (and see Sotah 38b (here)):
עַם שֶׁהֵם אֲחוֹרֵי ...
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Is there any special mitzvah connected with the upcoming “March for Israel” rally on November 14 at the National Mall in Washington DC?
Upon reflection, the last time there was a potentially world altering convergence of Jews in the United States was for the Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jewry Rally on December 6, 1987. It was estimated ...
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Shehecheyanu on eyeglasses
Does one recite the blessing/berakha of Shehecheyanu on getting new eyeglasses or no? As always, sources are always appreciated.
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Baruch hu ubaruch shemo - why omitted sometimes?
Why is "Baruch hu ubaruch shemo" omitted during the reciting of certain brachot such as meggilah and shofar?
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A medicinal drink turning into a pleasure drink mid-guzzle
I am not, to my knowledge, thirsty, but I need to take a pill with water, so I do so without a beracha (see Shulchan Aruch OC 204:7). As I swallow the pill, I realise that I am enjoying the water, and ...
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Why no brocho on geirushin?
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Brochos are said before doing (almost?) all mitzvos, specifically those connected with a specific action.
Before getting engaged to a woman there is a brocho.
It is a mitzvah that if one is ...
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Saying berachot "in your heart"?
It seems that l'chatchila one should say berachot out loud to fulfill one's obligation (see for example Shulchan Aruch here). The stipulation of the SA is that if the blessing is inaudible, one is ...
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After-blessing upon drinking during a meal, when no longer feeling satiated but thirst is still quenched
If one is no longer feeling satiated from the meal he had, for which he can no longer recite Birkas Hamazon, would he still need to recite Al Hagefen or Borei Nefashos
for what he drank during his ...
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Does one need to have the water fountain running while reciting the blessing?
When one recites a blessing, the item upon which the blessing is recited must be in front of him.
The question is: if one is drinking from a water fountain, would he need to have it running while ...
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Does an unnecessary blessing still count as a valid blessing?
If someone accidentally recited a blessing unnecessarily, e.g. he made a Berachah on a secondary ingredient for which he shouldn’t have, being that he already recited the Berachah for the main ...
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When can you make a bracha mentally?
The Taz to SA Orach Chaim 62:4 says in exigent cirumstances you can make a bracha mentally instead of verbalizing it:
מזה יש ללמוד במי שצמא בלילה במטתו שא"א לו ליטול ידיו ולברך יהרהר הברכה בלבו ...
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Making a mistake in Brachot
BH
If you say a Bracha and make a mistake on the words Baruch or Ata or Elokeinu or Melech or HaOlam do you have to say the bracha over and if you do is it considered Levatalah because you say the ...
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Tofel and Ikar - In the case of a mixture of Tofel and Ikar, what happens if some spoonfuls are just Tofel?
I have just done some learning on this and a question I didn't see answered was the following case:
One has a mixture of food, let's say a stew. They decided that the Ikar was the meat, and the ...
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What's the point of a bracha before eating?
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The Gemara in Brochos says that anyone who benefits from this world with a brocho is as if he benefited from "holy sacrificial food" (which should only be eaten by a kohen etc.)
The ...
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Elokai Neshama (etc) - what to do if in the middle one realises the preceding Asher Yatzar was invalid?
Brachot that do not begin with "Baruch Atah" are generally supposed to follow another Beracha (see Berachot 46a, Mishneh Torah, Berachot 11:1 for more information).
If one is in the middle ...
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How does timing work for shechiyanu on fruits?
For purposes of reciting shechiyanu, how do we determine if I am having a fruit for the first time "this season"? Do I need to have gone a whole year (or some other period of time) without ...
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Is it OK to stutter while saying brachot? [duplicate]
Is it halachically acceptable to repeat words due to stuttering while saying a Bracha, as long as all the words are said?
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