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1)In regard to drinking, a Revi’is must be drunk within "Kdei Achilas Pras" in order to necessitate a Bracha Achrona. (Opinion of the Gaon of Vilna, quoted in Mishna Berura end of 210:1)
However, many Poskim are stringent and require the Revi’is to be drunk within the time it takes an average person to drink a Revi’is (Kdei Sh’tias Revi’is) which is a much shorter time than "Kdei Achilas Pras", in order to necessitate a Bracha Achrona on drinks. (See Mishna Berura ibid, Sha’ar Hatzion 210:12 and Aruch HaShulchan Siman 202:8) 2) If one ate or drank the Kzayis of food/Revi’is of drink in more time than Kdei Achilas Pras (or Kdei Sh’tias Revi’is), even if there were no interruptions, and he/she was eating/drinking a whole time, no Bracha Achrona is required.
For example, one who eats soup with a spoon, drinks a cola with a straw or eats a frozen ice-cream with a spoon, since it is usually not possible to drink enough of these items in the required time of K’dei Sh’tias Revi’is, even though no interruptions were made, no Bracha Achrona is required. (Of course if enough was drunk in the required time, a Bracha Achrona is said. We will discuss hot coffee/tea tomorrow iy"H)
Of course, if an interruption was made and the Kzayis or Revi’is was only eaten over a longer time than Kdei Achilas Pras/Kdei Sh’tias Revi’is, no Bracha Achrona is required. (See Mishna Berura Siman 612:6.)
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The Rambam (Hilchos Tefilin 1:13, based on the Gemara in Gittin 45b) rules that a woman may not write a mezuza, and if she does it is Posul.
The Shulchan Aruch does not make any mention of this one way or another regarding mezuza, and only rules this way regarding Tefilin (in Orach Chaim Siman 39:1) and Sefer Torah (in Yoreh deah Siman 281:3).
Some commentaries interpret that to mean that the Shulchan Aruch indeed allowed it. (See Shach to Yoreh Deah ibid. quoting the position of the Derisha)
However, the contemporary Poskim rule that it is best to be stringent and not allow women to write a Mezuza. The Mishna Berura Siman 39:1 also rules that women may not write mezuzos.
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