6173– When are the Best Guest Blessed?
Q. See question above: At which point during bentching (blessing of Birchat Hamazon), should the Birkas Oraiach be recited?
A. In many siddurim, it is printed right before הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת בַּעַל הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה. Some say it right before this Harachaman, Vezos Haberachah ibid. However others first say the Harachaman and then continue with the text of the Birkas Oraiach. Siddur Yavetz (p. 308a).
However, many Acharonim infer from the words of the Rambam that the Birkas Oraiach is a continuation of the fourth berachah of bentching and should be said at the end of the berachah, immediately after the words .אַל יְחַסְּרֵנוּ
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a, and Horav Dovid Bartfeld consulting, Horav Hagaon Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz Shlit’a
Reviewed by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: November 13, 2026