Bracha on Water
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When does water require a bracha?
- One only makes a Shehakol before drinking water if one drinks water to quench one's thirst or assist digestion. [1]
- However if one drinks water for any other reason such as
- to swallow a pill or food [2]
- for medical purposes [3]
- to clear one's throat [4]
- drinking so that one can make a bracha (to remove oneself from doubt of Boreh Nefashot one wants to have a reviat of water)
- If one drinks any other beverage which provides taste or nutrition one makes a bracha whether or not one is thirsty. [5]
- If one drinks water in order to swallow a pill and to quench one's thirst, one must make a bracha. [6]
- If one gets a slight benefit from the water then it's considered like one drank to quench one's thirst. [7]
References
- ↑ S"A 204:7 writes only if one drinks water for one's thirst does one make a bracha. The source is found in Gemara Brachot 44 and Rambam (Brachot 8:1). Buir Halacha 204:& D"H HaShoteh writes that drinking water in order to assist digestion is equivlant to dirnking for thirst.
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 204:40 and Biur Halacha 204:7 D"h HaShoteh
- ↑ Sdei Chemed vol 5 pg 260 (quoted by The laws of Brachot by Rabbi Binyamin Forst pg 135)
- ↑ S"A 204:7 and Mishna Brurah 204:40
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 204:42
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 204:42 writes that even if there's a slight thirst one makes a bracha. Accordingly, The laws of Brachot (by Rabbi Binyamin Forst pg 135) writes that drinking water to swallow a pill and to quench one's thirst requires a bracha.
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 204:42
