Blessings · Orach Chaim 191

Birkat HaMazon Text

9 questions · 24 opinions

May laborers paid wages (beyond their meal) abbreviate Birkat HaMazon by omitting the fourth blessing and combining the second and third?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Abbreviation for Laborers

Must laborers abbreviate Birkat HaMazon, or do they recite all four blessings, when they receive only a meal and no wages?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Abbreviation for Laborers

When the employer dines with the laborers, may the laborers still abbreviate Birkat HaMazon even if they receive wages?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Abbreviation for Laborers

In contemporary practice, may laborers abbreviate Birkat HaMazon?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Abbreviation for Laborers

Are laborers obligated to wait for a zimmun (quorum for communal Birkat HaMazon) before reciting Birkat HaMazon?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Zimmun Obligations

Is it forbidden to perform labor while reciting Birkat HaMazon?

6 opinions across 2 eras

Conduct During Recitation

B'dieved, if one recited Birkat HaMazon while engaged in labor, has one fulfilled the obligation?

1 opinions

Conduct During Recitation

Does the prohibition on labor during Birkat HaMazon extend to performing other mitzvot simultaneously?

1 opinions

Conduct During Recitation

Does a laborer need to recite Birkat HaMozia (the blessing over bread) before eating?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Laborer's Blessings Before a…