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Minimum amount of food for Beracha Rishona
While the Kol Bo (Siman 24) writes that such a small amount would not need a Beracha Rishona, and Rabbeinu Yonah (Brachot 27Rb) writes that for such small amounts every food gets the Beracha Rishona ...
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OK if lechem mishneh is partially cut?
Shulchan Aruch 167:1 rules that during the week one should start to cut the piece he wishes to eat from the loaf before reciting hamotzi. However, one needs to ensure that it remains connected enough ...
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At the seder, unsupported mid-air leaning feels awkward. In reality, how should I recline?
Rav Yisroel Belsky (zt"l) said that one should lean slightly to the left, with one's elbow on the table, in a very comfortable manner. See the YouTube video for more detail.
Here's a screenshot from ...
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Does one make bracha when tasting food?
The Gemara in Berachos 14a says:
מטעמת אינה טעונה ברכה והשרוי בתענית טועם ואין בכך כלום. ועד כמה? ר' אמי ור' אסי טעמי עד שיעור רביעתא
Tasting does not need a blessing, and one fasting can taste and ...
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Should you say a new Bracha on coffee when leaving the coffee shop?
The following shiurim say that moving outside requires a new bracha rishona even if you come back inside to eat.
According to New Beracha after Moving Between Rooms implies that outdoors does require ...
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Where does R. Achay Gaon say it's a mitzva to eat meat?
Somebody probably meant R. Saadya Gaon - see R. Yerucham Perlow's commentary (aseh 95) who notes that the Rasag counts as a mitzvah
"רחב גבוליך והתאוית תדשנה טובי ותשבע". R. Yerucham Perlow explains ...
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Why are Tzaddikim protected from improper foods?
This question is addressed in Einei Shmuel, a commentary on Aggadic passages:
וכתבו התו' דהיינו דווקא במידי דאכילה ואמר מורי ז"ל הטעם דמה שמשמרין מאכילת איסור דווקא דהלא באמת שוגג אין כאן איסור ...
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Can one eat the marror from the keara over pesach?
Yes, it is preferable to eat the food from the ka'ara. That's actually why we put the food there- not just to remind us, but to actually be used.
The exceptions are the zeroa (roasted shankbone or ...
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Does one bentch on an achila gasa?
Mishne Berurah 197:28
מי שהיה שבע קודם שאכל ואכל אכילה גסה שלא היה צריך לאותה אכילה אעפ"כ אם
נהנה גרונו מאותה אכילה מברך עליו לפניו ולאחריו ומוציא אחרים ואם נפשו
קצה עליו ואינו נהנה גרונו אינו ...
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When is the latest that one can have coffee before reciting the kiddush on Shabbat morning?
One should not taste any food before the morning kiddush (SA OC 289.1). The reason one can drink water before praying is that there is no obligation of kiddush before praying and water is not ...
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What should i do with food stuck in my mouth after bentching?
This indeed often happens and is a difficult question that got me thinking since I saw it for the first time. I didn't find it covered in any classical halacha seforim so we need to go back to the ...
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Difference between men and women regarding drinking water before the day kidush
The Ben Ish Chai explains his own position in Year 2 Parashat Bereishit #18
קידוש הלילה אינו תלוי בתפלת ערבית, שאם ירצה לקבל שבת מבעוד יום ולקדש ולאכול ולהתפלל ערבית בלילה, רשאי, ורק צריך שיתחיל ...
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Eating With Gentiles
Yes there is a special reason for Jews not to eat at an idolator's house even if the food is completely Kosher. This however is only binding when the idolator has invited the Jew to his house, or ...
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Pagan practice to clink glasses?
The Minchas Shmuel pg.251 cites Shu"t Mevaser Tov 2:79 who writes that this practice of clinking galseses together seems to be a tradition of the non-Jews. As we find in Amos 6:6 "השותים במזקרי יין" ...
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Understanding Bereshit 1:30
Mefarshim here:
Q1)
Shadal there (it's a really long piece, worth reading in its entirety) opposes your understanding, as he notes the opinion that animals were prohibited from eating fruit, and ...
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Kosher glycerin automatically safe to eat
There are often kosher certifications on the dish soap and toothpaste I buy. This doesn't mean they are safe to eat, rather the certification is given in case one ingests a trace amount of the soap/...
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The minimum amount of food one must eat on Shabbos
(Reminder: Like any library, Mi Yodeya offers tons of great information, but does not offer personalized, professional advice, and does not take the place of seeking such advice from your rabbi.)
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Halacha of not biting into a sandwich when someone else is eating with you
I don't know about the choking, but it says clearly in Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 170:10 that one should not bite into food and put it back down, and the commentaries say that's because it's ...
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Jewish table manners
Indeed there is a prohibition called Bal Teshaktzu, not to be disgusting.
This is codified in the Shulchan Aruch (YD 116:6). In his commentary on this law, the Kaf Hachaim speaks of your case, writing ...
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Is one allowed to eat a fertilized chicken egg at any time of the chick's development?
The answer to this is no. such an egg is not kosher as can be seen from Kosher Eggs
The prohibition of eating blood applies even to the smallest drop of
blood, and thus any blood spots found in ...
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What is the source of the prohibition against "eating or drinking while standing", mentioned in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch?
It would seem that the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (d. 1886) is quoting theBe'er Heitev in Siman 170 סימן קע - דברי מוסר שינהג אדם בסעדה who says:
באר היטב (טז) עמהם. אפי' בסעודת מצוה. מט''מ: (עי' בס' ...
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What is the source of the prohibition against "eating or drinking while standing", mentioned in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch?
The source for this is the Masechet Derech Eretz; one of the minor tractates (4:1):
מי שהוא תלמיד חכם, לא יאכל מעומד, ולא ישתה מעומד, ולא יקנח את הקערה, ולא ילקק באצבעותיו, ולא יגהק בפני חבירו, ...
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Is there any obligation or mitzvah to wash for bread if you won't touch the bread when eating?
Shulchan Arukh OC 163:2
המאכיל לאחרים אין צריך נטילת ידים והאוכל צריך נטילת ידים אף על פי שאחר נותן לתוך פיו ואינו נוגע במאכל והוא הדין לאוכל במגרפה (פירוש כלי שיש לו שינים, פירי"ק בלע"ז) שצריך ...
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Meat and wine on Chol HaMoed
Nemukei Orach Chaim 529:2 writes that one should have a revi'is of wine. Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (page 3; based on Sh”t Rosh 25:1), on the other hand, writes that a melo lugmav is ...
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In Parshas Behalosecha why did Bnei Yisrael need to cry for meat?
The Israelite's were definitely able to eat their animals (if the blood was sprinkled on the altar the meat was theirs like any shelamim. see chulin 16b). According to the Ramban (11:4) they didn't ...
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Does Judaism say if you are fat you should have a diet?
It is a scientific fact that "people who have obesity, compared to those with a normal or healthy weight, are at increased risk for many serious diseases and health conditions" (quote from ...
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