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#As with any Beracha, if others intend to be Yotzei, they must intend to be Yotzei and respond [[Amen]] <ref> S"A O"C 167:2 </ref>. Even the person [[making the Beracha]] should concentrate on the listeners' [[Amen]] (Rama 167:2) <ref> M.B: because responding [[Amen]] is part of the Beracha, and the Beracha is honored/made more important by having others respond [[Amen]], so it is proper for the Mevareich (person [[making the Beracha]]) to intend for the [[Amen]]. However, as the Be'ur Halacha shows, this requirement is extremely questionable. However, he does quote the Lechem Chamudos and Shiyarei Kenesses Hagedolah, who provide a practical reason for this: because it is forbidden for one to break the bread until everyone finishes saying [[Amen]]. By concentrating, then, the Mevareich will know when to break the bread </ref>. | #As with any Beracha, if others intend to be Yotzei, they must intend to be Yotzei and respond [[Amen]] <ref> S"A O"C 167:2 </ref>. Even the person [[making the Beracha]] should concentrate on the listeners' [[Amen]] (Rama 167:2) <ref> M.B: because responding [[Amen]] is part of the Beracha, and the Beracha is honored/made more important by having others respond [[Amen]], so it is proper for the Mevareich (person [[making the Beracha]]) to intend for the [[Amen]]. However, as the Be'ur Halacha shows, this requirement is extremely questionable. However, he does quote the Lechem Chamudos and Shiyarei Kenesses Hagedolah, who provide a practical reason for this: because it is forbidden for one to break the bread until everyone finishes saying [[Amen]]. By concentrating, then, the Mevareich will know when to break the bread </ref>. | ||
#One must put a space between "lechem" and "min", when one says "hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz" <ref> S"A O"C 167:3. </ref>. The same applies to any Beracha where the letter at the end of one word is the same as the letter at the beginning of the next word <ref> MB Ibid </ref>. | #One must put a space between "lechem" and "min", when one says "hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz" <ref> S"A O"C 167:3. </ref>. The same applies to any Beracha where the letter at the end of one word is the same as the letter at the beginning of the next word <ref> MB Ibid </ref>. | ||
#One should grasp the bread with both hands and all 10 fingers, corresponding to several symbolisms associated with the number 10 <ref> S"A O"C 167:4 </ref>. | |||
#One should try to bring salt to the table before making a hamotzee, because our table is like an alter, and the eating like an offering / Korban <ref> In the Holy Temple, all offerings were accompanied with salt (Vayikra 2:13). </ref>. This is because the bread one gives to the poor atones for one's sins <ref> M"B 167:30 </ref>. | |||
#The Magen Avrohom writes that the Kabbalists write that one should dip one's bread in salt 3 times <ref> M"B 167:33 </ref>. | |||
#The Mishnah in Pirkei Avos says that two people who eat together and don't discuss words of Torah are an assembly of scoffers <ref> Avos 3:3 </ref>. One should at least try to say a psalm after bentching <ref> (Sha'ar Hatziyun 167:25) </ref>. | |||
#One should never interrupt between [[making the Beracha]] and eating the food (see the page "Talking between the Beracha and Eating"). | |||
==Cooked bread== | ==Cooked bread== | ||
