Extending Brachos

We are beginning siman 7. The Chayei Adam discusses a case where one joins a group of people, who are eating, for the purpose of their company (i.e., not for the purpose of eating). If, as a nice gesture, they offer him something to drink, he obviously makes a bracha. If they offer him a […]

 In siman 6, the Chayei Adam discusses situations a) of one who makes a bracha on a fruit before the fruit was in front of them, b) if the fruit dropped between making the bracha and before eating from it, and c) when makes a bracha and then realizes their item was inedible. The Chayei

 We have finished siman 5, and there are a few points we need to clarify. We learned (shiur 1164, 1167) that, by default, a bracha does not extend from food to drink or vice versa. Rav Elyashiv ztl adds that this halacha also applies to even different foods or different drinks which serve different functions,

 We have finished siman 5, and there are a few points we need to clarify. We learned the halacha of a guest, and the ability for one to outsource their daas to someone else. Rav Elyashiv zt”l applied this halacha to a husband and wife, if one of them is not involved in the decisions

We are beginning siman 5. We will discuss the concept of “outsourcing” daas to someone else.  The Chayei Adam writes that everything he has written until now regarding extending a bracha regards one eating in their own house, under their own purview. If one is eating as a guest, once they make a bracha, it

 We are beginning siman 4. The siman continues discussing a situation in which one made a bracha without any explicit daas (but rather stam daas), and now wishes to bring a new food to the table.  We learned that the Chayei Adam’s opinion is that the bracha will only extend if there is leftover of

 We need to correct a mistake. The Chayei Adam has an approach which is not accepted as the halacha, and, because we have been following his text, it has led to a mistake. The Shulchan Aruch, in 206:5, writes that if one makes a bracha on fruits, and then more fruits are brought to the

 We are beginning siman 2. If one makes a bracha on a less choshuv fruit, and then a new, more choshuv fruit is brought out, the Chayei Adam writes that one must have had intent at the time of the bracha to include the second item. If they did not have intent, they will need

 We are continuing in siman 1. The Chayei Adam continues discussing the halachos of extending one’s bracha when they had stam daas at the time they made the bracha. In a case of stam daas, even if  all of the fruits on the table were eaten and others were subsequently brought out, the Chayei Adam

 We are beginning siman 1. We have learned (shiur 1159) that there are five types of intent one can have at the time of their bracha: to eat a specific number of foods Intent to eat as much as possible  Stam daas Koveah/k’vius to eat “Outsourced” daas Today, the Chayei Adam will discuss the first

 We are continuing with an introduction to Klal 60. We learned that one of the levels of intent a person could have at the time of their bracha is stam daas. There are three other criteria which will be taken into consideration when a person has such daas.  The first is what is currently on

We are beginning Klal 60, which discusses extending a bracha. There are many different points to this concept. The first concept we need to understand regarding extending a bracha are the different levels of intent one can have when making a bracha, and how they will relate to extending it.  There are five levels of