Synagogue Conduct and the Blessings of Eating הלכות בית הכנסת ובציעת הפת
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150Some Laws of Building a SynagogueSiman 150 · 24 seifim
- 1.In every place where there are ten from Israel,…
- 2.Those who are lenient nowadays to build buildings higher…
- 3.One should not build a synagogue without windows. And…
- 4.Do not make the place of the aron hakodesh…
- 5.Lechatchilah one should build the teivah in the middle…
- 6.In a synagogue where the tevah was placed in…
- 7.When building a synagogue, it is proper that the…
- 8.Regarding a beit knesset whose ezrat nashim is not…
- 9.One should not build a synagogue in a form…
- 10.It is permitted to build a synagogue in a…
- 11.A public bathhouse, one may permit to turn it…
- 12.A synagogue that was destroyed by the authorities, and…
- 13.A place that is designated for matters of licentiousness…
- 14.One should not fix a mirror in the walls…
- 15.One who donated a mirror to hang it on…
- 16.It is proper and correct to refrain from painting…
- 17.It is forbidden to hang pictures of the great…
- 18.One who donated a parochet for the aron hakodesh…
- 19.Family who dedicated a curtain in memory and for…
- 20.When they finish the building of the synagogue, it…
- 21.It is permitted to dedicate a beit hakenesset during…
- 22.A synagogue is exempt from mezuzah, and the custom…
- 23.It is forbidden to turn one's back to a…
- 24.Synagogues that installed electric candelabras with seven branches, it…
151Laws of the Sanctity of the SynagogueSiman 151 · 48 seifim
- 1.Batei knesiyot and batei midrash are called "mikdash me'at"…
- 2.Batei knesiot and batei midrash, laughter and lightheadedness are…
- 3.Synagogues, one does not eat in them, and one…
- 4.What is customary nowadays, to distribute to the tzibbur…
- 5.Torah scholars are permitted eating and drinking in the…
- 6.It is forbidden to smoke cigarettes in a beit…
- 7.It is permitted to take snuff in the beit…
- 8.It is not fitting to hold a bat mitzvah…
- 9.From the letter of the law there is no…
- 10.An assembly of the dignitaries of the city, which…
- 11.In a beit knesset one may not perform shechitah,…
- 12.It is not fitting to sit in the beit…
- 13.One does not sleep in a beit knesset, even…
- 14.In places where it is not customary to play…
- 15.The matter is clear that one must prevent the…
- 16.A person should not kiss his sons in the…
- 17.The obligation to stand before one's father and teacher,…
- 18.One does not calculate accounts in the beit hakenesset,…
- 19.Some say that it is permitted to sell books…
- 20.One does not enter a beit knesset or a…
- 21.It is an accepted halachah among us that it…
- 22.One does not enter a beit hakenesset in order…
- 23.One may not bring in any bier of a…
- 24.No sefer torah is placed on the bier of…
- 25.Small students whom they wish to teach another language…
- 26.One should not hold secular lectures in the beit…
- 27.It is correct and very desirable that a soldier…
- 28.A blind person who is accustomed to walking with…
- 29.One who has a mobile telephone device must turn…
- 30.When they arrange a bar mitzvah in the beit…
- 31.One should not bring bicycles into the beit hakenesset,…
- 32.There is room to be lenient to cut the…
- 33.It is permissible to hang a large clock on…
- 34.In places where the gentiles are particular not to…
- 35.Families of Israel who have no roof over their…
- 36.Women in the days of their tum'ah are permitted…
- 37.It is not permitted to plant a public garden…
- 38.Those who are lenient to plant trees around a…
- 39.A building of many stories that consecrated one dwelling…
- 40.Someone who wants to build a beit knesset, and…
- 41.It is proper to be careful lechatchilah where possible,…
- 42.A permanent synagogue in which people have been praying…
- 43.It is permitted to pray inside the Cave of…
- 44.The consensus of the Acharonim is that one should…
- 45.A synagogue in the Diaspora, which was built on…
- 46.A synagogue in the Diaspora that was built on…
- 47.It is proper to be stringent not to show…
- 48.The custom is widespread to pray in the plaza…
+Conduct at the Western WallConduct at the Western Wall · 8 seifim
- 1.Our Sages of blessed memory said: "The Shechinah has…
- 2.Therefore it is a holy obligation to enter near…
- 3.It is forbidden to come to the Kotel for…
- 4.Mi'ikar hadin it is permitted for those praying by…
- 5.It is forbidden at this time to enter the…
- 6.Grapes growing on the Temple Mount in the present…
- 7.It is forbidden to fly in an airplane or…
- 8.When there is a need for the matter, it…
152Demolishing a SynagogueSiman 152 · 8 seifim
- 1.That which some are accustomed to dig into the…
- 2.Regarding what is customary in several synagogues, to make…
- 3.Where a beit knesset was demolished by the authorities,…
- 4.A synagogue into which gentiles entered and desecrated it,…
- 5.A synagogue in which the worshippers increased and it…
- 6.A synagogue in which those praying increased, and it…
- 7.It is permitted to demolish from the wall of…
- 8.A synagogue that has two windows in its southern…
153Demolishing and Selling a SynagogueSiman 153 · 24 seifim
- 1.One should be stringent not to make from a…
- 2.It is not proper to purchase mantles for a…
- 3.A large sum of money that was donated for…
- 4.If the officers of the synagogues in the neighborhood…
- 5.Countries at whose head stand leaders who have authority…
- 6.A building which served at the time as a…
- 7.Synagogues that are in Egypt, or in other distant…
- 8.Synagogues in chutz la'aretz that were destroyed by the…
- 9.A beit knesset that was destroyed, and a bathhouse…
- 10.A synagogue that wishes to move its restroom facilities…
- 11.A dwelling in which they used to pray on…
- 12.A settlement that did not have a sefer Torah…
- 13.It is permitted to make a parochet for the…
- 14.It is permitted to place the mantles of the…
- 15.It is permissible to move the ark from place…
- 16.A chest in which study books and the like…
- 17.It is forbidden to store within a book letters,…
- 18.A synagogue that has a shortage of benches and…
- 19.It is permitted to use the benches of the…
- 20.A Jew who is an apostate with regard to…
- 21.It is permitted to accept donations for the building…
- 22.Monies that were received from outside the Land as…
- 23.Ritual appurtenances (tashmishei kedushah) arriving from outside the Land,…
- 24.A synagogue whose ezrat nashim is too narrow to…
154Sacred Articles and Candles of the SynagogueSiman 154 · 36 seifim
- 1.It is permitted to install an alarm device inside…
- 2.There are those who say that it is permitted…
- 3.It is permitted to place for safekeeping inside the…
- 4.An old aron kodesh from which they removed the…
- 5.A holy ark in which Torah scrolls had been…
- 6.An ark of holiness that has grown old and…
- 7.An ark (aron kodesh) that is built into the…
- 8.It is fitting and correct not to lean on…
- 9.It is permitted to write inside the case of…
- 10.Some places among the Sephardim have a custom to…
- 11.A synagogue to which was brought from outside the…
- 12.One should forbid hanging a curtain upon which lions…
- 13.It is permitted to place a symbol of a…
- 14.Synagogues outside the Land which place at the side…
- 15.There are those who are accustomed to hang for…
- 16.There are those who are accustomed, at a time…
- 17.Some have the custom to spread a parochet for…
- 18.And for this reason it has also become customary…
- 19.It is permitted to make a bag for a…
- 20.Silver plate that is engraved on a parochet that…
- 21.Paper or nylon that they wrap around the books…
- 22.Printers who have many proofsheets, and on them words…
- 23.Lead-type letters of printing houses in which holy names…
- 24.One who fell ill with a contagious illness, may…
- 25.Words of Torah written on a diskette, or on…
- 26.A tape of a recording machine, upon which berachot…
- 27.A Name of Hashem written by allusion — such…
- 28.One who had a wooden ark for holy books,…
- 29.It is proper not to take a sefer and…
- 30.It is permitted to write words of Torah upon…
- 31.One may not light a weekday candle from a…
- 32.Torah scholars who study in the beit knesset, it…
- 33.It is permissible to read matters of a mundane…
- 34.Oil in which a dead mouse was found, if…
- 35.Wax candles that they designated for a church of…
- 36.It is permissible to sell an old Sefer Torah,…
155Going to the Beit MidrashSiman 155 · 5 seifim
- 1.It is a mitzvah to run in one's walking…
- 2.The correct practice is that every person should accustom…
- 3.After he leaves the beit hakenesset he shall go…
- 4.A person should endeavor to learn every day at…
- 5.A Torah scholar or a yeshivah student who studies…
156The Order of Business DealingsSiman 156 · 5 seifim
- 1.After he finishes the fixed time for Torah study,…
- 2.Even though the obligation of exertion in the matter…
- 3.He should be careful to conduct business dealings in…
- 4.He should be careful not to swear even about…
- 5.One must be careful that a person not swear…
158Laws of Netilat Yadayim for a MealSiman 158 · 20 seifim
- 1.It is a mitzvah from the words of the…
- 2.Even one whose hands are not soiled, and who…
- 3.Also women are obligated in netilat yadayim, and therefore…
- 4.One who eats less than a kezayit of bread,…
- 5.One who washes his hands with a berachah with…
- 6.One who washed his hands and had no intention…
- 7.One who fixes a meal upon pat haba'ah bekisnin…
- 8.One who eats bread in order to remove the…
- 9.The measure of netilat yadayim for a meal is…
- 10.We do not recite the berachah on the netilat…
- 11.One who washed his hands properly for a meal,…
- 12.One should not interrupt with speech between the netilat…
- 13.If he washed part of his hand and afterward…
- 14.One who washes his hands for a meal and…
- 15.Some have the custom to say after the netilat…
- 16.If he has no vessel with which to wash…
- 17.He should lift his hands and recite the berachah,…
- 18.Before he cuts the bread, he should dry his…
- 19.It is permitted to dry the hands with a…
- 20.One should not dry the hands with one's garment,…
+Netilat Yadayim for Dipping Food in LiquidSiman 158 (continued) · 22 seifim
- 1.One who eats something upon which there is moisture…
- 2.He must wash his hands for tibbulo b'mashkeh according…
- 3.Even though in netilat yadayim for a meal, lechatchilah,…
- 4.Even if his hands are not touching the moisture,…
- 5.One who eats more than a kezayit of lettuce…
- 6.One who eats something whose dipping is in the…
- 7.One who dips into distilled spirits made from grain,…
- 8.One who eats a fruit that has no moisture…
- 9.One who eats an apple cooked in honey does…
- 10.One who eats a food whose dipping is in…
- 11.There are those who say that if one dips…
- 12.One who eats bread that they placed inside hot…
- 13.One who eats with his hand a kezayit of…
- 14.One who eats a doughnut, even though it is…
- 15.One who eats vegetables found within soup or rice…
- 16.One who eats a cake and dips it in…
- 17.One who eats fruits cooked in water does not…
- 18.The one who dips a food item in salt,…
- 19.The one who dips his finger in a liquid,…
- 20.One who washes his hands for fruits that have…
- 21.If he washed his hands for mayim acharonim, and…
- 22.If he washed his hands for something whose dipping…
159In Which Vessel One WashesSiman 159 · 15 seifim
- 1.One should not give water to his fellow with…
- 2.If there is no vessel there for netilat yadayim,…
- 3.And the same halachah is that it is permitted…
- 4.A vessel which has a protrusion to pour water…
- 5.One does not perform netilat yadayim from a vessel…
- 6.It is necessary that the water descending upon the…
- 7.All are fit to give water on the hands,…
- 8.One should not perform netilat yadayim by means of…
- 9.Lechatchilah he must have the water come upon the…
- 10.One whose wife is not tehorah — it is…
- 11.If he pours a revi'it upon his hands at…
- 12.A cup made of paper or of cardboard, which…
- 13.A copper utensil that developed a hole in a…
- 14.What is common today, that they attach the vessel…
- 15.Lechatchilah one should intend at the time of the…
160Which Water Is Valid for Netilat YadayimSiman 160 · 30 seifim
- 1.Water whose appearance has changed, whether due to itself,…
- 2.Water whose color has changed to a white appearance,…
- 3.Water with which work was done is invalid for…
- 4.If there are before him waters that are in…
- 5.If, after he has washed his hands with water,…
- 6.Water of our tanks, in which there is a…
- 7.The same law applies to water flowing through pipes,…
- 8.Hot water that was placed inside a rubber bottle…
- 9.Water that is before the smith, even though their…
- 10.Water that a baker rinsed his hands with, from…
- 11.Someone who soaked vegetables in water so that they…
- 12.The one who places live fish into a special…
- 13.One who soaked his bread in the water of…
- 14.If one placed a bottle of hot milk inside…
- 15.Water that is formed by ice that has melted…
- 16.Water that one knew its weight, and he weighed…
- 17.Water that was placed into a vessel in order…
- 18.One who put water into a vessel in order…
- 19.Water that was placed in a new barrel so…
- 20.Water from which a dog or a pig drank,…
- 21.Hot water that was heated by fire, it is…
- 22.One should not wash the hands with the water…
- 23.Water that is putrid, that a dog cannot drink…
- 24.One does not wash hands with sea water, for…
- 25.In a room with a bathtub where there is…
- 26.A bathroom in which there is no beit hakisei,…
- 27.Water that was in a vessel and remained in…
- 28.If he has no water, he is permitted to…
- 29.It is permissible to wash the hands from a…
- 30.Snow and hail, and anything whose formation is from…
161Interposition in Netilat Yadayim, and How Far Up to WashSiman 161 · 10 seifim
- 1.One must be careful about a chatzitzah (interposition), for…
- 2.He needs to clean his hands from dirt that…
- 3.A woman who is not accustomed to removing the…
- 4.A woman who paints her nails for adornment, there…
- 5.The color of henna, which some women are accustomed…
- 6.Whoever is engaged in the coloring of tefillin, and…
- 7.Someone who has a wound on his hands, and…
- 8.Someone whose one hand is full of bruises, and…
- 9.And so one who has a cast on his…
- 10.A dangerously ill person who eats on Yom Kippur…
162Raising the Hands in Netilat YadayimSiman 162 · 4 seifim
- 1.One who washes his hands needs to raise his…
- 2.If he washed one hand and touched with it…
- 3.One who washed his hands and before drying another…
- 4.Some say that one must wipe the hands after…
+One Who Has No Water, and Feeding OthersSiman 163 (continued) · 6 seifim
- 1.If there are no waters available before him within…
- 2.One who feeds others does not need netilat yadayim,…
- 3.A person to whose house an honored guest has…
- 4.Hotels and restaurants where the food and drink are…
- 5.Someone who touched, in the middle of the meal,…
- 6.It is proper to be stringent not to touch…
165One Who Relieves Himself and Wishes to EatSiman 165 · 2 seifim
Read this siman →166The Pause Between Breaking Bread and WashingSiman 166 · 5 seifim
- 1.Essentially, according to the letter of the law it…
- 2.It is correct to be careful, where possible, not…
- 3.Essentially, by the letter of the law, it is…
- 4.It is permitted to wash the hands at a…
- 5.And the same law applies on Shabbat and on…
167Laws of Breaking BreadSiman 167 · 26 seifim
- 1.He should cut from the place where the bread…
- 2.He should cut a little from the bread, and…
- 3.He should not cut the bread at the time…
- 4.If he has a whole loaf, it is a…
- 5.He recites the berachah "Hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz", and…
- 6.Lechatchilah he should recite the berachah in the place…
- 7.After he recites the berachah of HaMotzi he should…
- 8.He should not begin to recite the berachah before…
- 9.One who has gloves on his hands, the correct…
- 10.After he recites the berachah of HaMotzi he should…
- 11.Were they reclining together, and they intended to fulfill…
- 12.Lechatchilah one should not speak idle words until he…
- 13.If he recited the berachah of HaMotzi, and before…
- 14.One who recites a berachah of enjoyment or a…
- 15.Before he eats, he shall give food to his…
- 16.There are those who say that this halachah is…
- 17.If after he recited the berachah, before he tasted…
- 18.On Shabbat and Yom Tov when there is a…
- 19.The one who raises a dog in his house,…
- 20.All the prohibition against eating before he gives food…
- 21.If he forgot and ate and did not recite…
- 22.Someone who erred and recited a berachah over the…
- 23.If instead of the berachah of HaMotzi one said…
- 24.The one who breaks the bread should taste first,…
- 25.One does not give the bread to others by…
- 26.The one who cuts is not permitted to cut…
168Over Which Bread One Recites the BerachahSiman 168 · 19 seifim
- 1.If he has a whole loaf of bread, it…
- 2.Over full-fledged bread, even less than a kezayit, one…
- 3.Pizza baked in an oven with meat or cheese,…
- 4.The Sephardim and members of the Eastern communities are…
- 5.The one who fries a slice of bread that…
- 6.Regular dough that has sesame seeds upon it —…
- 7.Over pat haba'ah bekisnin one recites Borei Minei Mezonot,…
- 8.One who fixes a meal upon pat haba'ah bekisanin,…
- 9.When one fixes his meal on cake, he must…
- 10.Regarding what is common in several seudot mitzvah, that…
- 11.This entire law of one who fixes his meal…
- 12.The one who fixes his meal on pat haba'ah…
- 13.In every eating that a person eats, he does…
- 14.One who fixes his meal upon pat haba'ah bekisnin,…
- 15.One who eats itriyot and other cooked dishes (maaseh…
- 16.Dough that was kneaded with honey, even if the…
- 17.Someone who established his meal upon pat haba'ah bekisnin,…
- 18.Zelabiah made from fine flour and honey, and fried…
- 19.One who eats pat haba'ah bekisnin and eats a…
+Letting Others Eat, and Conduct During the MealSiman 169 (continued) · 10 seifim
- 1.Let one not give to eat except to one…
- 2.Do not converse during a meal, even words of…
- 3.A person should not drink from the cup and…
- 4.Already the custom is to be lenient to drink…
- 5.One should not look at the face of the…
- 6.One who enters the house of his fellow must…
- 7.He should be careful not to soil his garments…
- 8.A person should not drink a cup of wine…
- 9.The custom is widespread to drink water and other…
- 10.Let him not eat and drink while standing, and…
171Not Treating Food with ContemptSiman 171 · 8 seifim
- 1.It is permitted to eat porridge with bread instead…
- 2.Those who throw candies and delicacies in the synagogue…
- 3.There are those who say that it is forbidden…
- 4.Some have the custom, when making fruits pickled in…
- 5.One should be careful when giving bread from the…
- 6.One may not place raw meat on top of…
- 7.A wooden box in which foods are placed —…
- 8.At a time of need it is permitted to…
172One Who Put Food in His Mouth Without a BerachahSiman 172 · 4 seifim
- 1.If he forgot and put liquids into his mouth…
- 2.Lechatchilah it is good and proper to remove the…
- 3.It is permitted to recite a berachah when there…
- 4.One who ate meat, and within six hours of…
173The Law of Mayim Emtza'iimSiman 173 · 9 seifim
- 1.Mayim Emtza'im (intermediate handwashing) are optional, and this applies…
- 2.The one who drinks liquid milk from a vessel,…
- 3.The custom is to be stringent also regarding a…
- 4.Between meat and fish it is obligatory to wash…
- 5.One who eats fish by means of a fork,…
- 6.Two people who know each other are permitted to…
- 7.A sick person who eats by means of another…
- 8.One who ate fish, and they brought meat before…
- 9.Mayim emtza'im (intermediate waters) require wiping like mayim rishonim…
174The Berachah on Wine and Water at a MealSiman 174 · 14 seifim
- 1.Wine exempts all other beverages, and therefore if he…
- 2.And therefore those who hear kiddush and intend to…
- 3.One who drinks wine in the middle of the…
- 4.Someone who recited a berachah over wine and thereby…
- 5.One who recites a berachah over a cup of…
- 6.One who drinks water or other beverages during the…
- 7.Those who are accustomed to be stringent and to…
- 8.The one who drinks tea or coffee in the…
- 9.There are those who are careful, lechatchilah, not to…
- 10.In places where they bring arak and cognac before…
- 11.One who fixes his meal upon pat haba'ah bekisanin,…
- 12.And so one who eats a food called couscous,…
- 13.One who eats cake and wishes to drink tea…
- 14.One who drinks a revi'it of water at once,…
177Laws of Things That Come During the MealSiman 177 · 14 seifim
- 1.Things that are eaten in the midst of the…
- 2.What is common today at weddings, that they leave…
- 3.One who eats types of sweets, such as, candy,…
- 4.Similarly, one who eats cooked quince, recites over it…
- 5.Lechatchilah it is not proper to eat cake in…
- 6.There are those who are accustomed on Shabbat and…
- 7.When the 15th of Shevat falls on Shabbat, one…
- 8.One who eats squash or tomato or pickled vegetable…
- 9.One who eats fruits cooked in sugar at the…
- 10.And so one who eats pudding at the end…
- 11.The custom has spread that one who eats olives…
- 12.Lechatchilah it is not proper to eat ice cream…
- 13.One who drank wine and immediately sits down to…
- 14.The one who eats fruits after the meal before…
178Laws of Interrupting During a MealSiman 178 · 29 seifim
- 1.One who is sitting at a meal, lechatchilah he…
- 2.It is permitted to move from one's place in…
- 3.All that we have said, that lechatchilah one should…
- 4.One who left in the middle of his meal…
- 5.One who began to eat in one place, and…
- 6.The one who finds himself in the middle of…
- 7.Foods and drinks whose after-berachah is Borei Nefashot Rabbot,…
- 8.One who eats a type of food or drink…
- 9.One who eats fruits and moved to another room,…
- 10.If he was sitting and eating cake, or fruits…
- 11.If he was eating from fruits that are not…
- 12.When do these words apply?, when he was sitting…
- 13.One who ate less than the measure of a…
- 14.One who recited a berachah over a fruit and…
- 15.One who cracks seeds, and recited a berachah on…
- 16.And so too one who recited a berachah on…
- 17.Guests to whom fruits are brought before them one…
- 18.Friends who are engaged in Torah study, and there…
- 19.Workers who work outside, and drink from time to…
- 20.One who eats fruits and paused for the duration…
- 21.Rather, one who drinks water or other light beverages,…
- 22.Someone who remembered in the middle of the meal…
- 23.One who sleeps during his meal a temporary sleep,…
- 24.The one who needs to relieve himself in the…
- 25.Someone who touches covered places in the middle of…
- 26.One who needs to relieve himself in the middle…
- 27.Friends who are sitting and learning, and eating cakes…
- 28.One who is eating fruits and went up to…
- 29.Already it has been explained that one who drinks…
179Losing Focus During a MealSiman 179 · 4 seifim
- 1.When he has finished his meal and washed his…
- 2.Where he said Shir HaMaalot, "Beshuv Hashem," etc., it…
- 3.One who relies on the table of others, even…
- 4.Someone who recited Birkat HaMazon, and after Birkat HaMazon…
180Laws of Bread CrumbsSiman 180 · 5 seifim
- 1.One should not remove the tablecloth and the bread…
- 2.The one who eats a sandwich slice, and there…
- 3.Lechatchilah one should not remove from the table even…
- 4.Even though it is permitted to destroy crumbs that…
- 5.The custom is to cover the knife at the…
181The Law of Mayim AcharonimSiman 181 · 25 seifim
- 1.Mayim acharonim is obligatory. Even nowadays, when Sodomite salt…
- 2.Women are also obligated in mayim acharonim. Although some…
- 3.One who forgot to wash his hands with mayim…
- 4.Mayim acharonim should not be poured onto the ground,…
- 5.One traveling on a ship is permitted to wash…
- 6.Regarding those who have the custom of washing their…
- 7.Those who have the custom of washing mayim acharonim…
- 8.Some wash mayim acharonim beneath the table, and they…
- 9.Mayim acharonim should not be washed with hot water…
- 10.One need wash only up to the second joint…
- 11.Although according to the essence of the law one…
- 12.Lechatchilah, it is proper not to dry one's hands…
- 13.One should be careful that the mayim acharonim be…
- 14.He must lower his fingertips downward so that the…
- 15.If those dining are numerous, up to five, they…
- 16.No berachah is recited over mayim acharonim.
- 17.Some have the custom to say while washing their…
- 18.Mayim acharonim may be washed with all kinds of…
- 19.Some say that one traveling on the road should…
- 20.According to the essence of the law, it is…
- 21.Some say that one who measures salt must afterward…
- 22.One should not speak between washing his hands with…
- 23.It is permitted to leave for another room or…
- 24.Some have the custom to recite several verses between…
- 25.One whose deceased relative lies before him, where the…
+The Cup for Birkat HaMazonSiman 182 (continued) · 10 seifim
- 1.The custom nowadays in most places is that they…
- 2.The cup of Birkat HaMazon is only of wine,…
- 3.The cup must not be pagum (deficient), for if…
- 4.Anything that at the time of the berachah the…
- 5.He should receive the cup with both his hands,…
- 6.For lechatchilah one should hold the cup in his…
- 7.There are those who are accustomed to mix the…
- 8.It is permitted to recite Birkat HaMazon over a…
- 9.In the days of winter when it is customary…
- 10.One must look for an intact cup, that the…
183Laws of Birkat HaMazonSiman 183 · 11 seifim
- 1.Before he recites the berachah he should have intention…
- 2.One should be careful not to interrupt in the…
- 3.If he fell asleep in the middle of Birkat…
- 4.It is good and correct that each and every…
- 5.One who is reciting Birkat HaMazon or a berachah…
- 6.One who is reciting Birkat HaMazon, and a Torah…
- 7.He must sit at the time that he recites…
- 8.Even though according to the essential halachah there is…
- 9.It is forbidden to recite Birkat HaMazon and to…
- 10.In bedi'avad, if at the time that he recited…
- 11.Those who hurry to rise from the table when…
184Reciting Birkat HaMazon Where One Ate, and One in Doubt Whether He Recited ItSiman 184 · 23 seifim
- 1.One who ate in one place must recite Birkat…
- 2.One who ate pat haba'ah bekisanin made from the…
- 3.Ate and is satiated and does not know whether…
- 4.Someone who ate and was satisfied and is in…
- 5.Ate a kezayit of bread and is in doubt…
- 6.One who ate a kezayit of bread only, and…
- 7.The one who fixes a meal on pat haba'ah…
- 8.Someone who ate and was satiated and did not…
- 9.Someone who ate and did not drink, and he…
- 10.One who ate and was satiated and recited Birkat…
- 11.Someone who ate and was satiated and does not…
- 12.Someone who ate and was satiated and does not…
- 13.Someone who ate and was satiated and is uncertain…
- 14.One who is uncertain whether he recited a berachah…
- 15.Someone who has a doubt whether he recited Birkat…
- 16.Until when can he recite Birkat HaMazon? If he…
- 17.In large feasts where they prolong their sitting four…
- 18.The measure of eating in order to recite Birkat…
- 19.It is necessary that the kezayit be within his…
- 20.The custom is to measure with the weight of…
- 21.They have been accustomed to measure the amount of…
- 22.One into whom a tube has been inserted into…
- 23.Someone who ate a kezayit of bread, and vomited…
185Some Details of the Laws of Birkat HaMazonSiman 185 · 11 seifim
- 1.Whoever is careful in Birkat HaMazon, his sustenance is…
- 2.Birkat HaMazon is recited in any language which one…
- 3.One must make his ears hear the Birkat HaMazon…
- 4.If he was under duress due to his illness…
- 5.The three first berachot of Birkat HaMazon are indispensable…
- 6.The order of the berachot of the berachot of…
- 7.One whose household members do not know how to…
- 8.One should not recite Birkat HaMazon when there is…
- 9.Someone who was sitting and eating at night, and…
- 10.Someone who was reciting Birkat HaMazon, and in the…
- 11.Someone who was reciting Birkat HaMazon, and in the…
186Who Is Obligated in Birkat HaMazonSiman 186 · 11 seifim
- 1.Women are obligated in Birkat HaMazon, and there is…
- 2.Even though women are exempt from the mitzvah of…
- 3.Women should not recite the berachah using the text…
- 4.Women who are not tehorot are obligated to bless…
- 5.A woman who ate and was satisfied, and is…
- 6.A woman who recited the berachah of Birkat HaMazon…
- 7.A minor who ate a kezayit, they must train…
- 8.A youth of thirteen years and one day, who…
- 9.A minor who ate bread on the last day…
- 10.One who ate akhilah gasah (gorged eating, beyond satiety)…
- 11.One whose deceased is lying before him, meaning that…
187Precise Points in the Text of Birkat HaMazonSiman 187 · 9 seifim
- 1.The custom is to say "ve'al hakol" etc., "u'mevarechim…
- 2.In the wording "Retzei VeHachalitzenu" that is recited in…
- 3.In the text of the berachah "asher natan Shabbatot…
- 4.In the text of the fourth berachah in Birkat…
- 5.In the recitation of HaRachaman at the end of…
- 6.In the text of HaRachaman one should say: HaRachaman…
- 7.Our custom is to say in the Harachaman on…
- 8.One who recites Birkat HaMazon and skipped the mention…
- 9.One who does not know how to recite Birkat…
188The Law of One Who Errs in Birkat HaMazonSiman 188 · 21 seifim
- 1.After he concludes "Boneh Yerushalayim," he answers amen after…
- 2.In the text of Birkat HaMazon in the house…
- 3.On Shabbat, when he dines with others, even though…
- 4.On Shabbat one says in the third berachah "Retzeh…
- 5.When Yom Tov falls on Shabbat, and he said…
- 6.One who erred and did not say "Retzeh vehachalitzeinu"…
- 7.One who is uncertain whether he said "Retzeh VeHachalitzenu"…
- 8.One who does not know the text of "Retzei…
- 9.On Rosh Chodesh, if one erred and did not…
- 10.Erred and did not say "Ya'aleh VeYavo" in Birkat…
- 11.A woman who forgot to say Yaaleh VeYavo on…
- 12.One who erred and did not say "Retzeh VeHachalitzenu"…
- 13.One who ate on Shabbat an additional meal after…
- 14.A woman who forgot to say "Retzeh VeHachalitzenu" at…
- 15.Three who ate on Shabbatot and Yamim Tovim and…
- 16.If he was eating and Shabbat departed, he mentions…
- 17.The one who prolongs the third meal on Shabbat…
- 18.On Chanukah and Purim one mentions "Al HaNissim" in…
- 19.If Rosh Chodesh falls on Sunday, and he finished…
- 20.If he erred and mentioned Retzeh VeHachalitzenu on a…
- 21.A minor is believed to tell his father that…
+Laws of the ZimunSiman 192 (continued) · 14 seifim
- 1.Three who ate together are obligated in zimun. And…
- 2.What is customary nowadays, that the one who leads…
- 3.In the house of the mourner they say in…
- 4.Our custom is that after the mezamen returns and…
- 5.For us it is more correct that the one…
- 6.Some follow the custom that one who hears Birkat…
- 7.Three who ate together, and they forgot and each…
- 8.Three who ate, and none of them knows the…
- 9.Three who ate and do not know how to…
- 10.Whoever does not know how to recite Birkat HaMazon…
- 11.What is common today in the holy yeshivot, and…
- 12.Three people who ate in a courtyard, each one…
- 13.If the one leading the zimmun erred with ten…
- 14.Three who came from three groups of three men…
196One Who Ate Something Forbidden — Does He Join the ZimunSiman 196 · 6 seifim
- 1.If one ate a forbidden item, even though it…
- 2.A sick person who eats a forbidden matter by…
- 3.One who ate bread that was kneaded with milk…
- 4.One ate milk foods, and the others ate meat…
- 5.Nine who ate grain, and one who ate vegetable,…
- 6.We do not include in the zimun one who…
198One Who Enters Upon Three Who Have EatenSiman 198 · 2 seifim
- 1.Three who ate and are reciting the zimun, and…
- 2.Two who ate together and finished eating, and said…
199On Whom One Says the ZimunSiman 199 · 6 seifim
- 1.Three who ate together, and one of them is…
- 2.Idol worshipper — one does not include him in…
- 3.Kara'ites do not join for zimun, since they do…
- 4.An onen, who is exempt from all the mitzvot…
- 5.Women and minors do not join to constitute a…
- 6.A minor from six years and up who knows…
200One Who Interrupts in Order to Recite a BerachahSiman 200 · 4 seifim
- 1.Three who ate together, one is compelled against his…
- 2.If part of those reclining have finished their eating,…
- 3.Something that some are accustomed to do in the…
- 4.The same law applies to those who participate in…