Bracha on Water

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When does water require a bracha?

  1. One only makes a Shehakol before drinking water if one drinks water to quench one's thirst or assist digestion. [1]
  2. 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)
  1. If one drinks any other beverage which provides taste or nutrition one makes a bracha whether or not one is thirsty. [5]
  2. If one drinks water in order to swallow a pill and to quench one's thirst, one must make a bracha. [6]
  3. If one gets a slight benefit from the water then it's considered like one drank to quench one's thirst. [7]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Mishna Brurah 204:40 and Biur Halacha 204:7 D"h HaShoteh
  3. ↑ Sdei Chemed vol 5 pg 260 (quoted by The laws of Brachot by Rabbi Binyamin Forst pg 135)
  4. ↑ S"A 204:7 and Mishna Brurah 204:40
  5. ↑ Mishna Brurah 204:42
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Mishna Brurah 204:42
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