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# One should only make the Bracha only after one has the food available and present so that the Bracha can take effect on something. Therefore, one should open the packaging of the food prior to the Bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 206:19, VeZot HaBracha pg 8 </ref> | # One should only make the Bracha only after one has the food available and present so that the Bracha can take effect on something. Therefore, one should open the packaging of the food prior to the Bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 206:19, VeZot HaBracha (Chapter 1, pg 8) </ref> | ||
# | # One who drinks from a water-fountain, ideally, should have the water in a cup prior to the Bracha, however if that’s not possible, one should let the water run from the faucet momentarily prior to making the Bracha. If that last options isn’t possible or one is concerned about wasting water, may make the Bracha on the water even before letting it run. <Ref> Vezot haBracha (Chapter 1, pg 8) based on Mishna Brurah 206:19 writes that ideally one should have water in a cup so that the food is present during the Bracha. However, if that’s impossible, Rav Pinchas Sheinburg (quoted by Vezot HaBracha) suggests letting the water run prior to the Bracha so that it’s evident what one is making a Bracha on. Lastly, if that’s impossible, one may make the Bracha even while the faucet is closed. </ref> | ||
# One should prepare the food before making a bracha; for example, one should break open a nut or peel a fruit in order to eat it right after the Bracha. <ref> Mishna Brurah 206:19 writes that one should prepare food before the bracha so that it's ready to eat right after the bracha. Zevot HaBracha (Chapter 1) gives the examples of removing the shells a nut and peeling a fruit. </ref> | |||
# However, one shouldn't cut a large or whole piece of food before the bracha; for example, one shouldn't cut a fruit, or a peice of meat beofre the bracha, rather make the bracha and then cut it. <ref> Zevot HaBracha (end of Chapter 1) based on Aruch HaShulchan 202:11, and Zevot HaBracha quotes the example of leaving a piece of meat in it's full state from Rav Elyashiv and Rav Mordechai Eliyahu. </ref> | |||
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Revision as of 17:20, 17 October 2010
- One should only make the Bracha only after one has the food available and present so that the Bracha can take effect on something. Therefore, one should open the packaging of the food prior to the Bracha. [1]
- One who drinks from a water-fountain, ideally, should have the water in a cup prior to the Bracha, however if that’s not possible, one should let the water run from the faucet momentarily prior to making the Bracha. If that last options isn’t possible or one is concerned about wasting water, may make the Bracha on the water even before letting it run. [2]
- One should prepare the food before making a bracha; for example, one should break open a nut or peel a fruit in order to eat it right after the Bracha. [3]
- However, one shouldn't cut a large or whole piece of food before the bracha; for example, one shouldn't cut a fruit, or a peice of meat beofre the bracha, rather make the bracha and then cut it. [4]
References
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 206:19, VeZot HaBracha (Chapter 1, pg 8)
- ↑ Vezot haBracha (Chapter 1, pg 8) based on Mishna Brurah 206:19 writes that ideally one should have water in a cup so that the food is present during the Bracha. However, if that’s impossible, Rav Pinchas Sheinburg (quoted by Vezot HaBracha) suggests letting the water run prior to the Bracha so that it’s evident what one is making a Bracha on. Lastly, if that’s impossible, one may make the Bracha even while the faucet is closed.
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 206:19 writes that one should prepare food before the bracha so that it's ready to eat right after the bracha. Zevot HaBracha (Chapter 1) gives the examples of removing the shells a nut and peeling a fruit.
- ↑ Zevot HaBracha (end of Chapter 1) based on Aruch HaShulchan 202:11, and Zevot HaBracha quotes the example of leaving a piece of meat in it's full state from Rav Elyashiv and Rav Mordechai Eliyahu.
