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# 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> | # 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> | ||
# Making brachot in front of an ervah has the same halacha as learning Torah. See [[Laws_of_Learning_Torah#Learning_in_Front_of_Ervah]]. | |||
# Making brachot in an unclean place has the same halacha as learning Torah. See [[Laws_of_Learning_Torah#Learning_in_an_Unclean_Place]]. | |||
==Preparation of the food== | ==Preparation of the food== | ||
