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==When should one make a bracha on water?== | ==When should one make a bracha on water?== | ||
# One only makes a Shehakol before drinking water and [[Boreh Nefashot]] after drinking if one drinks to quench one's thirst or assist digestion. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 204:7 writes only if one drinks water for one's thirst does one make a bracha. The source is found in Gemara [[Brachot]] 44a and Rambam ([[Brachot]] 8:1). Beiur Halacha 204:7 s.v. HaShoteh writes that drinking water in order to assist digestion is | # One only makes a Shehakol before drinking water and [[Boreh Nefashot]] after drinking if one drinks to quench one's thirst or assist digestion. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 204:7 writes only if one drinks water for one's thirst does one make a bracha. The source is found in Gemara [[Brachot]] 44a and Rambam ([[Brachot]] 8:1). Beiur Halacha 204:7 s.v. HaShoteh writes that drinking water in order to assist digestion is equivalent to drinking for thirst. The [[Bracha Achrona]] on water also depends on whether one is thirsty or not as rules the Shulchan Aruch 204:7 (see Sh"t Shevet HaLevi 9:42 who writes that the Ashel Avraham who writes that one always makes a [[Bracha Achrona]] is error.) </ref> | ||
# However if one drinks water for any other reason such as | # However if one drinks water for any other reason such as | ||
## to swallow a pill or food <ref> Mishna Brurah 204:40 and Beiur Halacha 204:7 s.v. HaShoteh </ref> | |||
## for medical purposes <ref> Sdei Chemed vol 5 pg 260 (quoted by The laws of [[Brachot]] by Rabbi Binyamin Forst pg 135); BI"H, Matot, 12 </ref> | |||
## to clear one's throat <ref> Shulchan Aruch 204:7 and Mishna Brurah 204:40 </ref> | |||
## drinking so that one can make a bracha (to remove oneself from doubt of [[Boreh Nefashot]] one wants to have a reviat of water) | |||
# If one drinks any other beverage which provides taste or nutrition one makes a bracha whether or not one is thirsty. <ref> Mishna Brurah 204:42 </ref> | # If one drinks any other beverage which provides taste or nutrition one makes a bracha whether or not one is thirsty. <ref> Mishna Brurah 204:42 </ref> | ||
# If one drinks water in order to swallow a pill and to quench one's thirst, one must make a bracha. <ref> Mishna Brurah 204:42 writes that even if there's a slight thirst one makes a bracha. Accordingly, The laws of [[Brachot]] (by Rabbi Binyamin Forst pg 135) writes that drinking water to swallow a pill and to quench one's thirst requires a bracha. </ref> | # If one drinks water in order to swallow a pill and to quench one's thirst, one must make a bracha. <ref> Mishna Brurah 204:42 writes that even if there's a slight thirst one makes a bracha. Accordingly, The laws of [[Brachot]] (by Rabbi Binyamin Forst pg 135) writes that drinking water to swallow a pill and to quench one's thirst requires a bracha. </ref> | ||
# If one gets a slight benefit from the water then it's considered like one drank to quench one's thirst. <ref> Mishna Brurah 204:42 </ref> | # If one gets a slight benefit from the water then it's considered like one drank to quench one's thirst. <ref> Mishna Brurah 204:42 </ref> | ||
==Bracha on Medications== | |||
# Cough drops that taste awful don't have a bracha even if they are sweet since you wouldn’t eat it unless you were sick. But if it tastes good so that even a healthy person would have it to enjoy it then a shehakol is required.<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/893696/rabbi-hershel-schachter/berachos-64-35a-36a-kol-haneheneh-making-a-living-vs-learning-kevius-for-maaser-pas-habaah-bekisnin-medications/ Rav Schachter (Brachot Shiur 64 min 71) based on Gemara Brachot 36a.</ref> | |||
==If one doesn't know the bracha of a food== | ==If one doesn't know the bracha of a food== | ||
# If one doesn't know the bracha of a food, then one should say Shehakol, and after the fact it fulfills one's obligation of the bracha. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 204:13, Rama 202:18, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 56:4</ref> However, this only applies | # If one doesn't know the bracha of a food, then one should say Shehakol, and after the fact it fulfills one's obligation of the bracha. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 204:13, Rama 202:18, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 56:4</ref> However, this only applies if one has learned the halachot of [[Brachot]], however, if one hasn't one should ask a Rabbi what the proper bracha is (either call your local Rabbi or [mailto:ask@halachipedia.com email us at ask@halachipedia.com].<ref>Mishna Brurah 202:84 quoting Gemara [[Brachot]] 35a writes that if one hasn't learned the halachot of [[Brachot]] one shouldn't just make Shehakol on a food one doesn't know the bracha for. Similarly, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 50:2 writes that it is appropriate to make Shehakol if one can't figure out what type of food it is or if it is a food about which there is an unresolved dispute in the poskim. </ref> | ||
# Additionally, if it is a food which can be exempted in the meal, it's preferable to have it in a meal, rather than just make a bracha of Shehakol. <ref>Mishna Brurah 204:60 quoting the Magen Avraham, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 50:2</ref> | # Additionally, if it is a food which can be exempted in the meal, it's preferable to have it in a meal, rather than just make a bracha of Shehakol. <ref>Mishna Brurah 204:60 quoting the Magen Avraham, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 50:2</ref> | ||
