Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim · Siman 185
Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 185 — English translation
Translation: Sefaria Community Translation. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.
- 1Birkas Hamazon can be recited in any language
- 2One needs to hear what he is reciting but if he does not hear he has fulfilled his obligation as long as he articulated the words
- 3There is an opinion that that when a ba’al habayis is with his children and wife he must recite birkas hamazon out loud so they can discharge their obligation with his recitation
- 4Even if one got significantly drunk to the point that the person is unable to properly speak, one is still able to bless the Birkat HaMazon.
- 5If one blessed the Birkat HaMazon and [found] that there was feces near him or that he had been drunk, Tosafos and Rabbi Asher ben Yehiel were unsure if one needed to go back and re-bless the Birkat HaMazon, but not for urine; for that, one need not re-bless Birkat HaMazon.
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לברך בהמ"ז בקול רם ויתר פרטים בבהמ"ז. ובו ה סעיפים:
ברכת המזון נאמרה בכל לשון:
צריך שישמיע לאזניו מה שמוציא בשפתיו ואם לא השמיע לאזניו יצא ובלבד שיוציא בשפתיו:
יש מי שאומר דבעל הבית עם בניו ואשתו צריך לברך בקול רם כדי שיצאו בברכתו:
אפי' נשתכר כל כך עד שאינו יכול לדבר כראוי יכול לברך ברכת המזון:
אם בירך והיתה צואה כנגדו או שהי' שכור [פי' לגמרי] נסתפקו התוספות והרא"ש אם צריך לחזור ולברך ומשום מי רגלים פשיטא שאינו חוזר לברך:
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