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#As with any Beracha, if others intend to be Yotzei, they must intend to be Yotzei and respond [[Amen]] <ref> Shulchan Aruch O"C 167:2 </ref>. | #As with any Beracha, if others intend to be Yotzei, they must intend to be Yotzei and respond [[Amen]] <ref> Shulchan Aruch O"C 167:2 </ref>. Additionally, the person [[making the Beracha]] should concentrate on the listeners' [[Amen]] <ref>Rama 167:2. Mishna Brurah 167:20 explains that this is based on the fact that the [[Amen]] response 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 listen to 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 in this context; since it is forbidden for one to break the bread until everyone finishes saying [[Amen]] here it is important to listen to the 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> Shulchan Aruch O"C 167: | #One must put a space between "lechem" and "min", when one says "hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz" <ref> Shulchan Aruch O"C 167:2. </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> Mishna Brurah 167:21 </ref>. | ||
#One should grasp the bread with both hands and all 10 fingers, corresponding to several symbolisms associated with the number 10 <ref> Shulchan Aruch O"C 167:4 </ref>. | #One should grasp the bread with both hands and all 10 fingers, corresponding to several symbolisms associated with the number 10, such as the number of words in the bracha hamotzei or aynei kol eylecha.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 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> | # It is proper to ask permission from the others at the table before making hamotzei with the words "birshut mori v'robotay". Even if one is the household owner it is still a sign of humility to do such.<ref>Rama 167:14, Halacha Brurah 167:45</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> Mishna Brurah 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 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>. | #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>. | ||
