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==Clearing the Table== | ==Clearing the Table== | ||
# One should leave some bread on the table why he says [[birkat hamazon]]. <ref> Contemporary Questions in Halacha and Hashkafa pg. 90, Shulchan Aruch 180:2 based on the Gemara in Sanhedrin 92a which says that if you don't leave bread on the table you will not see a sign of blessing. Mishna Berura 180:2 writes that this is so we can have bread ready in case poor people come in hungry. </ref> If no bread remains one should place some other bread on the table. <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=2588 Rabbi Eli Mansour] </ref> | # One should leave some bread on the table why he says [[birkat hamazon]]. <ref> Contemporary Questions in Halacha and Hashkafa pg. 90, Shulchan Aruch 180:2 based on the Gemara in Sanhedrin 92a which says that if you don't leave bread on the table you will not see a sign of blessing. Mishna Berura 180:2 writes that this is so we can have bread ready in case poor people come in hungry. </ref> If no bread remains one should place some other bread on the table. <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=2588 Rabbi Eli Mansour] </ref> | ||
# Some have the practice of removing the knife before birkat hamazon. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 180:5 </ref> This applies on Shabbat and weekdays, and with plastic or metal knives. see [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=5/20/2009 for several different explanations of this custom <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=5/20/2009 Rabbi Eli Mansour] </ref> This is not necessary for al hamichya of boreh nefashot after a snack <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:136:2 </ref> | |||
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