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==Origin of the obligation== | ==Origin of the obligation== | ||
# Some hold that this law is a biblical | # Some hold that this law is a biblical obligation, while others hold it's of rabbinic origin. <ref> See Sh"t Atret Paz 1:1 at length. The Chida (Machzik Bracha 290:1) writes that going out of the way to complete a hundred [[Brachot]] daily is only a virtuous practice. However, the Petach Dvir 290:3, Sdei Chemed (Chet 34), and Sh"t Atret Paz 1:1 write that it’s a complete obligation. [Chazon Ovadyah ([[Shabbat]] vol 2 pg 339) writes that even the Chida may mean that it’s only virtuous to go out of the way to make the Bracha oneself but accumulating a hundred (including [[Brachot]] one listens to such as the [[Brachot]] of Torah reading) is an obligation.] Tur 46 also says this obligation is also rabbinic and the pasuk brought in menachot 43b is an asmachta. The Arizal in Shaar Ruach Hakodesh 4a says that there is a level in blessing in heaven that the only way to get to it is saying 100 [[berachot]] each day. Kitzur S"A 6:7 writes that a person is obligated to make a hundred [[brachot]] daily.</ref> | ||
# There are several sources and reasons given for this law including | # There are several sources and reasons given for this law including | ||
## David Hamelech made 100 [[berachot]] a day to stop the plague that was killing a 100 people every day. <ref> Bamidbar Rabba Parasha 18, Tur 46 quoting Rabbi Natronai Gaon </ref> | ## David Hamelech made 100 [[berachot]] a day to stop the plague that was killing a 100 people every day. <ref> Bamidbar Rabba Parasha 18, Tur 46 quoting Rabbi Natronai Gaon </ref> | ||
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# Some say that answering [[Zimmun]] is considered one of a person’s hundred [[Brachot]] every day. <Ref> Sefer Keysad Mezamnin 1:22 </ref> | # Some say that answering [[Zimmun]] is considered one of a person’s hundred [[Brachot]] every day. <Ref> Sefer Keysad Mezamnin 1:22 </ref> | ||
# Some count the "Baruch Elokenu" in Ein KeElokenu as a bracha to make up to a hundred [[brachot]]. <Ref> Taz 46 </ref> | # Some count the "Baruch Elokenu" in Ein KeElokenu as a bracha to make up to a hundred [[brachot]]. <Ref> Taz 46 </ref> | ||
# If one extends his third meal on [[Shabbat]] some hold that the [[brachot]] of [[benching]] aren't counted towards the hundred [[brachot]] of that day, while others consider it as part of the [[brachot]] of [[Shabbat]]. <ref> If one extends the third meal of [[Shabbat]] past the time of sunset, Chazon Ovadyah ([[Shabbat]] vol 2 pg 337) and Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 5:23 hold that the [[brachot]] one makes during the meal and the [[Birkat HaMazon]] count towards the hundred [[brachot]] of [[Shabbat]]. However, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach(Sh”t Minchat Shlomo 2:4:27, Halichot Shlomo ([[tefillah]] 22:23)) writes that it doesn't count towards the hundred [[brachot]] of [[Shabbat]]. </ref> | # If one extends his third meal on [[Shabbat]] some hold that the [[brachot]] of [[benching]] aren't counted towards the hundred [[brachot]] of that day, while others consider it as part of the [[brachot]] of [[Shabbat]]. <ref> If one extends the third meal of [[Shabbat]] past the time of sunset, Chazon Ovadyah ([[Shabbat]] vol 2 pg 337) and Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 5:23 hold that the [[brachot]] one makes during the meal and the [[Birkat HaMazon]] count towards the hundred [[brachot]] of [[Shabbat]]. However, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Sh”t Minchat Shlomo 2:4:27, Halichot Shlomo ([[tefillah]] 22:23)) writes that it doesn't count towards the hundred [[brachot]] of [[Shabbat]]. </ref> | ||
==Getting to a hundred on [[Shabbat]] and [[Yom Tov]]== | ==Getting to a hundred on [[Shabbat]] and [[Yom Tov]]== | ||
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==Is intent (Kavanah) required?== | ==Is intent (Kavanah) required?== | ||
# Some hold that no specific intent is required when saying [[brachot]] in order to fulfill the mitzvah of making a hundred [[brachot]]. However, one must make sure to make the bracha with the proper Kavana of the words or at least intent that one is speaking before Hashem in order that one fulfill the mitzvah of a hundred [[brachot]]. <ref> Rabbi Dovid Aharon Brizman (Av Bet Din Philadelphia) in Vol. 59 No. 1 Tishrei 5766 pg 4-5 writes that since the entire mitzvah of making a hundred [[brachot]] is meant to inspire Yirat Hashem one doesn't need specific intent to fulfill the mitzvah and making the [[brachot]] with Kavanah is sufficient. However, he does quote the Yaavetz and Seder HaYom who hold that a bracha without intent doesn't count for this mitzvah. Nonetheless, he suggests that perhaps intent that one is speaking before Hashem suffices (like the Grach in Hilchot [[Tefillah]]). </ref> | # Some hold that no specific intent is required when saying [[brachot]] in order to fulfill the mitzvah of making a hundred [[brachot]]. However, one must make sure to make the bracha with the proper Kavana of the words or at least intent that one is speaking before Hashem in order that one fulfill the mitzvah of a hundred [[brachot]]. <ref> Rabbi Dovid Aharon Brizman (Av Bet Din Philadelphia) in Vol. 59 No. 1 Tishrei 5766 pg 4-5 writes that since the entire mitzvah of making a hundred [[brachot]] is meant to inspire Yirat Hashem one doesn't need specific intent to fulfill the mitzvah and making the [[brachot]] with Kavanah is sufficient. However, he does quote the Yaavetz and [[Seder]] HaYom who hold that a bracha without intent doesn't count for this mitzvah. Nonetheless, he suggests that perhaps intent that one is speaking before Hashem suffices (like the Grach in Hilchot [[Tefillah]]). </ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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