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Ep. 1350. How Should a Left-Handed Person Wash נגל וואסער Negel Vasser?

Ep. 1349. What Is the Halacha if One Awoke Before עלות השחר Alos Hashachar (Dawn), Washed נגל וואסער Negel Vasser Then—Do They Have to Rewash After Dawn?

Ep. 1348. More Information in Reference to One Who Stayed Up the Entire Night.

Ep. 1347. What Is the Halacha if One Stayed Awake the Entire Night? The Question Is in Reference to נגל וואסער Negel Vasser.

Ep. 1346. If One Forgot to Wash נגל וואסער Negel Vasser, What Is the Halacha?

Ep. 1345a. Addition to 1345: Does One Have to Wash נגל וואסער Negel Vasser After Waking Up From a Daytime Nap?

Ep. 1345. Does One Have to Wash נגל וואסער Negel Vasser After Waking Up From a Daytime Nap?

Ep. 1344. If One Wore Gloves Throughout the Night When They Were Sleeping, What Is the Halacha?

Ep. 1343. More Details in Reference to Wiping One's Hands Without Water When Making a Bracha.

Ep. 1342. One Is Allowed to Wipe Their Hands Without Water if They Want to Make a Bracha or Learn Torah.

Ep. 1341. Is One Allowed to Use a Disposable Cup to Wash נגל וואסער Negel Vasser?

Ep. 1340. נגל וואסער Negel Vasser Needs כח גברא Koach Gavra (Someone to Pour).

Ep. 1339. Is One Allowed to Answer אמן Amen Before Washing נגל וואסער Negel Vasser? If One Wakes Up in the Middle of the Night to Take a Drink.

Ep. 1338. What Is the Proper Procedure if One Wakes Up in the Middle of the Night in Reference to נגל וואסער Negel Vasser?

Ep. 1337. What Is the Status of the Water After One Washed נטילת ידיים Netilas Yadayim?

Ep. 1336. Is One Allowed to Use a Bathroom Sink to Wash נגל וואסער Negel Vasser?

Ep. 1335. If One Does Not Have Access to Water Right Away.

Ep. 1334a. Addition to 1334:The Importance of Washing as Soon as Possible.

Ep. 1334. The Importance of Washing as Soon as Possible.

Ep. 1333a. Addition to 1333: What Is the Proper Way to Say מודה אני Modeh Ani?

Ep. 1333. What Is the Proper Way to Say מודה אני Modeh Ani?

Ep. 1332a. Addition to 1332: נגל וואסער Negel Vasser and the Minhag of the בני ספרד Bnei Sepharad.

Ep. 1332. נגל וואסער Negel Vasser and the Minhag of the בני ספרד Bnei Sepharad.

Ep. 1331a. Correction to 1331: If One Needs to Use the Facilities When They Are Washing נגל וואסער Negel Vasser.

Ep. 1331. If One Needs to Use the Facilities When They Are Washing נגל וואסער Negel Vasser.

Ep. 1330. How to Deal With the Bracha of נטילת ידיים Netilas Yadayim.

Ep. 1329. Introduction to When to Make the Bracha of נטילת ידיים Netilas Yadayim.

Ep. 1328. Understanding the Concept of רגיל בכך Ragil Bachach (Always the Same Way).

Ep. 1327. How to Deal With Brachos When One Is a Guest.

Ep. 1326a. Addition to 1326: If One Takes More of the Same Item, What Is the Halacha?

Ep. 1326. If One Takes More of the Same Item, What Is the Halacha?

Ep. 1325. When One Takes a Second Food and They Still Have Part of the First Food in Front of Them.

Ep. 1324. General Review of Being מסיח דעת Mesiach Daas (Needing a New Bracha).

Ep. 1323. Hiring Non-Jewish Workers Who Might Be Touching Food.

Ep. 1322. If One Touched Food Before Washing נגל וואסער Negel Vasser, Does Peeling That Food Help?

Ep. 1321. Washing Off Food Which Was Touched Three Times.

Ep. 1320. Touching Open Parts of the Body Before Washing נגל וואסער Negel Vasser. Does This Apply to the Inside or Even the Outsides of These Openings?

Ep. 1319. Touching Open Parts of the Body Before Washing נגל וואסער Negel Vasser.

Ep. 1318. Does a Gentile (Non-Jew) Have to Wash Their Hands Before Touching Food?

Ep. 1317. Washing the Hands of a Child (נגל וואסער Negel Vasser).

Ep. 1316. How Many Times Does One Have to Wash and What Is the Procedure?

Ep. 1315. What Type of Sleep Is Needed for נגל וואסער Negel Vasser?

Ep. 1314. Even if One Ate a כזית Kezayis Later on in the Meal, No Bracha Is Made on the Food Eaten Before.

Ep. 1313. What Should Be Done While Making the Bracha? Information in Reference to Rinsing Out One's Mouth.

Ep. 1312. Is One Required to Wash the Entire Hand When Washing Their Hands in the Morning?

Ep. 1311. Does One Have to Dry Their Hands Before Making the Bracha? Washing One's Face and Rinsing Out the Mouth.

Ep. 1310. What Is the Halacha if One Forgot to Make the Bracha of נטילת ידיים Netilas Yadayim Before Davening?

Ep. 1309. Introduction to the Bracha of נטילת ידיים Netilas Yadayim in the Morning, Part 2.

Ep. 1308. Introduction to the Bracha of נטילת ידיים Netilas Yadayim in the Morning.

Ep. 1307. Is Food Which Is Brought in From the Outside Covered by the Original המוציא Hamotzi?

Ep. 1306. When One Makes a המוציא Hamotzi, Are All the Main Staple Foods in the House Covered?

Ep. 1305. Understanding the Importance of Eating a כזית Kezayis in the Beginning of the Meal.

Ep. 1304. The Problems Which Could Arise When Only Using the Little Pieces of Bread by the Sink.

Ep. 1303. The Little Pieces of Bread by the Sink When One Goes to Wash During a שמחה Simcha (Celebration).

Ep. 1302. Understanding the Concept a Little Bit Better With Why Bread Covers the Main Staple Foods.

Ep. 1301. How Do We Deal With Alcoholic Beverages During the Course of a Meal?

Ep. 1300. How Do We Deal With a Waldorf Salad or Fruit Soup? For Lunch, One Eats a Sandwich Together With a Fruit.

Ep. 1299. How Do We Deal With the Situation Whereby One Is Eating Only Fruits as Their Main Meal?

Ep. 1298. A General Review on Fruits.

Ep. 1297. A General Review on Desserts.

Ep. 1296. Ice Cream Cake Which Is Layered With Thick Layers of Ice Cream and Cake, Eaten in the Middle of a Meal.

Ep. 1295. How to Deal With Ice Cream Cake in the Middle of a Meal.

Ep. 1294. How to Deal With Eating a Donut During the Course of a Meal.

Ep. 1293. Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Bissli, Etc., Eaten During the Course of a Meal.

Ep. 1292. Eating Cake or Cookies During the Meal When One Is Still Hungry.

Ep. 1291. How Do We Deal With Cake and Cookies When Eaten for Dessert?

Ep. 1290. What Is the Halacha if One Is Eating Chickpeas in the Middle of a Meal?

Ep. 1289. A Baked Apple During the Course of a Meal.

Ep. 1288. How Do We Deal With Ice Cream or Ices During the Course of a Meal?

Ep. 1287. If One Takes a Candy or Mint in the Middle of a Meal. Sugar Cubes in the Middle of a Meal.

Ep. 1286. Very Important Halachas of Eating or Drinking on a Plane.

Ep. 1285. Important Things to Keep in Mind When Starting a Meal in One Location and Finishing in a Different Location.

Ep. 1284. How to Deal With Rice Krispie Treats as a Dessert in the Meal.

Ep. 1283. Eating Fruit Together With Bread When One Does Not Have Any Interest in Eating the Bread.

Ep. 1282. Very Important Halachas in Reference to Drinks.

Ep. 1281. A Quick Review of Some Extremely Important Halachas Which Come Up on a Daily Basis.

Ep. 1280. How Do We Deal With Wine or Grape Juice in the Middle of a Meal?

Ep. 1279a. Addition to 1279: If One Changes Location, What Foods Are Covered by the Original המוציא (Hamotzi)?

Ep. 1279. If One Changes Location, What Foods Are Covered by the Original המוציא (Hamotzi)?

Ep. 1278. What Is the Halacha if One Still Has Food Left Over in Their Mouth and They Already Made the After Bracha?

Ep. 1277. The Difference Between Eating Fruit as One of the Courses or Fruit as an Appetizer.

Ep. 1276. Eating Cookies and Cake Made Out of Rice Flour, Almond Flour, Potato Starch, Corn Flour, Etc.

Ep. 1275. How to Deal With Coffee or Tea at the End of the Meal.

Ep. 1274. What Is the Best Way to Deal With Pieces of Vegetable Which One Might Eat Throughout the Meal?

Ep. 1273. How to Deal With a Case of Eating Fruits Throughout the Meal.

Ep. 1272. Eating Bread Together With Fruits for Dessert.

Ep. 1271. What Is the Halacha if One's Main Meal Is Fruit?

Ep. 1270. What Are Some of the Best Ways to Deal With Vegetables During a Meal?

Ep. 1269. How to Deal With Vegetables During the Meal.

Ep. 1268. How to Deal With the Bracha of האדמה (Ha'adama) in the Middle of a Meal.

Ep. 1267. How to Deal With a ספק ברכה (Safek Bracha, Questionable Situation).

Ep. 1266. What Should One Do if They Are Not Sure if They Have to Make an Extra Bracha in the Middle of the Meal?

Ep. 1265. General Very Important Principles in Reference to How to Be Dressed When Reciting Bentching or Any Other Bracha.

Ep. 1264. What Type of Thoughts Should One Be Thinking When Reciting a Bracha?

Ep. 1263a. Addition to 1263: One Should Have the Proper Mindset When Going to Bentch.

Ep. 1263. One Should Have the Proper Mindset When Going to Bentch.

Ep. 1262. Various Halachas of Bentching.

Ep. 1261a. Correction to 1261: The Same Food Could Have a Different Halacha.

Ep. 1261. The Same Food Could Have a Different Halacha.

Ep. 1260. How to Deal With Appetizers.

Ep. 1259. If One Pulled Out Raisins, Almonds, Etc., From a Food to Eat for Dessert.

Ep. 1258b. About Correction 1258a: How to Deal With Appetizers.

Ep. 1258a. Correction to 1258: How to Deal With Appetizers.

Ep. 1258. How to Deal With Appetizers.

Ep. 1257. How to Deal With Compote Which One Eats During a Meal.

Ep. 1256. Items Which Are Not Part of the Meal. If One Eats Fruit in the Middle of a Meal. If One Eats Chicken for Dessert.

Ep. 1255. Fruit Soup, Pineapple Fritters, Stewed Plums, Etc., Eaten During the Course of a Meal.

Ep. 1254. How Do We Deal With Snack-Type Foods Which Are Mixed Into the Main Staple Foods?

Ep. 1253. Items Which We Call Mainstay Foods Do Not Have to Be on the Table When One Makes the Original המוציא (Hamotzi).

Ep. 1252. How to Deal With Different Types of Drinks During a Meal.

Ep. 1251. A Snack-Type Food Which Is Eaten in the Middle of a Meal.

Ep. 1250. How to Deal With a Dessert-Type Food Which Is Eaten Together With a Main Dish.

Ep. 1249. How to Deal With Condiments, Items Which Open One's Appetite, and a Fruit-Like Side Dish for the Main Dish.

Ep. 1248. What Types of Foods Are Not Included in the המוציא (Hamotzi)?

Ep. 1247a. Addition to 1247: What Types of Foods Are Included in the Bracha of המוציא (Hamotzi)?

Ep. 1247. What Types of Foods Are Included in the Bracha of המוציא (Hamotzi)?

Ep. 1246. Eating the כזית (Kezayis) of Bread in the Right Amount of Time and as Soon as Possible.

Ep. 1245. Eating Bread or Challah on Shabbos or Yom Tov Automatically Covers Everything No Matter What Type of Intent One Has.

Ep. 1244. What Is the Halacha if One Ate Bread Only in Order Not to Have to Make Other Brachos?

Ep. 1243. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): A Quick Review of a Roadside Stop.

Ep. 1242. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): Moving From Place to Place When One Is in the Middle of Eating Grapes.

Ep. 1241. When One Is Eating and Drinking Items With the Same After Bracha.

Ep. 1240. What Should One Do if They Are Eating Cake and Drinking a Coffee? In Reference to an After Bracha.

Ep. 1239. What Should One Do if They Put a Drink Into Their Mouth, Any Type of Liquid, and Then They Realize They Did Not Make a Bracha Beforehand?

Ep. 1238. What Should One Do if After They Put Food in Their Mouth They Realized They Did Not Make a Bracha?

Ep. 1237. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): Very Important Points to Keep in Mind When Leaving People Over and Then Returning to the Location.

Ep. 1236. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): Traveling Throughout to the Airport and Then Onto the Plane. What Should I Do?

Ep. 1235. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): Very Important Information on Drinking Water as Opposed to Other Liquids.

Ep. 1234. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): A Bottle of Water. Dealing With the After Bracha.

Ep. 1233. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): A Bottle of Water—How to Deal With It.

Ep. 1232. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): How to Keep Track of Time in the Airport.

Ep. 1231. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): How to Deal With Making Brachos on a Long Flight.

Ep. 1230. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): How to Deal With Brachos on a Long Flight.

Ep. 1229. שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom): How to Deal With Rice Cakes.

Ep. 1228. שינוי מקום: How to Deal With Rice.

Ep. 1227. שינוי מקום: How Do I Handle a ברכה in the Airport and Getting onto the Plane?

Ep. 1226. שינוי מקום: Somebody Who Is Waiting for a Friend to Get Off the Plane and They Are in the Airport: How Do We Handle the ברכה?

Ep. 1225. שינוי מקום: Interesting Cases Involving Eating with a Group of People.

Ep. 1224. שינוי מקום: One Traveling from Bus to Bus or Train to Train or Even in the Car and They Stop Off in a Pizza Store or Luncheonette.

Ep. 1223. שינוי מקום: Important Things to Keep Track of While Traveling and Losing the After Bracha (ברכה).

Ep. 1222. שינוי מקום: More Information Regarding Moving from Outside a Car into a Car.

Ep. 1221. שינוי מקום: Eating Ice Cream in the Store and Then Moving to the Car.

Ep. 1220. שינוי מקום: Moving from Room to Room in a Hotel Where a Large Part of One's Family Is Staying.

Ep. 1219. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Arriving Home with That Large Coffee; Am I Allowed to Finish It (R' Hishfeld שליט״א)?

Ep. 1218. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / If One Is Eating at a Picnic Table or Roadside Stop Then They Would Like to Go into the Car and Continue Driving, What Is the Halacha.

Ep. 1217. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / If One Is Eating at a Picnic Table or Roadside Stop with No Intention of Going Back to the Car but Now They Decide to Go Back to the Car, What Is the Halacha.

Ep. 1216. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / If One Comes Back from Traveling and a Short While Later They Decide to Leave Again.

Ep. 1215. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / When One Is on a Long Trip, How Should They Deal with the After Bracha (ברכה אחרונה) When They Feel They Might Be Running Out of Time.

Ep. 1214. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / A Fenced-In Backyard with a Succah (סוכה).

Ep. 1213. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / When Starting to Eat in the Restaurant or a Pizza Shop and Then They Decide to Leave in the Middle to Go to Their Car.

Ep. 1212. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Various Ways to Deal with the Issue of Finishing Off a Drink or Food When Getting to Your Final Destination.

Ep. 1211. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Could I Finish Off My Coffee When I Get Home After a Trip?

Ep. 1210. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / The Status of a Car.

Ep. 1209. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / At What Point When Leaving One's House to Go Travel Does One Have to Make a New Bracha; Holchei Drachim (הולכי דרכים).

Ep. 1208. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Only Affects the Bracha Before, Not the Bracha After.

Ep. 1207. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Going from One Open Yard or Garden to Another Open Non-Enclosed Yard or Garden.

Ep. 1206. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / I Go from My Backyard to My Neighbor's Backyard.

Ep. 1205. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Even If One Made the Bracha in the House Before Leaving.

Ep. 1204a. Correction to 1204: Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Going from One Motorhome to Another.

Ep. 1204. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Going from One Motorhome to Another.

Ep. 1203. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Change of Locations Only Affects the Bracha Before Eating or Drinking; It Does Not Affect the After Bracha (ברכה אחרונה).

Ep. 1202. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Changing from the Outside or Street into the Car.

Ep. 1201a. Addition to 1201: Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How Do We Look at Buying a New Item on the Road.

Ep. 1201. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How Do We Look at Buying a New Item on the Road.

Ep. 1200. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Buying a New Item on the Road.

Ep. 1199a. Addition to 1199: Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / When Does the Traveling Session End.

Ep. 1199. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / When Does the Traveling Session End.

Ep. 1198. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Moving Around in an Open Area; Does Having in Mind Help?

Ep. 1197. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / A Closed-In Backyard of a House.

Ep. 1196. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Going from One Room to Another Room in the Same Hotel.

Ep. 1195. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Holchei Drachim (הולכי דרכים) - How to Deal with Making a Stop Along My Trip.

Ep. 1194. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Holchei Drachim (הולכי דרכים) - When Eating or Drinking as a Traveler It Is All One Long Location.

Ep. 1193. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / What Is Holchei Drachim (הולכי דרכים) All About.

Ep. 1192. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / General Review Part 5.

Ep. 1191. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / General Review Part 4.

Ep. 1190. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / General Review Part 3.

Ep. 1189. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / General Review.

Ep. 1188. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Total Review.

Ep. 1187. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / What Type of Actions Would Cut Off Holchei Drachim (הולכי דרכים) (Traveling and Eating or Drinking).

Ep. 1186a. Addition to 1186: Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / The Halachas of Traveling to and Throughout the Airport.

Ep. 1186. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / The Halachas of Traveling to and Throughout the Airport.

Ep. 1185. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How to Deal with Shinu Makom in an Airport.

Ep. 1184. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How Do We Deal with a Room That Has a Mechitzah (מחיצה) or Divider in the Middle.

Ep. 1183. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Moving Around in a Shopping Mall.

Ep. 1182. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Working in an Office Building Going from Office to Office.

Ep. 1181. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Moving Around in a Courtyard of a Hotel.

Ep. 1180. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Moving from One's Room into the Hallway or a Different Floor When One Is in a Hotel.

Ep. 1179. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Changing Locations When One Is in a Hotel.

Ep. 1178. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Drinking Water at Home Then Going in the Car and Having a Coffee.

Ep. 1177. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Moving Around in an Open Courtyard and a Camp or Yeshiva.

Ep. 1176. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Changing Locations in a Yeshiva or Camp Building Which Is Not Enclosed.

Ep. 1175. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Changing Locations in a Yeshiva or Camp Building.

Ep. 1174. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Important Details to Keep in Mind When People Are Left Over at the Table and One Has to Go Out and Returns to the Same People.

Ep. 1173. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Going from One Classroom to Another or from the Lunchroom to a Classroom When One Is in a Yeshiva or School.

Ep. 1172. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / What Is the Halacha If One Goes from One's Apartment into the Hallway or a Staircase.

Ep. 1171. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Changing Locations When Going from One Floor to Another Floor.

Ep. 1170. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / A Succah (סוכה) Which Is Right Next to the Wall of the House Attached to the Door.

Ep. 1169. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How Far Away Does the Succah (סוכה) Have to Be to Be Considered Detached.

Ep. 1168. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / A Succah (סוכה) Which Is Detached from the House.

Ep. 1167. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Two Different Wings in the Same Building; Going to One's Detached Garage or Office in the Backyard.

Ep. 1166. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Going from One Part of a Porch or Balcony to Another Part.

Ep. 1165. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Going from Inside the House Outside to a Porch or Balcony.

Ep. 1164. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / What Is the Halacha When One Leaves People, Goes to Another Place, Eats Over There, and Then Comes Back to the Same People Continuously Eating.

Ep. 1163. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Going from Inside the House to a Porch or Balcony Which Is Totally Closed Including a Roof.

Ep. 1162. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Changing Locations from Inside the House to Outside into the Yard or Garden.

Ep. 1161. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Going from One Apartment to Another in the Same House.

Ep. 1160a. Addition to 1160: Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / The Halachas of the After Bracha (ברכה אחרונה) on Water.

Ep. 1160. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / The Halachas of the After Bracha (ברכה אחרונה) on Water.

Ep. 1159. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / The Halachas of Drinking Water.

Ep. 1158. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Different Ways to Go Outside with Food or a Drink.

Ep. 1157. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Continuously Eating Very Quickly Between Bites or Between Sips When Drinking.

Ep. 1156. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / A Candy or Mint in One's Mouth, Holding On to the Food, The Food That Is Still in a Person's Mouth.

Ep. 1155. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / When One Changes Location to a Different Park or a Different Yard, etc.

Ep. 1154. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Details Regarding Fences, Walls, etc. That Enclose a Specific Area.

Ep. 1153. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Having Kavana (כוונה) to Move Around in a Non-Enclosed Area.

Ep. 1152. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Moving Around Outside Within Four Amot (אמות).

Ep. 1151. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Moving Around in a Non-Enclosed Area.

Ep. 1150. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / An Area Which Is Enclosed and Is Very Large: For Example a Safari Park or an Amusement Park, etc.

Ep. 1149. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How to Handle Eating or Drinking in a Picnic Area or Possibly a Park or a Zoo, etc., When the Entire Area Is Enclosed with a Fence or a Wall.

Ep. 1148. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Having Intention to Go from House to House While Drinking a Coffee.

Ep. 1147. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How to Handle an Enclosed Area Outside When One Wants to Move from Table to Table.

Ep. 1146. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How to Handle Still Seeing the Place Where They Started When They Go Outside of the Building.

Ep. 1145a. Addition to 1145: Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / One Should Be Careful to Drink the Right Amount in the Right Amount of Time.

Ep. 1145. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / One Should Be Careful to Drink the Right Amount in the Right Amount of Time.

Ep. 1144. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Moving Around in an Open Area. Having in Mind During the Bracha (ברכה).

Ep. 1143. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Even Though One Can See the Original Place Where They Ate When They Go Outside, a Pathway for People to Walk in Between Still Makes It Shinu Makom (שינו מקום).

Ep. 1142. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / A Sip of Wine or Grape Juice Before Going to Wash for Bread.

Ep. 1141. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Wine or Grape Juice.

Ep. 1140. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / One Could Still See the Place Where They Ate When They Go Outside.

Ep. 1139. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / One Who Just Happened to Sit Down by the Table and It Is the Same Table That You Are Eating On.

Ep. 1138. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Everyone Still Eating.

Ep. 1137. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Finishing Off a Snack in a Different Place.

Ep. 1136. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Friends Left Behind Who Were Not Eating All Together.

Ep. 1135. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Two Conditions Needed When One Is Eating Together with Friends or Family and They Have to Leave.

Ep. 1134. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) - Hiniach Miktzat Chaverim (הניח מקצת חברים) - Leaving Friends or Family at the Table.

Ep. 1133. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / The Importance of Making the After Bracha (ברכה) in the Same Place Where One Ate.

Ep. 1132. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Various Ways to Handle the Situation if One Ran Out for a Short Period of Time.

Ep. 1131. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How to Handle a Situation if One Has to Run Out for a Very Short Period of Time.

Ep. 1130. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / How Long of a Time Period Is Shinu Makom (שינו מקום)?

Ep. 1129. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Leaving in the Middle of a Meal.

Ep. 1128. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Does One Have to Make a New Bracha (ברכה) in a Different Place if It Is All Part of One Meal?

Ep. 1127. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Running Out While Eating Cake and Coffee: What Is the Halacha for the Coffee?

Ep. 1126. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / If One Is Eating a Meal with Bread and They Have to Leave, When They Come Back Do They Need a Bracha (ברכה) on the Other Foods?

Ep. 1125. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Are the Halachas Different for Bnei Sfard (בני ספרד)?

Ep. 1124. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / If One Ate Bread or Cake (the Right Amount) and They Left the Premises but Came Back More Than 72 Minutes Later.

Ep. 1123. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / If One Is Not Sure if They Ate a Kizayis (כזית) Before They Left.

Ep. 1122. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Eating a Kizayis (כזית) Before Leaving.

Ep. 1121. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Having Kavana (כוונה) When Making Borei Nefashot (בורא נפשות).

Ep. 1120. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Running Out While Eating Shivat Haminim (שבעת המינים).

Ep. 1119. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Al Hamichya (על המחיה) and Al Hoetz (על העץ).

Ep. 1118. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / Shivat Haminim (שבעת המינים): Grapes, Figs, Dates, Olives, Pomegranates, etc.

Ep. 1117a. Addition to 1117: Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) - Kavana (כוונה) Does Not Help. Carrying the Cup Does Not Help.

Ep. 1117. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) - Kavana (כוונה) Does Not Help. Carrying the Cup Does Not Help.

Ep. 1116. Shinu Makom (שינו מקום) / A Certain Type of Hesiach Hada'at (הסיח הדעת): A Halachic Cut Off.

Ep. 1115. שינו מקום (Shinu Makom) / Before Eating a כזית (Kizayis) and After Eating a כזית (Kizayis).

Ep. 1114. שינו מקום (Shinu Makom) / When the Connection Continues.

Ep. 1113. שינו מקום (Shinu Makom) / Understanding the Connection to the Original Place When Leaving.

Ep. 1112. שינו מקום (Shinu Makom) / Moving Around One Room vs. Going from One Room to Another Room.

Ep. 1111. שינו מקום (Shinu Makom) / Automatic Cut Off.

Ep. 1110. Interesting Question Regarding Eating Candy After Coffee.

Ep. 1109. Understanding a Bracha Achrona (After Bracha).

Ep. 1108a. Addition to 1108: The Difference Between a ברכה ראשונה (Bracha Rishona/Bracha Before Eating) and a ברכה אחרונה (Bracha Achrona/Bracha After Eating).

Ep. 1108. The Difference Between a ברכה ראשונה (Bracha Rishona/Bracha Before Eating) and a ברכה אחרונה (Bracha Achrona/Bracha After Eating).

Ep. 1107. Introduction to שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom).

Ep. 1106. May One Bentch If One Feels Hungry?

Ep. 1105. Bentching After a Large Meal.

Ep. 1104. If One Forgot to Bentch: How Much Time Do I Have?

Ep. 1103. Important Information Regarding Bentching.

Ep. 1102. Order of Brachos - One Who Wants Mixed Up Complete and Not Complete (שלם and Not שלם).

Ep. 1101. קדימה בברכות - Mixed Up Two Drinks.

Ep. 1100. קדימה בברכות - Various Ways to Fix the Situation When One Made an After Bracha by Mistake.

Ep. 1099. Order of Brachos - Understanding the Various Opinions When Making an After Bracha by Mistake.

Ep. 1098. קדימה בברכות - Does a ברכה אחרונה (Bracha Achrona/After Bracha) Cut Off the Original Bracha?

Ep. 1097. קדימה בברכות - One Who Made a Bracha on One Item and Had in Mind Another Item. They Made a Bracha Achrona (After Bracha) In-Between.

Ep. 1096. Order of Brachos - Fruits or Nuts Mentioned in Other פסוקים (Pesukim).

Ep. 1095. Fruits in Other פסוקים (Pesukim).

Ep. 1094. קדימה בברכות - Interesting Example of a Question About a Bracha.

Ep. 1093. קדימה בברכות - If One Has a Question About the Bracha.

Ep. 1092. קדימה בברכות - A Drink and a Piece of Cake When One Must Drink: Example of a Dry Mouth.

Ep. 1091. Order of Brachos - Various Situations Where the Order of Brachos Will or Will Not Apply.

Ep. 1090. קדימה בברכות - Prioritizing Food and Drinks Together.

Ep. 1089. קדימה בברכות - How Do We Categorize Schnitzel Versus Regular Chicken.

Ep. 1088. Order of Brachos - Coffee and Tea.

Ep. 1087. קדימה בברכות - Blessing Order for Beer, Pomegranate Juice, Meat, Fish, etc.

Ep. 1086. קדימה בברכות - How Do We Consider a שלם (Complete Item) in the Order of Brachos.

Ep. 1085. קדימה בברכות - Ha'adama in the Order of Brachos.

Ep. 1084. קדימה בברכות - Part 2. Determining the Proper Sequence When Mezonos Foods Are Involved in the Order of Brachos.

Ep. 1083. קדימה בברכות - Part 1. Determining the Proper Sequence When Mezonos Foods Are Involved in the Order of Brachos.

Ep. 1082. Order of Brachos - Rice and Avocado: Determining Blessing Priority.

Ep. 1081. קדימה בברכות - Eating in a Healthy Way.

Ep. 1080. קדימה בברכות - Foods Consumed Before Washing for Bread. Taking Only a Sip of Drink Before the Meal.

Ep. 1079. קדימה בברכות - How to Determine Bracha Priority for Beer and Pureed Fruits.

Ep. 1078. Bracha Priority: Balancing Ha'etz and Ha'adama Blessings with חביב (Chaviv/Desirable Foods).

Ep. 1077a. Addition to 1077: קדימה בברכות - A Granola Bar in an Apple: Which Bracha Takes Precedence.

Ep. 1077. קדימה בברכות - A Granola Bar in an Apple: Which Bracha Takes Precedence.

Ep. 1076. קדימה בברכות - Multi-Grain Bread: When the Person Making the Bracha Is Eating Spelt While Others Are Eating Wheat.

Ep. 1075. קדימה בברכות - Understanding Grain Classifications: Spelt as Wheat, Rye and Oats as Barley.

Ep. 1074. Order of Brachos - Halachic Priority for Bread or Matzah Made from Wheat, Spelt, or Oats.

Ep. 1073. קדימה בברכות - How to Consider Rye, Spelt, Oats, Bread or Matzah in the Order of Blessings.

Ep. 1072. The Proper Bracha Order When Eating Cashews and Almonds.

Ep. 1071. קדימה בברכות - Priority Rules for Special Fruits: Completeness, Desirability, Freshness, and Size.

Ep. 1070a. Addition to 1070: Order of Brachos - Leftover Food After One Decides to Stop Eating

Ep. 1070. Order of Brachos - Leftover Food After One Decides to Stop Eating

Ep. 1069. קדימה בברכות - A Shehakol and Mezonos Which Is Not Ready. Water and Coffee.

Ep. 1068. קדימה בברכות - Halachic Considerations for Pomegranates and Other Fruits That Need to Be Opened Before Eating.

Ep. 1067. קדימה בברכות - Large and Small. Complete and Not Complete by Other Items.

Ep. 1066. Order of Brachos - One Who Is Being Served (Similar to a Guest).

Ep. 1065a. Addition to 1065: קדימה בברכות - Rice and Cake.

Ep. 1065. קדימה בברכות - Rice and Cake.

Ep. 1064a. Addition to 1064: קדימה בברכות - Rice/Cookies/Noodles.

Ep. 1064. קדימה בברכות - Rice/Cookies/Noodles.

Ep. 1063. Order of Brachos - Mixing Up Complete and Not Complete.

Ep. 1062. קדימה בברכות / More About Being a Guest.

Ep. 1061. A Guest Has Automatic כוונה (Kavanah).

Ep. 1060. More Information on the שהחיינו (Shehechiyanu).

Ep. 1059. Order of Brachos - A שהחיינו (Shehechiyanu).

Ep. 1058. קדימה בברכות/ Understanding the Halacha Regarding Drinks.

Ep. 1057. Order of Brachos - Making the Wrong Bracha When the Brachos Are Different.

Ep. 1056. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Food in Front of Me at the Time of the Proper Bracha.

Ep. 1055. Order of Brachot: More Information Regarding Brachot on Lower Foods.

Ep. 1054. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Two Types of Wine.

Ep. 1053. Order of Brachot: When a Mistake Requires Repeating the Bracha on the Second Item.

Ep. 1052. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Always Have Everything in Mind.

Ep. 1051. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): B'Dieved, Does a Mix-Up Still Work?

Ep. 1050. Order of Brachot: One Who Mixed Up the Order.

Ep. 1049. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Correcting Mistakes in Brachot Order.

Ep. 1048. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Wheat and Barley Made into a Food, Cake, Bread, Etc.

Ep. 1047. Order of Brachot: Wheat or Barley Has to Be Food or Bread.

Ep. 1046. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): A Chizuk in Our Subject.

Ep. 1045. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Handling Both Drinks and Food.

Ep. 1044. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Different Types of 'חביב' (Chaviv) - Preferring One Fruit Over Another.

Ep. 1043. Order of Brachot: A Complete Item Made by a Person (Not a Fruit).

Ep. 1042. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Large and Small.

Ep. 1041a. About Shiur 1041.

Ep. 1041. Order of Brachot: An Etrog with Other Fruits.

Ep. 1040. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Two Fruits and I Want One, Either One Is Good

Ep. 1039. Order of Brachot: Making a Boreh Nefashot First.

Ep. 1038. קדימה בברכות (Kadimah B'Brachot): Making an Al Hamichya When a Boreh Nefashot Will Come Later

Ep. 1037. Order of Brachot: Do I Have to Eat in the Proper Order?

Ep. 1036. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): This Is All הלכה למעשה (Halacha L'Maaseh). Al HaMichya and Borei Nefashot.

Ep. 1035. Order of Brachot: The Importance of Eating a Complete Item.

Ep. 1034. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): A Complete Fruit and a Partial Fruit in Relation to מין שבעה (Min Shivah).

Ep. 1033. Order of Brachot: A Complete Fruit Versus One That Is Preferred or from מין שבעה (Min Shivah).

Ep. 1032. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): At What Point Is a Food Not Considered Complete?

Ep. 1031. Order of Brachot: What to Do When One Makes a Bracha on the Wrong Item.

Ep. 1030. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): How to Handle a Mistake in the Order of Brachot.

Ep. 1029. Part #2. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): How to Handle the Special Order of Fruits on Rosh Hashanah.

Ep. 1028. Part #1. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): How to Handle the Special Order of Fruits on Rosh Hashanah.

Ep. 1027. Order of Brachot: The Correct Order of שבעת המינים (Shivat HaMinim) Fruits.

Ep. 1026. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): The Exact Order of Brachot.

Ep. 1025. Order of Brachot: Different Categories in Mezonot.

Ep. 1024. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): How to Handle Rice.

Ep. 1023. Order of Brachot: Having Everything in Mind.

Ep. 1022. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): Kiddush When Challah Is in Front of You.

Ep. 1021. The Order of Brachot: Havdalah and Melaveh Malkah.

Ep. 1020. A Meal with Various Courses Placed in Front of You at the Beginning (When One Does Not Wash for Bread).

Ep. 1019a. About Shiur 1019.

Ep. 1019. Eating a Full Meal Without Washing for Bread. Coffee and Cake.

Ep. 1018. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): When Faced with Both Ha'etz and Ha'adama Items, What Is the Proper Order?

Ep. 1017. The Correct Order of Brachot: How to Determine Between בורא פרי העץ (Borei Pri Ha'etz) and בורא פרי האדמה (Borei Pri Ha'adama).

Ep. 1016. Various Situations That Might Arise After Washing מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim).

Ep. 1015. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): The מין שבעה (Min Sheva) and Their Special Status.

Ep. 1014. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): Making a Bracha on a Whole Fruit Rather Than a Part.

Ep. 1013. Order of Brachot: How to Handle חביב (Chaviv) with Fruits and Foods.

Ep. 1012. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): Is חביב (Chaviv) the Fruit One Prefers Now or Generally?

Ep. 1011. Order of Brachot: How Do We Deal with חביב (Chaviv)?

Ep. 1010. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): A Complete Fruit or a Partial Fruit.

Ep. 1009. Order of Brachot: A Complete Fruit or Half a Fruit? Which One Comes First?

Ep. 1008. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): What Should One Do if They Prefer One Fruit Over Another? A Whole Fruit Versus a Cut Fruit from מין שבעה (Min Shivah).

Ep. 1007. קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): Fruits That Are Mentioned in Relation to Eretz Yisrael.

Ep. 1006. The Order of Brachot: Making One Bracha on Everything in Front of Me.

Ep. 1005. What Is the Correct Order of Brachot When We Have Various Foods or Drinks?

Ep. 1004. Which Bracha Should Be Made First?

Ep. 1003. {} (Kedimah BiVrachot): A Plate of Separate Foods. Eating a Fruit Before Washing.

Ep. 1002. Understanding the Concept of עיקר וטפל (Ikar V'Tafel) in Relation to קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot).

Ep. 1001. מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim): Interruptions with Various Tefilot.

Ep. 1000. THANK YOU!

Ep. 999. Different Situations Where the Order of Brachot Does Not Apply.

Ep. 998. What Are the Conditions for the Order of Brachot to Apply?

Ep. 997. Introduction to the Correct Order When Making Various Brachot.

Ep. 996a. About Shiur 996.

Ep. 996. Introduction to קדימה בברכות (Kedimah BiVrachot): Which Bracha Comes First When Sitting Down to Eat?

Ep. 995. Having a Few כלים (Keilim) to Wash.

Ep. 994. Using the Bathroom After Washing Mayim Acharonim.

Ep. 993. What Are the Guidelines About Interruptions During מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim)?

Ep. 992a. About Shiur 992: Mayim Acharonim: Should One Use Extra Water?

Ep. 992. Mayim Acharonim: Should One Use Extra Water?

Ep. 991b. Insight from Rav. Cahan

Ep. 991a. Insight from Rav. Cahan

Ep. 991. Does One Have to Wipe Their Mustache and Mouth Area Too?

Ep. 990. מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim): Do Women Have to Wash?

Ep. 989. One Must Be Careful Not to Make an Interruption Between Washing and Bentching.

Ep. 988. One Must Be Careful That Their Hands Are Clean When Making a Bracha.

Ep. 987. Different Types of Customs Regarding מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim).

Ep. 986. If One Has a Different Minhag (Custom).

Ep. 985. Mayim Achronim - Does one have to use water, or are other liquids ok.

Ep. 984. מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim): Drying One's Hands After Washing.

Ep. 983. Mayim Acharonim: Does One Have to Dry Their Hands?

Ep. 982. Mayim Acharonim: Keep the Fingertips Pointing Downward. Do We Make a Bracha on Mayim Acharonim?

Ep. 981. Mayim Acharonim: One Must Be Careful to Cover the Proper Amount When Washing.

Ep. 980. מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim: Washing Before Bentching): How Much of the Hand Must Be Washed?

Ep. 979. Washing מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim): Pouring on the Ground. Using Warm Water.

Ep. 978. Washing מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim) into a Cup or Bowl That Remains on the Table.

Ep. 977. Does One Have to Remove the מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim: Water After Washing) from the Table Before Bentching?

Ep. 976a. About Shiur 976: What Are the Halachot and Guidelines of מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim: Washing Before Bentching)?

Ep. 976. What Are the Halachot and Guidelines of מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim: Washing Before Bentching)?

Ep. 975. How Far Does One Need to Go to Get Water for מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim)?

Ep. 974. How Do We Compare מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim) to מים ראשונים (Mayim Rishonim): Water Before Eating Bread and Before Bentching?

Ep. 973. One Should Be Careful with מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim: Washing Before Bentching) Even if the Reasons Might Not Apply to Them.

Ep. 972. Understanding the Reason for מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim: Washing Before Bentching).

Ep. 971. Introduction to the Halachot of מים אחרונים (Mayim Acharonim: Washing Before Bentching).

Ep. 970. Bentching in a Different Part of the Room. Bentching in an Open Area.

Ep. 969. When One May Leave During the Meal. Making Borei Nefashot.

Ep. 968. Bentching in the Same Place Where One Finished the Meal.

Ep. 967. Sitting While Reciting Birkat HaMazon.

Ep. 966a. About Shiur 966: Different Types of Situations When One Might Have Forgotten to Make a Bracha.

Ep. 966. Different Types of Situations When One Might Have Forgotten to Make a Bracha.

Ep. 965. How Do We Use the Statement of ברוך שם וכו׳ ('Baruch Shem, etc.')?

Ep. 964a. About Shiur 964: How Much Time Does One Have to Say 'Baruch Shem' After Making a Bracha in Vain ר״ל?

Ep. 964. How Much Time Does One Have to Say 'Baruch Shem' After Making a Bracha in Vain ר״ל?

Ep. 963. What Should One Do After the Fact with a ברכה שאינה צריכה (A Bracha That Is Not Needed)?

Ep. 962. Understanding the Concept of ספק ספקא (Sfek Sfeka): Two Questions on One Bracha.

Ep. 961. What Should One Do if They Are Unable to Recall if They Made a Bracha?

Ep. 960. What Is the Halacha if One Always Takes a Certain Drink After Wine or Grape Juice? (e.g., Coffee After Havdalah)?

Ep. 959. Do Not Talk to Someone Who Is Davening or Making a Bracha Until They Have Finished.

Ep. 958a. About Shiur 958: Important Guidelines Regarding Not Pronouncing Hashem's Name Properly ר״ל.

Ep. 958. Important Guidelines Regarding Not Pronouncing Hashem's Name Properly ר״ל.

Ep. 957. A Very Important Story Brought Down by the Chayei Adam.

Ep. 956a. About Shiur 956: One Must Be Careful Not to Pronounce Hashem's Name or Any Word Representing It.

Ep. 956. One Must Be Careful Not to Pronounce Hashem's Name or Any Word Representing It.

Ep. 955a. About Shiur 955: If One Has a Question About the Halachot of עיקר וטפל (Ikar V'tafel): The Correct Bracha on Mixed Foods.

Ep. 955. If One Has a Question About the Halachot of עיקר וטפל (Ikar V'tafel): The Correct Bracha on Mixed Foods.

Ep. 954a. About Shiur 954: A Better Understanding of Splitting Up the Meal When Shabbos Is Erev Yom Tov.

Ep. 954. A Better Understanding of Splitting Up the Meal When Shabbos Is Erev Yom Tov.

Ep. 953a. About Shiur 953: What Is the Halacha if One Had to Use the Bathroom Right Before ברכו (Borchu)?

Ep. 953a. About Shiur 953: What Is the Halacha if One Had to Use the Bathroom Right Before ברכו (Borchu)?

Ep. 953. What Is the Halacha if One Had to Use the Bathroom Right Before ברכו (Borchu)? Making אשר יצר (Asher Yatzar).

Ep. 952. Is One Allowed to Split the Meal in Two if There Is a Good Reason?

Ep. 951. Various Examples of When One Has a Food and Doesn't Know if They Need to Make a Bracha: When Taking Action to Make an Extra Bracha Is Sometimes Acceptable.

Ep. 950. Pushing Off Eating Something Until After the Meal if One Is Not Interested in Eating It Now.

Ep. 949a. Term "Bracha That Might Not Be Needed"

Ep. 949. Reaching One Hundred Brachot on Shabbos Through Making Extra Brachot (Part 2).

Ep. 948. What Is the Halacha if One Wants to Reach One Hundred Brachot on Shabbos Through Making Extra Brachot That Might Not Be Needed?

Ep. 947. When Is One Allowed to Make a So-called Bracha That Is Not Needed?

Ep. 946. What Should One Do if They Hear a Bracha That Was Not Permitted According to Halacha?

Ep. 945. How to Handle Different Types of Situations Involving a ברכה שאינה צריכה (A Bracha That Is Not Needed).

Ep. 944. Understanding Different Examples of a ברכה שאינה צריכה (A Bracha That Is Not Needed).

Ep. 943. More Very Important Information in Reference to Answering During Learning or Davening.

Ep. 942a. About Shiur 942: Introduction to the Understanding of Making a Bracha That Is Not Needed.

Ep. 942. Introduction to the Understanding of Making a Bracha That Is Not Needed.

Ep. 941. More Important Halachot in Reference to When One Is Learning or Davening: When to Answer Amen.

Ep. 940a. About Shiur 940: When Should One Interrupt Their Learning or Davening in Order to Answer אמן (Amen)?

Ep. 940. When Should One Interrupt Their Learning or Davening in Order to Answer אמן (Amen)?

Ep. 939. The Importance of Not Talking to a Person Who Is Making a Bracha.

Ep. 938. More Halachot in Reference to Answering אמן (Amen) While Learning or Davening.

Ep. 937. Answering אמן (Amen) While Davening or Learning.

Ep. 936. How to Handle Answering Amen to Other Types of Brachot.

Ep. 935. Teaching a Young Child to Say אמן (Amen). Answering אמן (Amen) to a Bracha Without the Name of Hashem.

Ep. 934. Is One Allowed to Answer אמן (Amen) to a Child's Bracha Even Though They Might Not Be Clean?

Ep. 933. If One Hears Someone Else Davening שמונה עשרה (Shemoneh Esrei) Louder Than Usual, Should They Answer אמן (Amen)?

Ep. 932. Story of Rav Moshe זצ״ל. Various Important Points in Answering אמן (Amen). Davening Next to Someone Else Who Is Saying שמונה עשרה (Shemoneh Esrei) Louder Than Usual.

Ep. 931. Answering Ninety Times אמן (Amen) Throughout the Day. Do I Have to Wait for Someone to Finish Their Bracha Before Leaving the Room? A Story from Rav Pam זצ״ל. Asking Someone Else to Answer אמן to Your Bracha.

Ep. 930. One Must Be Careful Not to Answer אמן (Amen) to a Bracha if They Don't Know Which One They Are Answering to. If Someone Heard Only the End of a Bracha.

Ep. 929. Is תוך כדי דיבור (Toch K'dei Dibbur) the Time to Say Two Words or Three? As Long as One Knows Which Bracha They Are Answering Amen to.

Ep. 928. Does One Have to Know What Bracha They Are Answering אמן (Amen) to?

Ep. 927. To Fulfill One's Obligation (לצאת ידי חובה) with Another's Bracha, One Must Hear It from Beginning to End.

Ep. 926. What Is a אמן קטופה (Amen Ketufah)?

Ep. 925. When Do We Answer אמן (Amen) When We Finish the Same Bracha with Somebody Else?

Ep. 924. Understanding What Is a אמן יתומה (Amen Yetomah).

Ep. 923. The Greatness and Extreme Importance of Saying אמן (Amen).

Ep. 922. How Much Time Does One Have to Respond with Amen After a Bracha?

Ep. 921a. About Shiur 921: How to Handle Answering אמן (Amen) to a Bracha Made by a Young Child.

Ep. 921. How to Handle Answering אמן (Amen) to a Bracha Made by a Young Child.

Ep. 920. Various Examples of Brachot That Are Not Allowed to Be Made

Ep. 919. Various Times When One Is Not Supposed to Say אמן (Amen).

Ep. 918a. About Shiur 918: Working with Children in Conjunction with Making Brachot.

Ep. 918. Working with Children in Conjunction with Making Brachot.

Ep. 917. Teaching Young Children How to Make Brachot and Say אמן (Amen).

Ep. 916. Continuing on the Halachot of אמן (Amen).

Ep. 915. Important Information in Conjunction with Borei Nefashot and Other Mistakes.

Ep. 914. Mixing Up a Bracha of מעין שלוש (Me'ein Shalosh) and a Borei Nefashot.

Ep. 913. How to Handle Mix-ups in Conjunction with Bentching.

Ep. 912. Someone Who Bentched by Mistake on Wine or Dates. Mixing Up Borei Nefashot and Bentching.

Ep. 911. Introduction to the Various Types of Mistakes with After Brachot.

Ep. 910. Various Mistakes in Brachot Where the Bracha Might Still Be Acceptable Bedi'avad (After the Fact).

Ep. 909. Various Mistakes in Brachot That Might Still Be Acceptable Bediavad (After the Fact).

Ep. 908. Various Ways to Fix a Bracha, Even Though It Might Be Acceptable Bediavad (After the Fact).

Ep. 907. What Should One Do if They Started to Make a Bracha and Then Realized They Had Already Made One Previously?

Ep. 906. The Time One Has to Correct Their Bracha Starts Right After Finishing the Last Word.

Ep. 905. How to Resolve the Situation When One Forgets If They Have Bentched.

Ep. 904. The Concept of "Toch K'dei Dibbur" in Conjunction with Bentching.

Ep. 903. Understanding the Concept of How to Fix a ברכה אחת מעין שלוש (Bracha Achat Me'ein Shalosh).

Ep. 902. What Should One Do if They Don't Remember if They Made a ברכה אחת מעין שלוש (Bracha Achat Me'ein Shalosh)?

Ep. 901. Understanding the Concept of "Toch K'dei Dibbur".

Ep. 900. What Is the Halacha if One Made a Bracha on Wine or Grape Juice and Then Realized They Had Another Drink in Their Cup? Examples: Water or Soda.

Ep. 899. If One Mixed Up the Brachot During the Course of Havdalah: The Besamim and the Ha'esh.

Ep. 898. How Much Time Does One Have to Fix Their Bracha if They Made a Mistake? How Important Is It to Concentrate on the Bracha You Are Making?

Ep. 897. What Is the Halacha if One Has the Wrong Intention While Making a Bracha? In General, We Follow the Ending of the Bracha.

Ep. 896. What Is the Halacha if One Cannot Recall if They Made a Bracha or Not? A ספק ספקא (a Double Question) by Brachos.

Ep. 895. If I Finish the Bracha Before My Friend (Same Bracha) Could I Answer Amen? Introduction to 'How Much of the Bracha Do I Have to Hear in Order to Say אמן (Amen)?'

Ep. 894. When Is One Allowed to Answer 'Amen' to Someone Else's Bracha Even Though You Are Making the Same Bracha?

Ep. 893. Answering אמן (Amen) to Your Own Bracha. Answering אמן to the Bracha You Hear from the Chazan When You Finish Your Own Bracha. Is Answering אמן to Someone Else's Bracha After You Make Your Own Bracha Before You Take a Bite or Sip?

Ep. 892. Introduction to the Halachas of Answering אמן (Amen).

Ep. 891a. About Shiur 891: Answering 'Amen' While in the Middle of Learning or Davening.

Ep. 891. Answering 'Amen' While in the Middle of Learning or Davening.

Ep. 890. Do Women Have to Have Their Head Covered When Making a Bracha? A Few Halachas About Thunder and Lightning.

Ep. 889. Having a Separation Between the Top and the Bottom When Making a Bracha.

Ep. 888a. About Shiur 888: Covering One's Head When Making a Bracha.

Ep. 888. Covering One's Head When Making a Bracha.

Ep. 887a. About Shiur 887: Working with Various Different Types of Mistakes in 'After Brachos'.

Ep. 887. Working with Various Different Types of Mistakes in 'After Brachos'.

Ep. 886. Various Different Types of Mistakes and How to Fix Them in the After Bracha.

Ep. 885. If One Is Not Sure if They Ate Enough Cake or Cookies to Make an Al HaMichya, What Should They Do? Could I Listen to My Friend's Bracha and Get Out of a ספק?

Ep. 884. Why Should One Not Add Other Words into Their Bracha? After the Fact (בדיעבד) Is One Allowed to Insert a Phrase for an After Bracha? (Example: על הגפן into על המחיה).

Ep. 883. If One Ate a Fruit and They Don't Know What the Correct After Bracha Is.

Ep. 882. How to Fix a Situation Where One Is Not Sure if They Drank or Ate Enough Wine or Cake, or Possibly the Wine Was Some Other Drink.

Ep. 881. What Is the Halacha if I Am Not Sure if I Drank Enough Wine or Grape Juice to Make an After Bracha, or if I Ate Enough Cake or Cookies to Make an After Bracha?

Ep. 880. Interesting Cases Which Come Up in Reference to Drinking Wine or Grape Juice and Drinking Other Drinks. (Part 2)

Ep. 879. Interesting Cases Which Come Up in Reference to Drinking Wine or Grape Juice and Drinking Other Drinks. (Part 1)

Ep. 878. How Are Brachos Determined When One Drinks Wine or Grape Juice and Is Also Eating Grapes? What Should One Do if They Made the Wrong Bracha on Something?

Ep. 877. What Is the Proper Procedure in Reference to Making an After Bracha When Eating Grapes Together with Other Fruits, e.g., Apples, Oranges? What After Bracha Is Made When Drinking Wine and Eating Other Fruits?

Ep. 876. What Bracha Do We Make on Multigrain Squares? What Is the Correct Bracha to Make on Store-Bought Blueberries?

Ep. 875a. About Al HaMichya.

Ep. 875. What Is the Halacha If One Ate Cake or Cookies, Drank Wine or Grape Juice, and Ate Grapes? How Should One Recite the After Bracha?

Ep. 874. What Is the Halacha If One Made an Al Hamichya After Dark but They Ate the Food While It Was Daytime?

Ep. 873. Understanding the Breakdown of the "After Bracha" on Wine or Grape Juice.

Ep. 872. The Correct After Bracha to Make on Stuffed Chicken or Stuffed Meat.

Ep. 871. The Correct Bracha to Make on Chicken with Stuffing or Meat with Stuffing.

Ep. 870. When Making an Al HaMichya and a Boreh Nefashos, Which One Comes First? When Making an Asher Yatzar and an After Bracha, Which One Comes First? Could I Make an Al HaMichya Without a Boreh Nefashos?

Ep. 869. Very Important Information in Reference to Eating Pies (e.g., Apple Pie or Cherry Pie, etc.).

Ep. 868a. How Do We Work with the Phrases That One Is Supposed to Fill in at the End of the ברכה אחת מעין שלוש?

Ep. 868. How Do We Handle the Phrases That One Is Supposed to Fill In at the End of the ברכה אחת מעין שלוש?

Ep. 867. What Is the Correct Bracha to Make on Fruits That Are Part of the שבעת המינים from Eretz Yisroel?

Ep. 866. As Far as Bentching Goes, How Do We Handle It If One Has to Bentch Outside (e.g., Park, Yard)?

Ep. 865. What Is the Halacha if One Mixed Up a "Boreh Nefashos" with an "Al HaMichya"?

Ep. 864. Eating Plain Flour of the Five Grains: What Is the Correct Bracha? Eating a Complete Grape.

Ep. 863. If One Went Outside Before They Ate a Full K'zayis of Their Fruit, When They Come Back In They Ate the Rest of the K'zayis All Under a 4-Minute Period: Is It Still Good (for an After Bracha)?

Ep. 862. If One Makes a Bracha on Fruit in the Middle of a Meal When They Washed for Bread and Then They Went Out: When They Come Back, Do They Need a New Bracha?

Ep. 861. When One Eats Cake Together with a Coffee and They Now Have to Leave the Building: When They Come Back, Do They Need a New Bracha on the Coffee?

Ep. 860. What Is the Halacha with שנוי מקום (a Halachic Change of Place) When One Goes into the Backyard That Is Fenced In: Leaving One's House and Coming Back Right Away

Ep. 859. Some Important Halachas of Using Water That Was Used for Something Else to Wash One's Hands for Bread

Ep. 858. What Is the Halacha if One Is Continuously Eating One Item as They Leave the House (שינוי מקום)?

Ep. 857. If One Is Sucking on a Candy, Mint, or Chewing Gum When Leaving the House, Do They Need a New Brocha?

Ep. 856. When There Is No שינוי מקום (a halachic change of place): Ensuring One Ate a K'ZAYIS Before Leaving

Ep. 855. The Correct Brocha on Potato Soups, Cream of Potato Soup, Onion Soup, Eating Plain Onions, and Noodle Soup.

Ep. 854. Tomato Rice Soup, Corn Soup, Split Pea Soup, Lentil Soup: Correct Brochas

Ep. 853. The Proper Brocha to Make on Various Types of Chicken Soups.

Ep. 852. Various Types of Soups and the Correct Brocha: Tomato Soup, Split Pea Soup, Cabbage Soup, Mushroom Soup, Mushroom and Barley Soup

Ep. 851. The Proper BROCHA for Matzoh Meal Mix When Eaten Plain.

Ep. 850. The Correct BROCHA on Instant Soups and Vegetable Soups.

Ep. 849. What Is the Correct Brocha to Make on Fruit Soups?

Ep. 848. What Do We Call a Drink When There Is Flour from One of the Five Grains in the Food? (When Is It Considered Drinkable?) E.g., Farina, Oatmeal, etc.

Ep. 847. Barley Soup, Soup with Noodles – the Correct Brocha.

Ep. 846. The Difference Between the Bracha Before Eating the Food and After Eating the Food, in Conjunction with the Halachas of "Shinu Makom" (Change of Place).

Ep. 845. If One Is Eating Grapes Together with Other Types of Fruits (e.g., Apples, Oranges, etc.), How Do We Handle the After Brocha?

Ep. 844. What Is the Halacha If One Put Flour from One of the Five Grains into a Drink? The Flour in the Drink Is There for Sustenance and Taste.

Ep. 843. If One Made an "Al Hamichya" on Rice, What Is the Halacha?

Ep. 842. If One Made a Shehakol on Something, When Do We Say That It Covers Everything That Is in Front of You?

Ep. 841. Understanding the Difference Between Cake with Filling and Cake without Filling Regarding the After Brochoh

Ep. 840. What Is The Halacha If One Drinks A Little Bit Wine And A Little Bit Of Some Other Drink, Do They Make An "After Brochoh"?

Ep. 839. The Brochoh on Wine or Grape Juice Covers Drinks In Front of You at the Time of the Brochoh (Both the First Brochoh and After Brochoh). The Amount One Has to Drink for That to Happen

Ep. 838. Why Do Other Types of Grains (Not Rice or the Five Grains, e.g., Oats, Wheat, etc.) Become Shehakol When Ground Up?

Ep. 837. What Would Be The Correct Brochoh On A Muffin Or Cake Made Out Of Whole Grain Oats?

Ep. 836. Final Important Facts To Know About Cereals And Their "After Brochoh"

Ep. 835. What Is The Correct Bracha To Make On Muffins Or Cake That Is Baked And Made Out Of Whole Grains?

Ep. 834. Important Considerations Regarding Fruits in Cereal.

Ep. 833. The Same Cereal by the Same Company Could Sometimes Be Made in Different Ways. Understanding the Concept: Some Cereals Are Split Equally Between Two Different Ingredients.

Ep. 832. What Is the Halacha if the Oat Flour or Wheat Flour Is Not the Main Ingredient? Cereal Made from Rice Flour. Cereal from Processed Rice (e.g., Kellogg's Rice Krispies and Post Fruity Pebbles).

Ep. 831. Many Very Important Details in Reference to the After Brocha on Cereals Made from One of the Five Grains.

Ep. 830. What Is the Proper After Brocha to Make on Cereals Made from One of the Five Grains Ground Up (e.g., Cheerios)?

Ep. 829. What Is the Halacha if One Is Eating a Pie (e.g., Apple Pie, Cherry Pie) and They Would Like to Eat Only the Inside (e.g., the Apples)?

Ep. 828. What Is the Proper After Brocha to Make on Morning Cereals Made from Whole Grains (e.g., Sugar Crisp, Golden Crisps, Puffed Wheat, etc.)?

Ep. 827. What Is the Halacha When One Eats a Whole Grain (in Conjunction with Breakfast Cereals)?

Ep. 826. What Is the Correct Brocha to Make on Rice Flour?

Ep. 825. What Is the Correct Brocha to Make on Schnitzel or Fried Fish When It Is Covered with Corn Flakes Crumbs?

Ep. 824. What Is the Halacha if One Is Eating Schnitzel or Fried Fish When the Outside Coating Is Made from Regular Flour, and One Would Like to Eat the Outside Coating Separately?

Ep. 823. Important Information in Reference to Granola Bars

Ep. 822. How Do We Understand Three Different Categories of the Five Grains?

Ep. 821. Understanding Some of the Halachas Pertaining to Morning Cereals.

Ep. 820. What Is the Proper Procedure When One Would Like to Have a Candy, Mint, or Gum After Their Food or Drink?

Ep. 819. When Flour of the Five Grains Is Put into a Drink (What Is the Halacha). The Brocha on Licorice, Gefilte Fish, etc.

Ep. 818. Very important review on the halachas of putting flour from the five grains into a food (What is the proper BROCHA).

Ep. 817. Why Is the Bracha on the Five Grains When They Are Ground Up and Made into a Food Different Than the Five Fruits and the Various Different Foods?

Ep. 816. Understanding the Differentiation Between the Five Fruits and the Five Grains, Which Have Various Types of Brachos.

Ep. 815. Understanding the Importance of Concentrating on the Words and Not Walking Around While Making a Brocha.

Ep. 814. Building Our Connection Through Boreh Nefashot to Hashem.

Ep. 813. Understanding the Breakdown of the Bracha Known as מעין שלש. (After Blessing Made on the Five Grains, Wine, and Certain Types of Fruits)

Ep. 812. The Proper Brocha for a Food Which Was Cooked in a Pot Together with One of the Five Grains.

Ep. 811. Introduction to the Bracha of ברכה אחת מעין שלש (After Blessing Made on Certain Types of Fruits, Grains, Wine, etc.)

Ep. 810. What Is the Halacha When One Is Eating a Mixture of Ingredients in Their Food (e.g., One Did Not Eat Enough for an Al Hamichya When Eating Wheat Flour Mixed with Other Ingredients)? Do We Make a Borei Nefashot?

Ep. 809. What is the halacha if one mixed up the various differences after Brachos (e.g., one made an Al Hamichya instead of Borei Nefashot)?

Ep. 808. An Important Review of a Few Halachos in "בורא נפשות" (Borei Nefoshos)

Ep. 807. If Someone Forgot to Make a בורא נפשות (Borei Nefoshos) and a Short While After They Will Eat Bread, Once They Bentch, Do They Still Have to Make a בורא נפשות (Borei Nefoshos)?

Ep. 806. Does the Concept of שינוי מקום (Shinui Makom, a Halachic Change of Place) Apply to the Brocho of "בורא נפשות" (Borei Nefoshos)?

Ep. 805. What Is the Halacha if One Had in Mind to Drink Water and Then Coffee, but They Forgot and Made a בורא נפשות (Borei Nefoshos) in the Middle? Does One Now Have to Make a New Brocho of Shehakol?

Ep. 804. Understanding What the Brocho of "בורא נפשות" (Borei Nefoshos) Is All About

Ep. 803. In the After Brocho of "בורא נפשות" (Borei Nefoshos), Is One Allowed to Put Together Two Foods or a Drink with a Food to Have the Proper Shiur?

Ep. 802. Various Basic Halachos of the Brocho of "בורא נפשות" (Borei Nefoshos)

Ep. 801. Understanding the Basics of the Bracha of "Borei Nefashot"-בורא נפשות (Blessing for Sustenance)

Ep. 800. How to Work with Sucking on a Candy, Mint, Chewing Gum, etc. When One Is Leaving Their House.

Ep. 799. The "Very Important" Halacha of Not Doing Anything While Making Brachos or Davening.

Ep. 798. Is Sitting Required When Making Brachos?

Ep. 797. Does One Have to Sit When Making Various Brachos?

Ep. 796. What Is the Halacha If One Spoke Out at Any Point During the Washing Process (for Bread), e.g., Do They Have to Rewash, Do They Need Another Brocha, etc.?

Ep. 795. Does One Have to Repeat a Brocha if They Did Some Sort of Action in the Middle, e.g., Snapping One's Fingers, Making Signs with Their Eyes, etc.?

Ep. 794. What Is the Halacha if One Took a Bite of Some Other Food Before the Bread?

Ep. 793. If One Took a Bite of Some Other Food First Before They Took a Bite of Their Bread After They Made the Brocha of Hamotzi, Would That Be Considered a Hefsek (הפסק) (Halachic Interruption)?

Ep. 792. How to work with a CHILD when teaching the child the BROCHA.

Ep. 791. When someone makes KIDDUSH or HAVDALA one has to be careful to drink before talking. Making KIDDUSH for someone else and not drinking himself.

Ep. 790. What is the halacha if the head of the household making the HAMOTZI for everyone spoke out before taking his first bite.

Ep. 789. What is the halacha if one answered "AMEN" to someone else's BRACHO before they took a bite when they were yotza with someone else's BRACHO.

Ep. 788. What is the halacha if the head of the household who is making the HAMOTZI spoke out before the first bite while everybody else was listening to his brocha.

Ep. 787. What is the halacha if one made an after brocha of BOREI NEFOSHOS or AL HAMICHYA instead of BENCHING.

Ep. 786. What type of preparations for the meal are allowed to be done between the washing process for bread and the brocha of HAMOTZI.

Ep. 785. What and when should one be careful with before they actually eat a K'ZAYIS of bread.

Ep. 784. What are some of the various different reasons why one should eat a K'ZAYIS of bread before doing anything else or even talking out.

Ep. 783. What is considered swallowing the first bite when it comes to a candy, gum, mint, etc.

Ep. 782. Is one allowed to answer אמן before they swallow the first bite.

Ep. 781. One should not feed their animals from the original piece of challah or bread on which they made a HAMOTZI

Ep. 780. One should try to eat a K'ZAYIS of the original bread on which they made the BRACHO before they eat other bread.

Ep. 779. Should the head of the household first take a bite from his challah (on Shabbos) or should he first give everyone their piece.

Ep. 778. When is one allowed to eat from their piece of challah (e.g., Shabbos) before the head of the household.

Ep. 777. Is one allowed to take a bite from their piece of challah before the head of the household who made the BRACHO.

Ep. 776. What is the proper way to train a child in making BRACHOS.

Ep. 775. The head of the household making the brocha of HAMOTZI has to wait for everyone to finish saying אמן.

Ep. 774. What types of food would be included in the original BROCHA of HAMOTZI even though the food is presently not here.

Ep. 773. Various situations where one is allowed to make a BRACHO for someone else, even though they are not going to be eating themselves.

Ep. 772. Are there times when one could make a BRACHO for someone else even though they are not going to be eating themselves.

Ep. 771. How do we understand the difference between ברכת הנהנין (a brocha for pleasure) and ברכת המצוות (a bracha on a mitzvah).

Ep. 770. Does the person who is serving the food have to be sitting when hearing the HAMOTZI.

Ep. 769. Could one person make the HAMOTZI for many people sitting at many tables.

Ep. 768. When hearing the HAMOTZI, one must be sitting.

Ep. 767. After one makes or hears the HAMOTZI and their hands were already dried, they can't make the brocha of AL NATILAS YODAYIM.

Ep. 766. If the head of the household makes a HAMOTZI, but I am still washing, what is the halacha.

Ep. 765. What is the halacha if one did not eat a k'zayis of bread in the previous cases (can't remember if they made a HAMOTZI or made a sheHakol or mezonos on the bread).

Ep. 764. What is the halacha if someone made a BRACHO of sheHakol or mezonos on bread instead of a HAMOTZI.

Ep. 763. Various ways to fix up a situation where one is not sure if they made a HAMOTZI.

Ep. 762. Is one allowed to look into a siddur between the washing process and making the HAMOTZI.Is one allowed to answer אמן after they made the brocha of NETILAS YODAYIM but before they dried their hands.

Ep. 761. What is the halacha if one is not sure if they made a HAMOTZI on the bread.

Ep. 760. If one forgot to make a HAMOTZI on bread and now they are totally full, what should they do.

Ep. 759. What is the halacha if one forgot to make a HAMOTZI on the bread but already started to eat.

Ep. 758. What is the halacha if one forgot to make HAVDALA, and now they already washed and made a HAMOTZI on the bread.

Ep. 757. What is the halacha if one forgot to make Kiddush on Shabbos but now they made the brocha of HAMOTZI and before they took the first bite, they remembered about Kiddush.

Ep. 756. Various examples of when one is allowed to make an interruption between the HAMOTZI and taking the first bite. (e.g., looking up the halacha, someone touched their shoes or covered parts of their body, kashrut, etc.)

Ep. 755. Making an interruption between the HAMOTZI and taking the first bite, when the interruption has to do with the food or the meal.

Ep. 754. Introduction to 'Is there a time when one is allowed to talk out between the HAMOTZI and taking the first bite?'

Ep. 753. Walking between the BRACHO and taking the first bite.

Ep. 752. Understanding the difference between a ברכה קצרה (short BRACHO) and a ברכה ארוכה (long BRACHO)

Ep. 751. Important review of when one could talk out after the BRACHO. A short BRACHO and a long BRACHO.

Ep. 750. Does one have to swallow a 'k'zayis' before they talk out after making the brocha.

Ep. 749. Does one have to swallow the first bite before they talk out.

Ep. 748. What is the halacha when it comes to a time delay between the HAMOTZI and taking the first bite.

Ep. 747. The halachos of interruption between the HAMOTZI and taking the first bite

Ep. 746. Is one allowed to use sugar if they don't have any salt.

Ep. 745. What is the halacha if one forgot the salt and already made the BRACHO of HAMOTZI.

Ep. 744. Very interesting and important facts about using salt when eating bread.

Ep. 743. The מצוה of having salt on the table when eating a meal.

Ep. 742. Keeping ten fingers on the bread when making the brocha of HAMOTZI.

Ep. 741. Does one have to hold on to the bread when they make the BRACHO of HAMOTZI.

Ep. 740. How do we understand the concept that if one makes a HAMOTZI for themselves and for others, the person that makes the HAMOTZI has to listen to the AMEN from everyone else.

Ep. 739. The importance of saying 'אמן' when one is listening to someone else's BRACHO in order to eat food.

Ep. 738. What is the proper procedure when one is listening to someone else's BRACHO in order to eat the food in front of them.

Ep. 737. The BRACHO of HAMOTZI

Ep. 736. Is one allowed to make Kiddush after the washing process before the HAMOTZI if they forgot? Waiting for people to wash after you washed (interruption or not).

Ep. 735. What is the halacha if one forgot to make HAVDALA before they washed for bread.

Ep. 734. Are there any words that one is allowed to say between the washing process and the HAMOTZI.

Ep. 733. What is the Halacha if the walking from one place to another is a need for the meal.

Ep. 732. Where should one dry their hands if they have to walk from the place they washed to the place they are going to eat.

Ep. 731b. Important addition to #731.

Ep. 731a. Changing places after the washing for bread and before the HAMOTZI.

Ep. 730. Various important interruptions that one is allowed to make between the washing process and the HAMOTZI.

Ep. 729. How long is 22 Amos? What is one allowed to talk out between the washing procedure and the brocha of HAMOTZI.

Ep. 728. A time delay between the washing procedure and the Brocha of HAMOTZI.

Ep. 727. When does the intermediate period between the washing process and the reciting of HAMOTZI begin? Moving from house to house after washing for bread.

Ep. 726. What is considered a halachic interruption between the washing process and the reciting of the BRACHO of HAMOTZI.

Ep. 725. Introduction to the Halachas of when one is allowed to make an interruption between the washing process and the reciting of the BRACHO of 'HAMOTZI'.

Ep. 724. Important information in reference to using a sink for washing for bread and using a barrel with a spout.

Ep. 723. A way to wash many hands at one time to be able to eat bread.

Ep. 722. Washing for bread with soapy water or with white water.

Ep. 721. Washing for bread from a water or soda bottle. Part #2

Ep. 720. Washing for bread from a water or soda bottle. Part #1

Ep. 719. What is the Halacha if one spoke out between the Bracha of על נטילת ידיים and the drying of one's hands.

Ep. 718. Must one dry their hands before rewashing for bread after speaking out

Ep. 717. What Should One Do if They Spoke Out Between Washing for Bread and Making the Brocha of על נטילת ידיים.

Ep. 716. Introduction to the Halachas of What One Should Do If They Spoke Out Between the Washing and Making the Brocha of על נטילת ידיים.

Ep. 715. Washing for Bread in a River or Lake and Washing Only Half of One's Hand at a Time.

Ep. 714. Does One Have to Wash for Bread if They Are Eating the Bread with a Fork or Spoon and Using Ocean Water to Wash for Bread?

Ep. 713. Important Information Regarding the Halacha When One Does Not Have Water to Wash for Bread, and What Is the Halacha When One Is Eating Bread but Is Not Touching the Bread.

Ep. 712. What Is the Halacha in a Case of Sofek (Question)?

Ep. 711. How Much Money Does One Have to Spend to Be Able to Get Water to Wash for the Bread?

Ep. 710. Is it necessary to wash for bread if one is not going to eat the bread but only touch it?

Ep. 709. What should one do if the head of the household is making a "HAMOTZI" but you haven't had a chance to wash for bread yet? (You are going to be Motzi with his BRACHO).

Ep. 708. If one has washed for bread and already dried their hands, in general, it is not a problem to touch someone else's hands that are wet.

Ep. 707. Is One Allowed to Touch a Part of the Hand That Was Not Washed? Different Techniques for Ensuring Water Reaches All Parts of Your Hand While Washing for Bread.

Ep. 706. Touching Someone Else's Wet Hands When Your Hands Are Wet Too.

Ep. 705. Touching Another Person's Hands with Wet Hands.

Ep. 704. Introduction to Problems Arising When One Hand Touches Another During the Washing Process.

Ep. 703. Halacha Reference: Is Uttering the Pasuk 'שאו ידיכם קדש וכו' Considered an Interruption?

Ep. 702. Is One Allowed to Speak Between Washing Their Hands? (Right Hand Washed, Left Hand Pending)

Ep. 701. At What Point in the Washing Process Is One Allowed to Respond אמן 'Amen' to Someone Else Making a Bracha?

Ep. 700. How Does a Left-Handed Person Wash for Bread? If One Washed Up to the Knuckles, They Should Try and Wash Again. Be Careful to Wash Between the Fingers Also.

Ep. 699. The Various Halachos Pertaining to Washing for Bread in the Bathroom.

Ep. 698. The Bottom Line on the Proper Intentions When Washing for Bread: Perhaps the Washing Itself Might Be Good Enough

Ep. 697. What Should One Do If They Did Not Have the Proper כוונה (Intention) When Washing for Bread?

Ep. 696. What is the Proper כוונה (Intention) Should One Have When Washing for Bread?

Ep. 695. Washing for Bread on an Airplane.

Ep. 694. Washing in an Airport Bathroom for Bread.

Ep. 693. Is One Allowed to Wash for Bread Straight from the Faucet of a Sink?

Ep. 692. Is One Allowed to Use a Disposable Cup (e.g., a Paper Cup, Plastic, or Foam Cup, etc.) When No Other Washing Cup is Available (e.g., in an Airport or Park, etc.)?

Ep. 691. If One is Particular (מקפיד) Only on Shabbat. Blisters, Cuticles Around the Fingernails, Artificial Nails, and What to Do if Unable to Remove the חציצה

Ep. 690. Having a Tiny Amount of Dirt on One's Hands When Washing for Bread. The White Part of the Nail, Paint, Glue, Wax, etc., and Nail Polish.

Ep. 689. Very Important Information Regarding Rings When Going to Wash for Bread.

Ep. 688. What Should One Do When Having Thicker Cream or Ointment on Their Hands. Dealing with a Sticky Substance on Hands When Washing for Bread.

Ep. 687. Understanding the Concept of Splinter (חציצה). How to Wipe Dry Hands After Touching Covered Parts of the Body or Shoes, Etc.

Ep. 686. How to manage a Band-Aid when you need to wash for bread.

Ep. 685. Very important details regarding when one has a bandage or cast on their hand and has to wash for bread.

Ep. 684. How to wash with a bandage, cast, etc., that one cannot take off.

Ep. 683. Understand the distinction between a bandage on one's hand that one must always have on and a bandage on one's hand that they sometimes take off in reference to washing for bread

Ep. 682. What is the correct way to wash one's hands when they come out of the bathroom.

Ep. 681. Introduction to handling situations when one has a bandage, a cast, an ace bandage, etc., on their hand and how to manage it when washing for bread.

Ep. 680. If one touched covered parts of their body or their shoes, etc., does one need water to clean their hands or it is enough just to rub their hands on something. When washing three times for bread does one have to dry their hands.

Ep. 679. Cleaning out a nail when it is too painful. A sticky stain from juice on ones hand.

Ep. 678. After the fact is only good if they were not aware of the חציצה (interpose) on their hand before they went to wash.

Ep. 677. What is the halacha if one has a mark on their hand that they could only see but they are unable to feel it, and creams and oils on ones hands when going to wash for bread.

Ep. 676. How to work with marks on ones hand when the marks on their hand are from the type of job that they do. (e.g. a painter, a construction worker, etc.)

Ep. 675. CHATZITZA (interpose) A SCAB on ones skin.

Ep. 674. What is the halacha if person is מקפיד (particular) on a certain thing but everybody else is not particular (CHATZITZA or not)

Ep. 673. Cuticles (hanging pieces of dead skin) around the nail area, was it a חציצה (interpose) or not. For a splinter we go after the general public in reference to a CHATZITZA interpose.

Ep. 672. What is considered a CHATZITZA (interpose) in reference to ones fingernails.

Ep. 671. When one finds a חציצה (interpose or partition) after they washed for bread and one should check their hands before washing.

Ep. 670. When one has to rewash in the middle of the meal the same halachas would apply as far as the mechanics go.

Ep. 669. Small amounts of dirt, fruit juice, nail polish, etc. - chatzitza (חציצה) or not.

Ep. 668. What are some of the main guidelines in reference to judging a חציצה (interpose, partition, separation) when washing for bread.

Ep. 667. Introduction to the halachas of חציצה (interpose, partition, separation) on ones hands when one washes for bread.

Ep. 666. Using the water from the washing cup to clean off some dirt on ones hands.

Ep. 665. Bottom line on שפשוף (rubbing ones hands during the washing process).

Ep. 664. What is the correct way to do שפשוף (rubbing ones hands during the washing process).

Ep. 663. What is the mitzvah of שפשוף (rubbing ones hands during the washing process) all about.

Ep. 662. How to work with croutons if they are pure bread and put into a salad or soup, etc.

Ep. 661. More very important information and a reference to the bracha on croutons when they are eaten together with a salad or soup, etc.

Ep. 660. Important information, a reference to when one has croutons in their food e.g. salads, soup, etc.

Ep. 659. The mitzvah of rubbing ones hands together during the washing process (מצות שפשוף)

Ep. 658. The entire procedure and understanding how and when one should lift up their hands during the washing process (הגבהת הידים)

Ep. 657. More important details in reference to the concept of picking up ones hands (הגבהת הידים)

Ep. 656. Introduction to the concept of picking up ones hands after washing (הגבהת הידים).

Ep. 655. Is there a halachic difference when washing for bread if the water is cold or hot.

Ep. 654. What is the halacha if one leaves in the middle of the meal for a long period of time, but they are planning to come back.

Ep. 653. Does one have to start eating the bread right after they washed even without a bracha.

Ep. 652. Understanding the various different sizes of bread in conjunction with a KIZAYIS and a KIBAYZTA.

Ep. 651. How much bread does one have to eat after one washes their hands in the middle of a meal with a brocha. (If one used the bathroom through a bowel movement).

Ep. 650. What is the halacha if one is still going to drink at their meal but they don't want to eat anymore. (Do they still have to wash).

Ep. 649. Understanding more important facts about the halachas of one who went out in the middle of the meal for a long period of time.

Ep. 648. What should one do if they went out in the middle of the meal for a long period of time. (e.g., an hour or two). When they come back to the meal do they have to rewash their hands for bread.

Ep. 647. What is the halacha if one had to leave in the middle of the meal, when they come back do they have to rewash for bread.

Ep. 646. If one changed the baby's diaper and their hands stayed clean. Scratching ones head. (Re-washing for bread in the middle of the meal).

Ep. 645. What is the halacha if one has to change a baby's diaper in the middle of the meal. (rewashing for bread).

Ep. 644. How to work with various different situations in conjunction with using the bathroom in middle of the meal. The proper procedure in washing ones hands when touching covered parts of ones body during the meal.

Ep. 643. (Part 2) What should one do in reference to rewashing for bread when one had to use the bathroom in middle of the meal.

Ep. 642. (Part 1) What should one do in reference to rewashing for bread when one had to use the bathroom in middle of the meal.

Ep. 641. Understanding the concept and background in reference to having to wash your hands for bread again in the middle of the meal.

Ep. 640. Introduction to when does one have to rewash their hands for bread in the middle of the meal.

Ep. 639. If one scratched their head, if one touched their head or touched their hair; what is the halacha in conjunction with washing their hands.

Ep. 638. Various situations that come up whereby one should hold the washing cup by its body and not by the handles and if there are situations whereby one has to wash again in middle of the meal.

Ep. 637. Does one have to dry the hand that they washed the right way before they rewash it.

Ep. 636. If one used a lot of water to wash their right hand, are they allowed to touch their left hand before they wash it.

Ep. 635. Is one allowed to touch the other hand in middle of the washing process for bread.

Ep. 634. Important information in reference to drying one hands before washing for bread. Various different minhagim (customs) in reference to washing one hands before bread.

Ep. 633. Does one have to wash each hand two times in accordance with halacha.

Ep. 632. Eating the bread out of a plastic bag or from a silver foil. An interesting situation which could arise when going on vacation (in conjunction with washing for bread).

Ep. 631. Important question which could arise in reference to nail polish when going to wash for bread.

Ep. 630b. CORRECTION on 630a

Ep. 630a. More important information on "NAIL polish" when one goes to wash for bread.

Ep. 629. More important information on "RINGS" when one goes to wash for bread.

Ep. 628. If one is not sure if they washed the right amount of their hands (what is the halacha).

Ep. 627. What is the halacha if ones hands are wet only in their pams not in their fingers (do you have to dry them).

Ep. 626. Drying the handles of a washing cup could sometimes depend on the situation the person is in.

Ep. 625. Does one have to dry the handles of a washing cup before they wash for bread.

Ep. 624. Understanding the concept of how wet is considered wet in halacha. Understanding the opinions of those who say that one should dry their hands before washing for bread.

Ep. 623. Various different situations which arise whereby ones hands are wet before they wash for bread.

Ep. 622. Does one have to make sure that their hands are completely dry before they go to wash for bread.

Ep. 621. Introduction to various different Shailos (Questions) which apply during the actual washing procedure for bread.

Ep. 620. A quick review and summing it all up in conjunction with sponge cake, marble cake, danishes and the AFTER BROCHA.

Ep. 619. How to work with a after brocha when one is eating sponge cake, marble cake, etc.

Ep. 618. Understanding the concept of what after brocha should one make, when they eat a danish or some sort of a pie.

Ep. 617. If one has a injury on one's hand, should they wash the other hand. If one is traveling in a dangerous area, is one allowed to take off the covering and then put it back in the middle of eating bread.

Ep. 616. More halachas of no water at home and one wants to eat bread. A person that is traveling with a group of people, e.g. on a bus, train, etc. A person that has a injury on their hand (how to work with washing).

Ep. 615. What should one do if they just don't have anything to wrap their hands in and now they would like to eat bread but they don't have any water to wash their hands.

Ep. 614. What is the proper procedure to use when one has to wrap their hands in conjunction with not having water to wash for bread.

Ep. 613. What should one do if they don't have water to wash for bread and they are at home.

Ep. 612. If one knows they will not find water if they continue to travel and they want to eat bread, what should one do.

Ep. 611. How far does one have to travel to get water in order to wash for the bread.

Ep. 610. What is the halacha if one does not have any water available and they would like to eat bread.

Ep. 609. What is the halacha when it comes to nail polish and fake nails in conjunction with washing for bread.

Ep. 608. Is there a problem if one has various types of marks on their hands or fingers and they want to wash for bread.

Ep. 607. Various different situations that come up when washing for bread and they have rings on their fingers.

Ep. 606. Does one have to remove the rings from their fingers when washing for bread.

Ep. 605. Various different cases whereby one might be allowed to wash their hands only up to their knuckles when washing for bread.

Ep. 604. The importance of washing ones entire hand when washing for bread.

Ep. 603. Does one have to wash their entire hand when they are washing for bread.

Ep. 602. What makes a "WASHING CUP" not halachicly usable.

Ep. 601. Does one need to have a "WASHING CUP" in order to wash for bread.

Ep. 600. How to work with one washing for the "Asher yoztar" and the "NETILAS YIDOYIM". (When coming out of the bathroom and one is going to eat bread).

Ep. 599. What should one do if they don't have enough water for two washings when they come out of the bathroom and they are going to eat bread.

Ep. 598. Is there a problem with getting ones hands dirty in the bathroom, after they had been washed the proper way for bread.

Ep. 597. If one washes the right way when they come out of the bathroom, what will be the proper thing to do before washing for bread.

Ep. 596. Practical applications in conjunction with "not a complete washing" when one leaves the bathroom before a meal.

Ep. 595. The proper way, in accordance with halacha, of washing ones hands before a meal, when one comes out of the bathroom.

Ep. 594. Introduction to how to work with washing one's hands when one uses the bathroom before they wash for bread.

Ep. 593. Understanding the various different details involved in the various different types of halachic hand washings.

Ep. 592. The various different types of halachic washing of ones hands.

Ep. 591. What should one do if they just can't remember if they made the brocha of NETILAS YIDOYIM or not.

Ep. 590. What should one do if they said the brocha of HAMOTZI first while their hands are still wet. (How do we work with the brocha of NETILAS YIDOYIM).

Ep. 589. Is there a way to fix the situation if one forgot to make a brocha of NETILAS YIDOYIM on washing for bread.

Ep. 588. Is one allowed to make the brocha of NETILAS YIDOYIM after they made the HAMOTZI on the bread.

Ep. 587. Is one allowed to say a "תפילה" (small prayer) at anytime during the washing process.

Ep. 586. When is one allowed to answer "אמן" during the washing process.

Ep. 585. Is one allowed to answer "אמן" to a different persons brocha.

Ep. 584. Understanding the concept of "making an interruption" at some point during the washing process.

Ep. 583. How should one wash their hands; (what exactly is the proper procedure when washing for bread).

Ep. 582. Is it a problem if ones hands got wet during the meal (not from washing on bread).

Ep. 581. One should be careful to dry their hands completely no matter how much water they used to wash their hands.

Ep. 580. One should be careful to dry their hands completely no matter how much water they used to wash their hands.

Ep. 579. Does one have to dry their hands completely after they wash.

Ep. 578. If one made the brocha of HAMOTZI while their hands are still wet, are they still allowed to make the bracha of NETILAS YIDOYIM.

Ep. 577. Making the brocha of NETILAS YIDOYIM while ones hands are partially wet.

Ep. 576. Is one allowed to still make a brocha NETILAS YIDOYIM after one already dried their hands.

Ep. 575. When should one make the brocha on washing for bread.

Ep. 574. Two important corrections from previous shiurim.

Ep. 573. Should one make the brocha on washing their hands before they actually wash their hands.

Ep. 572. When one uses a lot of water to wash their hands make sure to have others in mind.

Ep. 571. Should one still wash their hands for bread if their hands are perfectly clean.

Ep. 570. Having in mind to serve Hashem when washing for bread. Wash up until your wrists.

Ep. 569. How much water should one be using to wash for the bread, challah, matzah, etc.

Ep. 568. Understanding the background of the severity of not washing for bread the right way.

Ep. 567. Are there other situations whereby one has to wash before they eat the food if it is not bread, challah, matzah.

Ep. 566. Does one have to wash if they are going to eat less than a "KIZAYIS" of bread.

Ep. 565. Bottom line on how to work with a "eggs worth" and washing with a brocha.

Ep. 564. How fast does one have to eat a "eggs worth" for a BROCHA on washing?

Ep. 563. Does one have to make a brocha (NETILAS YIDOYIM) if they are only going to eat a Kizayis of bread (half of a eggs worth)?

Ep. 562. Understanding the concept of why one has to eat a "eggs worth" of bread in order to make a brocha on washing.

Ep. 561. How much (bread, challah, matzah, etc.) does one have to eat in order to make a brocha on washing?

Ep. 560. Cornbread - the correct brocha.

Ep. 559. Does one have to wash for bread made out of ingredients, which are not from the five grains? (No flour is mixed in at all).

Ep. 558. Does one have to wash for bread if their hands are perfectly clean? Understanding the importance of a "דרבנן" (a commandment from chazal).

Ep. 557. Understanding the severity of how to wash for bread, challah, matzah, etc.

Ep. 556. How do we wash for bread, challah, etc.

Ep. 555. The importance of holiness and cleanliness before sitting down to a meal.

Ep. 554. What is the reason for washing before one eats bread, challah, matzo, etc.

Ep. 553. Introduction to the halachas of "NETILAS YIDOYIM" (washing when eating bread).

Ep. 552. Many various different examples of cake, cookies, crackers and amounts that one should be careful with.

Ep. 551. What should one do if they ate "4 eggs worth but not a full meal".

Ep. 550. How to work with Noodle Kugel and various types of cakes.

Ep. 549. Kreplach, Ravioli, and Lasagna, are they part of the bread family?

Ep. 548a. CORRECTION. How to work with various types of foods that are baked but not part of the bread family.

Ep. 548. How to work with various types of foods that are baked but not part of the bread family.

Ep. 547. How to work with "Knishes and Borekas".

Ep. 546. How much and how fast do we have to eat for an after-brocha.

Ep. 545. The correct brocha on "Thin pancakes" and "Blintzes".

Ep. 544. The correct brocha on "PANCAKES". Part 2.

Ep. 543. The correct brocha on "PANCAKES". Part 1.

Ep. 542. Is one allowed to break up there eating session in order not to have to BENTCH.

Ep. 541. How much does one have to eat in what amount of time when it comes to cake, cookies, crackers, pizza, etc. in order to have to BENTCH.

Ep. 540. How to work with the situation when one intended to eat a lot and then they ended up eating only a little. ( cake, cookies, crackers, etc.).

Ep. 539. Various applications on how to work the first brocha on the 2nd part of my eating session (cake, cookies, crackers, etc.).

Ep. 538. (Part #2) Practical applications in changing one's mind in conjunction with eating cake, cookies, crackers, etc.

Ep. 537. Practical applications in changing one's mind in conjunction with eating cake, cookies, crackers, etc.

Ep. 536. What brocha should one make on the second part of their meal if they change their mind to eat more.

Ep. 535. When one changes their mind in the middle of eating to eat more what is the halacha.

Ep. 534. When one eats plain cake by itself, does the type of cake they are eating make a difference.

Ep. 533. How much cake, cookies, crackers, etc., is considered a full meal when eaten by itself.

Ep. 532. When eating plain cake, cookies, crackers, etc., without other foods, how much should they be careful with.

Ep. 531. Very important measurements in reference to the bread family.

Ep. 530. The halachas of "pizza" might be different in conjunction with women or possibly older people.

Ep. 529. Bottom line on how to work with "PIZZA": 1, 2, or 3 slices (What brocha to make).

Ep. 528. How to work with 2-slices of "PIZZA" (what brocha to make).

Ep. 527. Bottom line on 1-slice of "PIZZA" (what brocha to make).

Ep. 526. What is the correct brocha to make on "PIZZA" where the dough is made from mostly fruit juice.

Ep. 525. Sometimes even regular dough (flour and water), when the filling is a meal type food e.g. meats or cheese, etc. would still be a "MEZONOS".

Ep. 524. The correct brocha on "PIZZA" (Part 2).

Ep. 523. More important information in reference to measuring a kezayis or eggs worth.

Ep. 522. How do we look at "PIZZA" in the halachas of brochas.

Ep. 521. Introduction to the halachas of the brocha on "PIZZA".

Ep. 520. Special CHIZUK and the bottom line on "MEZONOS" bread, rolls.

Ep. 519. What is the bottom line on eating cakes, cookies, crackers, etc. together with other foods.

Ep. 518. Items which were COOKED do not have the various halachas of having to possibly wash and BENTCH when they eat larger amounts.

Ep. 517. How do we measure a size of 4 eggs worth of MEZONOS.

Ep. 516. Some important ways to work with eating cake, cookies, crackers, etc. with other foods and not having to BENTCH.

Ep. 515. Eating cakes together with other foods (when do we say the brocha changes to a HAMOTZI).

Ep. 514. What are some of the halachas of having a food change from a MEZONOS to a HAMOTZI.

Ep. 513. How do we understand the concept of having a food change from a MEZONOS to a HAMOTZI.

Ep. 512. How to work with GRANOLA, GRANOLA bars.

Ep. 511. EGG MATZOH on erev PESACH which falls out on Shabbos.

Ep. 510. How does the average person eat this type of "bread".

Ep. 509. Understanding the concept of: Just because it falls into one of the categories of "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin" it doesn't always mean that it is a "mezonos".

Ep. 508. Understanding all the various different type of signs (סימנים) on the bottom or top of rolls, danishes, etc.

Ep. 507. How sweet does the dough have to be in order to be able to make a brocha of MEZONOS and not a HAMOTZI.

Ep. 506. How do we understand the concept where there is a halachic change from HAMOTZI to MEZONOS.

Ep. 505. Are there any "SIGNS (סימנים) on the bread itself which might change it from HAMOTZI to MEZONOS?

Ep. 504. Problems which come up in reference to "MEZONOS bread/rolls". Part #2.

Ep. 503. Introduction to the various different issues which come up in reference to "MEZONOS bread".

Ep. 502. 3 or 4 steps in reference to two different types of foods. E.g., tuna on a cracker, cheese on a rice cake, jam or peanut butter on a cracker.

Ep. 501. Understanding 3 steps in reference to two different types of food that one eats together.

Ep. 500. Dipping food into drinks. Part #2.

Ep. 499. How to work with (making the correct brocha) when dipping a doughnut or cake cookies into liquids, e.g. coffee.

Ep. 498. The correct brocha on "EGG MATZOH".

Ep. 497. Understanding the correct brocha on "MATZOH".

Ep. 496. The correct brocha to make on "WRAPS".

Ep. 495. What is the correct brocha to make on "DOUGHNUTS". Part #2.

Ep. 494. What is the correct brocha to make on "DOUGHNUTS". Part #1.

Ep. 493. What is the correct brocha to make on "BAGELS".

Ep. 492. Does the brocha on bread change of one soaks it in water.

Ep. 491. How to work with the appearance of the bread.

Ep. 490. Interesting facts about "CHEERIOS".

Ep. 489. What is the correct brocha to make on CHALLAH Kugel, Bread Kugel, Bread stuffing, Bread pudding, etc.

Ep. 488. What is the halacha with frying bread in a regular amount of oil. (Not a lot and not a little).

Ep. 487. Understanding the three levels of frying and how they work in conjunction with changing bread.

Ep. 486. The correct brocha on MATZOH balls, MATZOH crackers, MATZOH meal latka; one who eats plain MATZOH meal or flour.

Ep. 485. The halachas of "MATZOH BREI".

Ep. 484. Important clarification on "FRENCH TOAST".

Ep. 483. What brocha does one make on "PESACH CAKE", MATZOH MEAL LATKE (chremzil).

Ep. 482. Important information in reference to DRINKS and בורא נפשות.

Ep. 481. How to work with baked bread that I now make into small pieces and I want to make it into another dish.

Ep. 480. What is the halacha if I baked bread and I now want to cook it or fry it, etc. (E.g., French toast).

Ep. 479. Toast; very important examples of "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin".

Ep. 478a. Correction to # 478.

Ep. 478. How do we determine the term "SNACK type food".

Ep. 477. Opinion number three - "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin" (snack type food).

Ep. 476. Opinion number two - "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin" (snack type food).

Ep. 475. Opinion number one - "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin" filled dough, e.g. pie.

Ep. 474. Introduction to various amounts of baked goods that one eats, whereby the BROCHA could possibly change from a מזונות to a המוציא.

Ep. 473. How can we judge if the brocha on a baked item will have to be changed.

Ep. 472. Where do we draw the distinction between the various different type of baked goods.

Ep. 471. Introduction to "פת הבאה בכיסנין". Various types of breads, cake, cookies and how to work with them.

Ep. 470a. Correction to Ep.470.

Ep. 470. What should one do if they BENTCHED after sunset and they forgot to say רצה. Some halachas about "הרחמן".

Ep. 469. How to work with saying רצה in BENTCHING when one had to daven Maariv or make havdalah before they Bentched.

Ep. 468. (Part #2) How to work with saying רצה and יעלה ויבוא if Rosh chodesh falls out on Sunday.

Ep. 467. How to work with saying רצה and יעלה ויבוא if Rosh chodesh falls out on Sunday.

Ep. 466. Does one say "רצה" if they BENTCH after dark.

Ep. 465. At what point do we say one officially started the brocha of "הטוב והמטיב".

Ep. 464. Understanding at what point could I still go back to רצה or יעלה ויבוא.

Ep. 463. What is the halacha if one can not remember if they said רצה or יעלה ויבוא.

Ep. 462. Is one (רצה or יעלה ויבוא) dependent on the other.

Ep. 461. What should one do if they forgot to say רצה or יעלה ויבוא and they now remembered before they made the brocha of "הטוב והמטיב".

Ep. 460. What Brocha does one make on items made from "RICE FLOUR".

Ep. 459. What are some of the halachas of "רצה" and "יעלה ויבוא" in BENTCHING.

Ep. 458. How to work with eating "ICES" at the end of a meal. (Does one have to make a brocha?)

Ep. 457. What are the halachas of saying "אמן" after the brocha of "ובנה ירושלים".

Ep. 456. What does one do if they forgot to say "על הנסים" on Chanukah or on Purim. (In BENTCHING).

Ep. 455. Which parts of "BENTCHING" one must not skip. (Or they might have to say BENTCHING over).

Ep. 454. Understanding the breakdown of "ברכת המזון" (BENTCHING).

Ep. 453. Having the proper "כוונה" (intention) when BENTCHING or doing any מצוה.

Ep. 452. What is the "חיוב" on a "קטן" (child) in conjunction with BENTCHING.

Ep. 451. What exactly is the "חיוב" on women in conjunction with "BENTCHING"?

Ep. 450. When BENTCHING one should be aware of their surroundings.

Ep. 449. Is one allowed to say "ברכת המזון" (BENTCH) when they are DRUNK?

Ep. 448. What is the importance of saying "ברכת המזון" (BENTCHING) loud.

Ep. 447. Does one have to hear the words which come out of the mouth during the course of their BENTCHING. Is one allowed to think the words of BENTCHING if they are unable to speak them.

Ep. 446. Is one allowed to say BIRCHAS HAMOZON (BENTCH) in another language. Does one have to understand what they are saying in BENTCHING.

Ep. 445. Understanding the importance of "ברכת המזון" (BENTCHING).

Ep. 444. How to work with "SOUPS" and a "ברכה אחרונה" (after brocha).

Ep. 443a. Very important information in reference to drinks and ices. (SHIUR #443).

Ep. 443. How to work with the בורא נפשות (after brocha) when one is eating "ICES".

Ep. 442. How to work with a "בורא נפשות" (after brocha) on yogurt, Leben, ice cream.

Ep. 441. A quick review on DRINKS and how to work with the "ברכה אחרונה" (after brocha).

Ep. 440. Does one have some sort of a time limit on a "ברכה ראשונה" (brocha before one eats).

Ep. 439. What should one do if they are eating fruits and drinking liquids, now when they finish eating the fruit they would like to continue drinking. (When do I make my "בורא נפשות" after brocha).

Ep. 438. How to work with a "בורא נפשות" if one is exercising, playing sports, or it is very warm outside (a person is sweating more than usual) but now they have to drink a full cup.

Ep. 437. One should try and be careful to drink their liquids in the right amount of time to be able to make a "בורא נפשות" (after brocha).

Ep. 436. When one takes a drink and is not sure if they will have another drink soon when they make the "שהכל" (brocha before) they should have in mind it should only cover this drink.

Ep. 435. A very important review on DRINKS regarding the "ברכה אחרונה" (after brocha).

Ep. 434. A very good idea on how to work with the "שיעור עיכול" (the amount of time one has to make a after brocha) on drinks when one is exercising, playing ball, or on a very hot day, etc.

Ep. 433. What should one do if they drank a drink and they now have to make a "בורא נפשות" (after brocha) but they are not sure if they will be continuing the drinking session.

Ep. 432. Is one able to make a "ברכה אחרונה" (after brocha) if they are sitting and constantly drinking and the time between the first cup and the last cup is more than 72 minutes.

Ep. 431. How much time does one have to drink, in order to have to make a "ברכה אחרונה" (after brocha); ice cream, chocolates, etc. (after brocha).

Ep. 430. Introduction to "שיעור עיכול" ( how much time does one have to make a after brocha) on drinks.

Ep. 429. Bottom line on how to work with continuously eating in conjunction with the "ברכה אחרונה" when one knows there will be a short break in between.

Ep. 428. Understanding the concept behind: if one is constantly eating without a large break the "זמן עיכול" continues on.

Ep. 427. How to work with the "ברכה אחרונה" (after brocha) when one is continuously eating the same type of food (noshing on food that has the same after brocha).

Ep. 426. How much wine (or grape juice) does one have to drink in order not to have to make a brocha (שהכל) on other drinks. In reference to the after brocha on foods, if what is constantly eaten (noshing) has two separate after brochas.

Ep. 425. How much time does one have to make a "ברכה אחרונה" (After brocha) on drinks.

Ep. 424. How to work with the "after brocha" if one is constantly eating and they did not wash for bread. (Noshing).

Ep. 423. What should one do if "72" minutes passed after one ate fruit or other foods, but they never reached the point of being satisfied.

Ep. 422. What should one do if "72" minutes passed after one ate fruit or other foods, and was satisfied.

Ep. 421. One who eats either fruit, cookies, cake, etc. and is now satisfied from what they ate, how much time do they have to make the after BROCHA.

Ep. 420. A few more pointers in reference to how much time one has to BENTCH when eating a large meal.

Ep. 419. What is the bottom line on BENTCHING in conjunction with eating a very large meal. (E.g., wedding, Shabbos meal, Bar Mitzvah, Sheva Brochas, etc.)

Ep. 418. Bottom line on BENTCHING (Birchas Hamozon) in reference to how much time one has after they finished the meal..

Ep. 417. Very important pointers in reference to the "72 minutes" we are talking about.

Ep. 416. How to work with tea or coffee that one drinks at the end of a meal. More important information on ice cream eaten during the meal.

Ep. 415. What is the best thing to do if a lot of time passed and one has not BENTCHed yet.

Ep. 414. How much time does one have to make a "After-brocha" if they only ate a small amount of food and they have never really became full.

Ep. 413. How much time does one have to BENTCH when they are taking part in a very large meal. (E.g. wedding, Shabbos meal, Bar Mitzvah, Sheva Brochas, etc.).

Ep. 412. If a person ate a meal, then shortly after starting feeling hungry they ate something else and was not hungry anymore, could they still BENTCH?

Ep. 411. Where do we find a distinction between the ברכה ראשונה (the brocha before eating) and the ברכה אחרונה (the brocha after eating).

Ep. 410. Understanding the concept of starting to feel hungry after one ate a meal.

Ep. 409. (Part #2.) Introduction to the halachas of שיעור עיכול (the amount of time one has to make an afterbrocha).

Ep. 408. (Part #1.) Introduction to the halachas of שיעור עיכול (the amount of time one has to make an afterbrocha).