Sunday
3 Sivan 5771; 47th Day of the Omer; 3 Days to Kabolas HaTorah!
June 5, 2011
1) We learned yesterday that the Rama allows cutting foods into very small pieces if done immediately before the meal.
However, this leniency only applies if they are being cut with a regular knife, but if a special instrument is being used (e.g. a grater) to cut them into very small pieces, it is prohibited even according to the Rama. (See Mishna Berura Siman 321:45 and Biur Halacha Dibur Hamaschil Midi)
2) According to some Poskim, the leniency of cutting food into small pieces immediately before the meal applies only to cutting into small pieces.
However, crushing or mashing fruits and vegetables [in the regular manner] is prohibited even if done immediately before the meal. (See Chazon Ish Siman 57 Dibur Hamaschil V'Aamnam)
Other Poskim, however, do not differentiate between cutting and crushing and allow it all if done immediately before the meal. (See Shu"t Rivash Siman 184 quoted in Biur Hagra Siman 321:10. See also Pri Megadim, Aishel Avraham, Siman 321:14 and Shu"t Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 4 Siman 74: Tochen; 4)
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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 pages on the Halacha For Today website.
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Reader's Question:
[A while ago] I was asked to lead bentching at a sheva brachos. I agreed. Half way through the first bracha my wife says, "You didn't wash!" What should I have done at that point? (I did eat about 5 oz of cooked barley and some other foods, but no bread.) Did I invalidate anything or cause spiritual harm to the chosson and kallah, Chas V'Shalom?
I finished the first bracha and had the man sitting next to me say the ends of the succeeding brachos out loud and people answered Amen. Almost nobody noticed.
Did I still need an Al hamichya?
Answer:
B'dieved, the first Bracha of Birchas HaMazon suffices to exempt the barley. No spiritual harm was done to the Chasan and Kallah or to anyone else in the room!
In the future...if you remember while still in middle of the first Bracha, stop, and continue the nusach of Al HaMichya from "Al SheHinchalta L'Avoseinu" until the end. (See Mishna Berura Siman 208: 75-79. and Kaf HaChaim 208:87)
If the second Bracha (or further) of Birchas HaMazon was started, stop immediately where you are, even in middle of a Bracha. (Psak of Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita quoted in Sefer Shgios Mi Yavin Perek 26:28)
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The Torah tells us about the three "pilgrimage" festivals - the Shalosh Regalim. In the discussion of the Shalosh Regalim, we find (Devarim 16:16) the following command: Three times in a year all your males should appear before Hashem your G-d in the place that He shall choose; in the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag HaMatzos), and in the Feast of Weeks (Chag HaShavuos), and in the Feast of Booths (Chag HaSukkos). . . .
The names assigned to the holidays for the most part appear to correlate to an event or commandment associated with the holiday. To start, the holiday of Sukkos is aptly named. On this holiday, we are commanded to dwell in Sukkos that commemorate our dwelling in "Sukkos" during the sojourn in the desert. The name assigned to Pesach, "Chag HaMatzos," is also appropriate. On this holiday, that celebrates the exodus of the nation of Israel from Egypt, we have the commandment to eat Matzo, which reminds us of the bread that had no time to rise
while the nation swiftly departed Egypt.
The name "Chag HaShavu'os," however, does not appear to fit this mold. We know that we have a commandment to count the days and weeks between Pesach and Shavu'os - Sefiras Ha'Omer. Yet, the holiday of Shavu'os, as we find in the holiday prayers, is referred to as the "Z'man Matan Toraseinu," "The time of the giving of our Torah." The holiday commemorates this monumental event in our nation's history. What is the connection between the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and weeks?
Rav Avrohom Yitzchak Kook answers that indeed, each of the names is reflective of the essence of the holiday. On Pesach, Chag HaMatzos, the fulfillment of the special commandment of the day is accomplished through matzah, which illustrates that the holiday is the Z'man Cha'rusainu, time of our freedom. On Sukkos, Chag HaSukkos, the fulfillment is through dwelling in the Sukkah, even though the holiday is termed the Z'man Simchaseinu, "time of our happiness."
A gift cannot be given unless there is a recipient to accept the gift. Shavu'os, as mentioned, is termed the Z'man Matan Toraseinu, the time of the giving of our Torah. Because the holiday commemorates a "giving," we need to prepare ourselves to be proper recipients. Obviously, this preparation entails more than one day's work. We are given seven weeks to prepare for this special day, for this day on which we accept the Torah anew.
Yes, from the perspective of Hashem, so to speak, this holiday is the time that the Torah was given. However, from our perspective, this is the holiday in which we celebrate the receipt of the Torah. We celebrate the culmination of seven weeks of preparing for this receipt. On Chag Ha'Shavuos, the fulfillment of the special commemoration of the day was accomplished through "Shavu'os" - the weeks of preparation, and therefore such a name is wholly appropriate.
Submitted by daily reader, L.M.; written by Rabbi Yehudah Prero at www.Torah.org
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