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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 274
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Orach Chayim Siman 274 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 4 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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<b>דיני בציעת הפת בשבת. ובו ד סעיפים:</b><br>בוצע על שתי ככרות [שלימות] שאוחז שתיהן בידו ובוצע התחתונה: הגה ודוקא בליל שבת [ד"ע] אבל ביום השבת או בליל י"ט בוצעין על העליונה [כל בו והגהות מיי' פ"ח מהלכות חמץ ומצה] והטעם הוא על דרך הקבלה:
The Laws Pertaining to Breaking Bread on Shabbos, 4 Seifim: 1. Every person is obligated to break bread on two [whole] loaves. One holds them both in his hands and breaks the bottom one. RAMA: Specifically on the night of Shabbat. However on Shabbat day, or on the night of Yom Tov, we break the top one [Kol Bo; Hagahos Maimoni] and the reason is according to the Kabbalah.
מצוה לבצוע בשבת פרוסה גדולה שתספיק לו לכל הסעודה [וע"ל סי' קס"ז]:
2. It is a mitzvah on Shabbat to break a big piece that will last you through the whole meal [and see above Siman 167].
אין המסובים רשאים לטעום עד שיטעום הבוצע ואם יש לפני כל אחד לחם משנה יכולים לטעום אע"פ שעדיין לא טעם הוא:
3. Those participating in the meal may not partake [of the bread] until the person breaking bread [first] partakes [of the bread that he cuts]. If, however, two loaves are placed before each one of them, they may partake of their bread even though he has not yet partaken of his.
סעודה זו ושל שחרית אי אפשר לעשותם בלא פת:
4. This meal, and the meal of the daytime, cannot be done without bread.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0