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# One shouldn’t make a Bracha while one’s hands are dirty rather one should wipe one hands. <Ref> Kaf Hachaim 158:53 Shaar haTzion 181:32, VeZot HaBracha (pg 8) </ref>
# One shouldn’t make a Bracha while one’s hands are dirty rather one should wipe one hands. <Ref> Kaf Hachaim 158:53 Shaar haTzion 181:32, VeZot HaBracha (pg 8) </ref>
==If one Mistakenly ate Without a Beracha==
==If one Mistakenly ate Without a Beracha==
# If one drank a liquid but forgot to make a beracha before it, he should swallow the liquid and not say a beracha rishona on what he already drank. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Berachot page 68, S"A 172:1. Although Rama 171:1 says that in this case when the person swallowed the liquid, he should stay say beracha rishona afterwards, Mishna Berura 171:5 and Eliya Rabba 172:1 say the opinion of most poskim is not to say a beracha rishona if you aren't going to drink more, but only to recite a beracha achrona if you drank enough in the first place. </ref> One can, however, think the beracha in his mind while the liquid is still in his mouth. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Berachot page 70-71, Ben Ish Chai Matot 14, Kaf Hachayim 172:1, Pri Megadim M.Z. 172:2 and A.A. 172:1, Ketzot Hashulchan 55:9. </ref>
# If one drank a liquid but forgot to make a beracha before it, and remembered before swallowing it he should swallow the liquid and not say a beracha rishona on what he already drank. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Berachot page 68, S"A 172:1. Although Rama 171:1 says that in this case when the person swallowed the liquid, he should stay say beracha rishona afterwards, Mishna Berura 171:5 and Eliya Rabba 172:1 say the opinion of most poskim is not to say a beracha rishona if you aren't going to drink more, but only to recite a beracha achrona if you drank enough in the first place. </ref> One can, however, think the beracha in his mind while the liquid is still in his mouth. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Berachot page 70-71, Ben Ish Chai Matot 14, Kaf Hachayim 172:1, Pri Megadim M.Z. 172:2 and A.A. 172:1, Ketzot Hashulchan 55:9. </ref>
# If one mistakenly stuck food in his mouth without reciting a beracha first, if it is a food that will be disgusting if spit out, he should put it in the side of his mouth and recite the beracha, but if it won't be disgusting to spit it out, he should spit it out and say a beracha and put it back in his mouth. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Berachot page 68. </ref>  
# If one mistakenly stuck food in his mouth without reciting a beracha first, and remembered before swallowing if it is a food that will be disgusting if spit out, he should put it in the side of his mouth and recite the beracha, but if it won't be disgusting to spit it out, he should spit it out and say a beracha and put it back in his mouth. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Berachot page 68. </ref>
# If the food or drink is already swallowed no beracha is recited. <ref> Mishna Berura 172:3 </ref> However, one should attempt to quickly recite a beracha on another food or drink with the same beracha. <ref> Mishna Berura 167:49. Shaare Teshuva 206:2 adds that if done immediately this could help retroactively to correct having eaten without a beracha. </ref>
==Preparing the food==
==Preparing the food==
# The food must be in front of the one making the Bracha, otherwise, the Bracha doesn’t have what to be effective upon and one would need to be a new Bracha. <Ref> S”A 206:5 </ref> If the food that’s brought afterwards is of the same king as the one that the bracha was made upon or it has the same Bracha as the food that we made a Bracha on originally. <Ref> S”A 206:5 </ref>
# The food must be in front of the one making the Bracha, otherwise, the Bracha doesn’t have what to be effective upon and one would need to be a new Bracha. <Ref> S”A 206:5 </ref> If the food that’s brought afterwards is of the same king as the one that the bracha was made upon or it has the same Bracha as the food that we made a Bracha on originally. <Ref> S”A 206:5 </ref>