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==Origin of the obligation== | ==Origin of the obligation== | ||
# 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. ] </ref> | # 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. ] The Atizal 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. </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 | ## David Hamelech made 100 berachot a day to stop the plague that was killing a 100 people every day. <ref> Bamidbar Rabba Parasha 18 </ref> | ||
## The Gematria of each letter of tzaddik- 90 amen's a day, 4 shema's a day, 10 amen yehiy shemei rabba's = 100 berachot | ## The Gematria of each letter of tzaddik- 90 amen's a day, 4 shema's a day, 10 amen yehiy shemei rabba's = 100 berachot | ||
## The one hundred poles of the mishkan | ## The one hundred poles of the mishkan | ||
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==Who's obligated?== | ==Who's obligated?== | ||
# | # Some poskim say that women aren't obligated in making a hundred brachot daily since it's a time-bound positive obligation, <ref> Sh"t Ateret Paz 1:1 and Sh"t Shevet HaLevi </ref> while others say that they are as obligated as men. <ref> Halichot Olam 1:Parashat Vayeshev:9, Halacha Berura 46:8 </ref> | ||
==What counts as a bracha?== | ==What counts as a bracha?== | ||
