Blessings · Orach Chaim 170

Table Conduct

26 questions · 49 opinions

3 opinions across 2 eras

3 opinions across 2 eras

3 opinions across 2 eras

2 opinions across 2 eras

2 opinions across 2 eras

3 opinions across 2 eras

2 opinions across 2 eras

Table Conduct

Is it permitted to speak during a meal?

Is one permitted to say 'Asuta' (a blessing of health) to someone who sneezes during a meal?

When a diner leaves the table to urinate and rubbed the drops off his legs, must he wash one hand or both upon returning?

Must one wash hands upon returning to a meal after becoming distracted from guarding their hands?

When two diners share a bowl, must the second stop eating when the first pauses to drink?

Is it proper to leave a portion of food at the edge of the bowl as a portion for the attendant/servant?

Is it permitted to stare at a fellow diner's face or portion?

Must a guest comply with all requests of the host?

Should one avoid being irritable or quick-tempered during a meal?

Is it improper to eat a slice of bread as large as an egg?

How many times should one drink a cup of wine or beverage?

Is it improper to eat garlic or onion starting from the bulb (center)?

Is it permitted to bite into a piece of bread and place it back on the table?

Is it permitted to drink two cups of wine in succession just before Birkat Hamazon?

When multiple diners share a table, who should reach for the shared bowl first?

Is a guest permitted to ask the host for food before the host offers it?

Is it permitted to invite a friend to eat 'what you gave me' as a form of reciprocal hospitality?

Is it permitted to place a slice of bread on top of the bowl?

Is it permitted to collect crumbs and place them on the table, or to pass a bitten piece of bread to another diner?

Is it permitted to drink from a cup and pass the remainder to another person?

After drinking, should one hold the cup in hand or place it on the table?

May a guest immediately give his portion to the attendant upon receiving it?

May guests give portions from their food to the host's son, servant, or the meal's waiter?

Is it proper for Torah scholars to share a meal with unlearned people (am ha'aretz)?

Is an attending servant permitted to eat with the diners he is serving without explicit invitation?

After drinking wine from a cup, how should the cup be cleaned before passing to another or before Birkat Hamazon?

Is it permitted to speak during a meal?

Is one permitted to say 'Asuta' (a blessing of health) to someone who sneezes during a meal?

When a diner leaves the table to urinate and rubbed the drops off his legs, must he wash one hand or both upon returning?

Must one wash hands upon returning to a meal after becoming distracted from guarding their hands?

When two diners share a bowl, must the second stop eating when the first pauses to drink?

Is it proper to leave a portion of food at the edge of the bowl as a portion for the attendant/servant?

Is it permitted to stare at a fellow diner's face or portion?

Must a guest comply with all requests of the host?

Should one avoid being irritable or quick-tempered during a meal?

Is it improper to eat a slice of bread as large as an egg?

How many times should one drink a cup of wine or beverage?

Is it improper to eat garlic or onion starting from the bulb (center)?

Is it permitted to bite into a piece of bread and place it back on the table?

Is it permitted to drink two cups of wine in succession just before Birkat Hamazon?

When multiple diners share a table, who should reach for the shared bowl first?

Is a guest permitted to ask the host for food before the host offers it?

Is it permitted to invite a friend to eat 'what you gave me' as a form of reciprocal hospitality?

Is it permitted to place a slice of bread on top of the bowl?

Is it permitted to collect crumbs and place them on the table, or to pass a bitten piece of bread to another diner?

Is it permitted to drink from a cup and pass the remainder to another person?

After drinking, should one hold the cup in hand or place it on the table?

May a guest immediately give his portion to the attendant upon receiving it?

May guests give portions from their food to the host's son, servant, or the meal's waiter?

Is it proper for Torah scholars to share a meal with unlearned people (am ha'aretz)?

Is an attending servant permitted to eat with the diners he is serving without explicit invitation?

After drinking wine from a cup, how should the cup be cleaned before passing to another or before Birkat Hamazon?