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# One should figure out which bracha one has to make before one begins to say the bracha so that one can have the proper intent when one says Hashem's name.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 6:1</ref> | # One should figure out which bracha one has to make before one begins to say the bracha so that one can have the proper intent when one says Hashem's name.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 6:1</ref> | ||
# One should be careful to make [[brachot]] with kavana (the proper intent) thinking about blessing with hashem's name, who granted us great kindness in allow one the fruit or bread one has or that he commanded one to perform a mitzvah that we are about to perform. Thus, a person should make the bracha slowly and loud out in order to inspire the requisite kavana. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 6:1 quoting the Sefer Chasidim</ref> | # One should be careful to make [[brachot]] with kavana (the proper intent) thinking about blessing with hashem's name, who granted us great kindness in allow one the fruit or bread one has or that he commanded one to perform a mitzvah that we are about to perform. Thus, a person should make the bracha slowly and loud out in order to inspire the requisite kavana. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 6:1 quoting the Sefer Chasidim</ref> | ||
# One should not recite a bracha if one needs to go to the bathroom.<Ref>Rama 92:1</ref> Some say that it is permitted if one can hold it in for 72 minutes<ref>Mishna Brurah 92:7</ref> and others say it is forbidden.<Ref>Shaarei Teshuva 6:5</ref> | |||
==Preparation of the food== | ==Preparation of the food== | ||
# 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 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> | ||
