Living the halachic process

A series of responsa books written by the rabbis of the Institute for scholars and rabbis from around the world in all areas of Halacha.

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    • Berachot (Blessings)
    • Part 4
    מציג 1-10 מ-10 תוצאות

    Birkat HaMazon After Significant Delay

    The mishna states that one can bentch only until the food is digested. The gemara offers two opinions...
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    Reciting a Beracha Oneself or Relying on Another Person’s Beracha

    Let us begin with a true story, whose relevance should be clear later. An Ashkenazi man got engaged...
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    The Beracha on Pizza

    To understand this, we must first consider what makes a food deemed to be bread or a quasi-bread....
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    Beracha on Ice Cream for Dessert

    The gemara presents the basic rules of berachot during a meal in which one ate bread. Foods that...
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    Two Out of a Group Who Want to do a Zimun‎

    The gemara says that if three people eat together, one stops eating to answer for two who want...
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    How to Proceed with Birkat HaMazon after Zimun

    This is a classic case of a practice that has changed from the manner it was originally intended,...
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    Combining Small Amounts of Foods for a Beracha Acharona

    We will focus on only a few of this issue’s many possible permutations. We start with the case...
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    Shehecheyanu on Vegetables

    We must distinguish between the answer in principle and in practice. In principle, Shehecheyanu applies to anything that...
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    Answering Amen to an Electronically Heard Beracha

    One can be yotzei a beracha by hearing it only if it is made by a person who...
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    When to Make a Beracha on the Morning Netilat Yadayim

    The gemara describes the morning berachot as being recited as one performs the particular action to which each...
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