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# Some say that children from the age of 6 should say Birkat Hamazon. <ref>[http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=1584 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com] writes that parents should ensure that children from the age of 6 say Birkat HaMazon.</ref>
# Some say that children from the age of 6 should say Birkat Hamazon. <ref>[http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=1584 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com] writes that parents should ensure that children from the age of 6 say Birkat HaMazon.</ref>


==If doesn't know Birkat HaMazon in its entirety==
==One Who Does Not Know Birkat HaMazon In Its Entirety==
# If one only knows the first three [[Brachot]] of Birkat HaMazon one should say those [[Brachot]], however, if one only knows some of the first three [[Brachot]] but not all of them, according to Sephardim, he shouldn’t say Birkat HaMazon at all, but according to Ashkenazim, if he was full then he should say the [[Brachot]] he knows. <Ref>S”A 194:3, Mishna Brurah 194:13 </ref>
# If one only knows the first three [[Brachot]] of Birkat HaMazon one should say those [[Brachot]], however, if one only knows some of the first three [[Brachot]] but not all of them, according to Sephardim, he shouldn’t say Birkat HaMazon at all, but according to Ashkenazim, if he was full then he should say the [[Brachot]] he knows. <Ref>S”A 194:3, Mishna Brurah 194:13 </ref>
==Making Birkat HaMazon Over Wine==
==Making Birkat HaMazon Over Wine==
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# Some have the practice of removing the knife before birkat hamazon. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 180:5, see [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=5/20/2009 for several different explanations of this custom </ref> This applies on Shabbat and weekdays, and with plastic or metal knives. <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=5/20/2009 Rabbi Eli Mansour] </ref> This is not necessary for al hamichya of boreh nefashot after a snack <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:136:2 </ref>
# Some have the practice of removing the knife before birkat hamazon. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 180:5, see [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=5/20/2009 for several different explanations of this custom </ref> This applies on Shabbat and weekdays, and with plastic or metal knives. <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=5/20/2009 Rabbi Eli Mansour] </ref> This is not necessary for al hamichya of boreh nefashot after a snack <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:136:2 </ref>


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===Magdil/Migdol===
# The practice is that during the week the pasuk recited at the end of Birkat Hamazon is recited as magdil (מגדיל) yeshuot malko, while on Shabbat it is changed to Migdol (מגדול) yeshuot malko. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Year 1, Parashat Chukat: Halacha 19 writes that this is based on mystilcal reasons </ref>
# At the end of [[Birkat HaMazon]] for [[Melava Malka]], some authorities hold that one should say say "migdol yishuot malko" like on [[shabbat]] itself, instead of "magdil yishuot"<ref> Kaf Hachaim 189:11</ref>, while others say that one should say the regular "magdil yishuot" on [[Melava Malka]] just like during the week. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 300:4) </ref>
==Related Pages==
==Related Pages==
*[[Bracha Achrona]]
*[[Bracha Achrona]]