Chapter 7: General Laws of Bracha Rishona

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Chapter 7: General Laws of Bracha Rishona

Chapter 7: General Laws of Bracha Rishona

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Misc Laws of Bracha Rishona 47 Articles
- Which Bracha should I recite on frozen wine or grape juice ice pops?

1. Shiur of Bracha Rishona

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1301

2. Kavanah – Paying attention to the words upon reciting a before blessing on food

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312

3. Being Motzi another person by a before blessing over food

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360

4. Hefsek – Making an interruption between the blessing and eating or drinking

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930

5. Swallowing a food after the blessing prior to talking or switching rooms

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1276

6. Tasting- Saying a blessing when tasting a food

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1025

7. Saying a blessing when swallowing a food without chewing

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866

8. Blessing on inedible, forbidden foods, forced feeding

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904

9. The requirement for the food to be in front of the person when saying a blessing

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832

10. The requirement to hold the food in one’s hand when saying a blessing

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1101

11. Shaleim & Large pieces – Saying a Bracha on a whole or large food and When to cut a piece off from the food, before or after the blessing

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916

12. Saying a blessing with food, or other item, in one’s mouth

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317

13. Forgot to say Bracha – Began chewing or drinking

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1166

14. Forgot to say Bracha – Finished eating or swallowing

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274

15. One who is unsure if he said a Bracha over a food:

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290

16. Saying the correct blessing – Research and study:

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652

17. One who is unsure as to the correct blessing:

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663

18. Said wrong Bracha Rishona – Law of Bedieved:

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1512

19. Said wrong Bracha Rishona and made correction:

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997

20. Ha’adama counting for Haeitz – When a lower blessing [i.e. Bracha Kolelels of Ha’adama] on one food exempts another food of a higher blessing [i.e. Bracha Peratis of Haeitz]

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344

21. Repeating the blessing on a second food of same blessing – Must a blessing be repeated upon eating a subsequent food & when can a single blessing count for many foods of that same blessing

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482

22. Lost food – What one is to do in the event that after the blessing the food spilled or got lost:

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283

23. Drinking water by a river [or running faucet]:

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753

24. Sitting versus standing during before blessings:

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368

25. Giving food to a non-religious person:

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279

26. Reciting blessings out loud versus silently:

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339

A blessing over a food covers all of the food on the table of that same blessing

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1011

Are Listerine PocketPaks Kosher, and Do You Need to Say a Blessing?

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266

Blessing on Gluten-What blessing is a said on a food that contains gluten?

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639

Blessing on medicine – Is a Bracha recited when taking medicine or vitamins

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1182

Chapter 7: General laws of Bracha Rishona of Birchas Hanehnin [Full Chapter]

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206

Chapter 7: General laws of Bracha Rishona of Birchas Hanehnin- Summary Edition

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372

Davened in middle of eating or drinking-Muzt the before blessing be repeated?

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1001

Drinking the leftover milk in a cereal bowl

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977

Dropped or spilled food or drink – What one is to do in the event that after the blessing, the food spilled or got lost:

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876

From the Rav’s Desk: Blessing on Gluten products

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640

From the Rav’s Desk: Is shushing someone up a Hefsek in middle of a blessing?

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631

From the Rav’s Desk: Should one repeat Hagafen over wine when eating a meal in two areas

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746

From what age must one begin educating his child to recite blessings prior to eating?

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1208

Guests repeating blessings by a host

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783

Having Kavana to include many foods within a single blessing

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691

Hefsek – Making an interruption between the blessing and eating or drinking

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855

Holding the food in one’s right hand upon saying the blessing

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808

Is a blessing of Shehakol to be said when sucking the salt of sunflower seed shells

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684

Is a Bracha to be recited when eating a non-Kosher food

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1362

Is a Bracha to be recited when eating an unhealthy food, or any food forbidden due to health reasons

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794

May a blessing be said on a stolen food?

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783

Must a blessing be repeated upon eating a subsequent food that was not on the table or in ones mind

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732

Must the blessing be repeated upon eating a second helping, such as a second apple

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651

Recited Hagafen on grapes or raisins – Is one Yotzei?

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919

Repeating a blessing on another food – Full article

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836

Repeating blessing over food when going back to Sukkah after entering saferoom due to a siren

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789

Said Ha’adama on Shehakol product – Is one Yotzei?

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573

Said Haeitz on bread or Mezonos

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592

Said Haeitz on Shehakol product – Is one Yotzei?

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677

Said Mezonos instead of correct blessing of Hagafen, Haeitz, Ha’adma, Shehakol

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762

Said Mezonos instead of Hamotzi or Ha’adama – Is one Yotzei?

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906

Saying Shehakol when unsure of blessing

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846

Shehakol is Motzi all foods and blessings

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1161

Standing versus sitting when recitong a blessing

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1052

The law if one said Borei Peri Ha’adama on a Haeitz fruit – Is he Yotzei?

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551

The law if one said Borei Peri Ha’adama on wine – Is he Yotzei?

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962

The law if one said Borei Peri Haeitz on a Ha’adama vegetable – Is he Yotzei?

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758

The law if one said Borei Peri Haeitz on wine – Is he Yotzei?

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642

The law if one said Ha’adama or Haeitz and is incorrect blessing due to Safek or due to degradation, or due to Minhag

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662

The law if one Said Hamotzi instead of the correct blessing of Mezonos, Hagafen, Haeitz, Ha’adama, or Shehakol

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870

The law if one said Mezonos instead of Hamotzi

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742

The Laws of Precedence/Kadima by blessings

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1482

What blessing is recited over cranberries such as craisins-Haeitz or Hadama?

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1531

What is one to do if he began chewing on a food, or drinking a liquid, and then remembered that he did not say a blessing?

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578

What is the law if one said the blessing of Ha’adama on a Mezonos or Hamotzi food?

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1138

When a lower blessing [i.e. Bracha Kolelels of Ha’adama] on one food exempts another food of a higher blessing [i.e. Bracha Peratis of Haeitz]

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807

Which blessing should be recited over chocolate covered fruits and nuts?

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1747

Which blessing should one precede-Hadama or Haeitz

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1010

Which Bracha should I recite on frozen wine or grape juice ice pops?

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1390

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