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Birkat HaMazon Over Wine

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When should the leader (mevarech) recite Borei Pri HaGafen over the Birkat HaMazon cup — before or after reciting Birkat HaMazon?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Order of Blessings

Must the leader (mevarech) drink from the Birkat HaMazon cup, and how large a sip is required?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Drinking Requirement

When diners share one Birkat HaMazon cup, must they wait for the mevarech to taste before drinking themselves?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Order of Tasting Among Diners

Must the mevarech pour wine from his Birkat HaMazon cup into the cups of the other diners?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Pouring for Other Diners

After drinking the Birkat HaMazon cup, must one recite a bracha acharona (Me'ein Shalosh)?

4 opinions across 2 eras

What minimum volume of wine from the Birkat HaMazon cup must one drink in order to incur the obligation to recite the after-blessing (Me'ein Shalosh)?

5 opinions across 3 eras

Minimum Volume for After-Ble…

If the mevarech does not want to drink from the Birkat HaMazon cup, may one of the assembled drink instead, and may two people's drinking combine toward the minimum?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Who Must Drink — Substitution

At a large meal where it is uncertain whether the Birkat HaMazon cup will reach each diner, must each uncertain diner recite their own Borei Pri HaGafen?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Large Gathering — Uncertain …

Must the mevarech hold the Birkat HaMazon cup throughout the entire recitation of Birkat HaMazon?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Holding the Cup