Bracha Rishona: Difference between revisions

# As long as one didn’t have a hesech hadaat (interruption of thought) one doesn’t need to make a new Bracha Rishona.<ref> Magen Avraham 184:9 and 190:3 holds that if someone waited a shiur ikul, the amount of time that it takes to digest one's food, after eating, he cannot recite a bracha achrona and needs a new bracha rishona if he wants to eat more. However, the Even Haozer (to Magen Avraham 184:9) disagrees and holds that shiur ikul is only relevant to the bracha achrona, but he doesn't need a new bracha rishona. Mishna Brurah 184:17 and Biur Halacha 190:2 s.v. achar seems to side with the Even Haozer and achronim who disagree with Magen Avraham. This is also the view of Vezot Habracha p. 53 based on Biur Halacha.</ref>

# If one made a [[Bracha Achrona]] and one wants to eat again, many achronim hold that a new Bracha Rishona is needed.<ref> Magen Avraham 190:3 holds that if one made a mistake and recited a bracha achrona and planned on eating more, he doesn't need to recite a new bracha rishona. Biur Halacha 190:2 s.v. yivarech quotes Rabbi Akiva Eiger that this is only true if he thought halachically he needed to recite a bracha achrona. But if he made a mistake and thought he didn't have more food and then realized he did, his bracha achrona is effective and he needs a new bracha rishona to eat more. Also, the Maamar Mordechai and Bigdei Yesha completely disagree with Magen Avraham and hold that after a bracha achrona a new bracha rishona is necessary to eat again. Biur Halacha leaves the issue unresolved. Chazon Ovadia p. 178 is concerned for the Magen Avraham because of the principle of safek brachot lehakel.</ref>

# If one sat down to learn and from time to time one has tea or coffee,  

## if one isn't going to have a break of a half hour when one doesn't take a drink and isn't going to become thirsty, then one can recite one bracha rishona for all of the drinks and one bracha achrona at the end.<ref>Vezot Habracha p. 52 quoting Avnei Yishfeh, Chazon Ovadia (Brachot p. 173, Yom Tov p. 311)</ref>

## if one is going to have a break of a half hour or is concerned that he is going to be as thirsty as he was in the beginning, then he should recite a bracha achrona immediately after he drank the requisite amount for a bracha achrona. Then, when he wants to drink again he should recite a new bracha rishona.<ref>Vezot Habracha p. 52 based on Rav Elyashiv and Minchat Yitzchak 5:102. He quotes Rav Elyashiv that if he waited a half hour between drinks he each drink is considered a separate drinking and he should recite a bracha achrona upon his first drinking. Also, even though Magen Avraham 190:3 holds that the bracha rishona doesn't expire when one recites a bracha achrona, perhaps he would agree in this case because Magen Avraham was only discussing where he made a mistake. But if he made the bracha achrona knowingly that he wanted it to terminate his original bracha rishona it does. This is evident in Eliya Rabba. Vezot Habracha adds that to avoid any issue, even for those who extended Magen Avraham to all cases, one should intend originally that one's bracha rishona only apply to his original drink and not his later drinking.</ref> Sephardim hold that it is preferable even in this case to have in mind that one's bracha rishona will exempt all future cups. However, if one made a [[Shinui Makom]] by leaving the doorway of the shul or bet midrash, one should make a new Bracha Rishona.<Ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Brachot]] p. 178, [[Yom Tov]] p. 311). Chazon Ovadia holds that as long as there isn't a hesech hadaat the bracha rishona isn't terminated even if it is longer than the shiur ikul. Also, even if he made a bracha achrona it might not be effective because according to Magen Avraham 190:3 a bracha achrona doesn't stop a bracha rishona if he intended to eat more. Therefore, if one ate a [[Kezayit]] in [[Kedi Achilat Pras]] and plans on eating more after a while is afraid that one will forget to make a [[Bracha Achrona]] or that the time for [[Bracha Achrona]] will expire, if one made a [[Bracha Achrona]] then when one continues to eat, one does not need a new Bracha Rishona, out of concern for Magen Avraham.</ref>

# If one ate a kezayit of a fruit (or another boreh nefashot food) and also drank a drink that he wants to continue drinking over a long period of time one should recite a boreh nefashot. One should then take a break of a half hour or make a shinuy makom and recite a new bracha rishona for what he eats afterwards.<ref>Vezot Habracha p. 53 based on Or Letzion 2:12:19. He writes that in this case the consideration is that one doesn't want to lose one's bracha achrona on the fruit that one ate if one were to wait more than a shiur ikul, the time it takes to digest food. He quotes Har Tzvi 1:96 and Yachava Daat 6:11 who hold that one should recite a boreh nefashot intending to cover the fruit but to exclude the drinks. Then one should continue drinking without a bracha. However, he quotes Rav Elyashiv that we should be concerned for Pri Megadim (Introduction) that a bracha achrona terminates a bracha rishona even if one intended on splitting it up for certain foods and not other foods. To resolve all opinions, Vezot Habracha advises reciting a complete bracha achrona, waiting, and then reciting a new bracha rishona. See Shevet Halevi 7:27.</ref>