Question: If I only wash on Shabbos and I’m not sure if I said retzei, do I have to repeat bentching? (Because my usual bentching is with retzei, is…
Question: If I only wash on Shabbos and I’m not sure if I said retzei, do I have to repeat bentching? (Because my usual bentching is with retzei, is…
My questions are: 1) Once I finished the meal, do I still need to bentch since I didn’t eat a כזית of bread? 2) Would I need to eat…
Birchas Hamazon must be said seated and in one succession. Some say it is a biblical obligation to say it in one succession. One must also say Birchas Hamazon…
Permitted. There is however room to be mehader, though not halachically required, to use only liquids that are suitable for animal consumption. P.S. it should be noted that Minhag…
Question: My daughter is 9 and has a very very hard time with bentching. Would it be ok to have her bentch just the first paragraph? Even that Is…
Question: I am looking to buy a Mayim Acharonim set for convenience. What is the minhag and the nekuda in regards to not using a silver Mayim Acharonim? Is…
Yes, as long as he is one person joining two new people who didn't hear zimun yet (and not two people who did hear zimun who are joining one…
Question: In yeshiva, when everyone is eating from the same food but are spread out on different tables, could/should one Zimun be made? Answer: You can only make…
אפשרי לעשות כן, אם נזחל מהשולחן באופן שתהא בדרך שפיכה. למעשה אין צריך כלי. ולא מצינו שיהדרו בזה. מקורות: שלא לשכשך בתוך הכלי - יש״ש חולין ח, יא.…
Question: While learning through some of the halachos of hefsek betfillah, I've come across some arguments and uncertainties, and I'd like to ask Harav Braun Shlita if he can…
Question: We are planning to make a brunch for the mechutamin on the 7th day after the chasuna. They will have had a sheva brachos the night before. Should…
Question: Is there a source for us saying עול הגוים instead of עול גלות in bentching? Is it something everyone should do? If yes, is there a reason that…
One may drink the water left in his cup that was used for Mayim Acharonim. Nonetheless, some people are particular about this. This refers only to the cup from…
אינו אומר הרחמן זה, לפי שאסור לברך גוי משום לא תחנם. ויאמר במקומו: הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יִשְׁלַח לָנוּ בְּרָכָה מְרֻבָּה בִּמְקוֹם הֲלִיכָתֵנוּ וּבִמְקוֹם יְשִׁיבָתֵנוּ עַד עוֹלָם (וי״א: הרחמן הוא ישלח לנו…
אם עדיין לא התגרש - בודאי אומר. ואם התגרש כבר - פשוט שלא. הרי אינו אשתו. ובכלל, בכמה נוסחאות - אין אומרים כן כלל. ואינו מופיע בסידור הרב. וכמדומה…
Question: Is it necessary to have bread on the table during bentching after a meal, or is it enough to have the bread in view in the same room?…
If this is permissible, does the Kallah need to wash and make hamotzie where the Sheva Brochos will take place? or is it enough if she has in mind…
Question: If one ate two foods that each one needs M’ain Shalosh, (for example, figs and mezonos, etc), but only mentioned one type when starting the bracha and then…
Our custom is to recite Shir Hamaalos and Livnei Korach any day/time upon which Tachanun is not said. Therefore, on a regular Motsaei Shabbos these should be recited only…
Question: I try to keep the minhag of melave malka every week, including washing. Sometimes it's hard to eat a lot after having eaten recently at the Shabbos meal...…
