Making a bracha with a pill under my tongue

 

Question:

Every morning, I take a tiny vitamin pill that dissolves under my tongue. If I speak, the pill usually stays under the tongue but might move out into the mouth. The pill takes about half an hour to dissolve, and I can’t eat breakfast until it is dissolved.

1) May I say Birkas Hashachar with this pill under my tongue?
2) If not, may I say a bracha that becomes shayach while the pill is dissolving, such as Asher Yatzar or over thunder and lightning?

 

Answer:

You should not say brachos while it is under your tongue.

If, however, there’s a Brocha which is timely and cannot be said afterwards, it should be said.

 

Sources:

ימלא פי תהלתך שייך גם כשהוא תחת לשונו – ראה כעי״ז בפתה״ד קעב, ב. וטעמו שייך גם כאן.וראה גם שו״ת ויען דוד ווייס ד או״ח יז.

אלא שאינו לעיכובא. וע״ד מסלקן לצדדים.

 

 

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