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SPECIAL DOUBLE PORTION L'KAVOD SHABBOS KODESH
Today's Learning is dedicated by a daily reader, E.N., Leiluy Nishmas Pinchas ben Avrohom Tzvi Z"L.
Halachos for Erev Shabbos Kodesh
1) It is proper to recite Birchas HaMazon out loud, as doing so will bring to better Kavanah, and also prevent skipping any added parts, such as Retzei on Shabbos and Ya'aleh V'Yavo on Yom Tov and Rosh Chodesh. (Mishna Berura 185:3)
2) Birchas HaMazon should be recited sitting down, even if the eating was done while standing or walking around, as bentching while standing or walking cannot be done with proper Kavanah.
Even those listening to the bentching from another person and being Yotzei with their bentching must be sitting.( Mishna Berura 183:33)
However, if it was recited while standing or walking around [within the room where he/she ate] , B'dieved he/she has satisfied their obligation.
Moreover, if one is walking to a destination and stopping to bentch will cause him/her to arrive late, the Bentching may L'Chatchila be said while walking, provided that the eating was also done while walking.
If one ate in a car, bus or train, he/she must sit and bentch in his/her seat. (Mishna Berura 183:36 and Siman63:10) Halachos for Shabbos Kodesh
1) The first 3 Brachos of Birchas HaMazon are biblical obligations, and originally were able to be said in any Nusach (text) that each individual saw fit, as long as the following ideas were mentioned: Thanking Hashem for sustenance, the land of Israel, the covenant between Hashem and Klal Yisroel, the Torah and the kingdom of the house of Dovid (Talmud Brachos 49a)
2) However, in later years, Moshe Rabbeinu (HaZan), Yehoshua Bin Nun (Nodeh Lecha), Dovid HaMelech and Shlomo HaMelech (Bonei Yerushalayim), respectively instituted the text that needed to be said for the first 3 Brachos.
After the destruction of the Bais HaMikdash, Ezra HaSofer instituted the text of the fourth Bracha (HaTov V'HaMeitiv), and this text is what needs to be said until the Bais HaMikdash is rebuilt (very soon iy"H). (See Tashbatz Vol. 2 Siman 161. See also Rambam Hilchos Brachos Perek1:5 and Perek 2:2, Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 430, Shulchan Aruch HaRav 187:1-3 and Aruch HaShulchan 187:1)
QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER:
Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A page on the Halacha For Today website.
Although the answers I give to questions are taken directly from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren't my own, they are still for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
As long as you don't press any of the buttons, it is permissible to wear the watch on Shabbos.
(Regarding wearing a watch on Shabbos outside of the Eiruv, please consult a Rav for Halacha L'Ma'aseh)
Our holy sages, the Chazal tell us
תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא, שנאמר הליכות עולם לו, אל תקרי הליכות אלא הלכות - one who studies [at least two] Halachos daily is assured a portion in Olam Haba - the world to come. (:מגילה כ"ח )
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