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Brachos on the Pesach Seder

Regarding the question of why we don't make a general bracha on haggada itself is not a new question . Indeed ,the Rambam in Sefer HaMitzvos 157 counts sippur yeztiyas Miztrayim as one of the mitzvos,...
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בָּרוּךְ אֱלֹקֵינוּ שֶׁבְּרָאָֽנוּ לִכְבוֹדוֹ - What is the background of this prayer?

The Origins This is a tremendous and thought-provoking question My answer is going to focus on the background of why we say this Tefillah. Like most good things in Judaism, it is a disagreement. The ...
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Two Riddles on Brachos

For riddle 2: Found something related to Pesach which is coming up: Mabye when destroying the Chametz on Chol Hamoed, then a blessing is recited if all the following conditions were fulfilled: One did ...
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Bread is no longer the staple food it was; implications for the Hamotzi blessing?

The food doesn't actually have to be physically put in the bread. Things that can usually be eaten with bread e.g eggs vegetables are considered no doubt "באים מחמת הסעודה". Apples grapes ...
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בָּרוּךְ אֱלֹקֵינוּ שֶׁבְּרָאָֽנוּ לִכְבוֹדוֹ - What is the background of this prayer?

First …….I want to add that this posuk is always used to express huge gratitude to hashem ועיין בספר שלמי צבור(hebrewbooks.com pages 300-350)מהרי״ט אלגזי שמביא מהרישונים הטעם לומר פה ברוך…..כי פה זה ...
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