In this shiur, we will begin our discussion of the birkot chatanim, the sheva berakhot recited during the sheva yemei mishteh after a wedding. What is the significance of the requirement of panim chadashot, and is there special importance to the berakha of asher bara?
In this shiur, we continue our discussion of the sheva berakhot recited during the week following a wedding. Are these berakhot intrinsically related to the Birkat Ha-Mazon, and what are the ramifications of this point?
In this shiur, we discuss the halachot of shana rishona, the first year of marriage. Is this mitzva intrinsically connected to the chatan's dispensation from going out to war, such that it does not apply nowadays, or does this mitzva have independent significance?
This week, we will discuss whether one may talk or interrupt between washing the hands (netilat yadayim) and reciting the blessing over the bread (ha-motzi).
Last week, we began our study of the birkat ha-pat, birkat ha-motzi. We explained that we will divide our discussion of birkat ha-motzi into three parts: Pat ha-ba’ah be-kisanin (grain-based baked products upon which one generally recites borei minei mezonot unless they are eaten as a meal), hafka’at shem lechem (circumstances in which bread is transformed into a food upon which one no longer recites the blessing of ha-motzi), and foods upon which one always says borei minei mezonot, even if eaten as the basis of a meal (pasta, pancakes, etc.).
