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While such a Minhag is recorded in Poskim, and mentioned by the Rebbe regarding Kos Shel Bracha of public farbrengens, the longstanding Chabad practice as verified by venerate Chabad Rabbanim is not to say ones own blessing by Kiddush, and this is only done by Hamotzi.

See Admur 167:14 and 18; Admur 619:8; Mateh Efraim 625 Alef Lamateh 74; Ketzos Hashulchan 79 footnote 29; Igros Kodesh 14:29, printed in Shulchan Menachem 2:83; Shulchan Menachem Volume 1 120 and vol. 2 163; Piskeiy Teshuvos 271:36; Response of Rav Eli Landa Shlita, and Rav YS Ginzberg.

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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