When two people eat together and both know Birkat Hamazon, should each recite it independently or may one recite for both?
Synopsis
When two diners both know Birkat Hamazon, the Mechaber rules it is a mitzvah for each to recite independently. Poskim explain this is because Birkat Hamazon is a Torah obligation, or because the meal's end signals separation. In contrast, Hamotzi may be recited by one for both.
More in Zimmun of Ten
When two people eat together and one knows how to recite Birkat Hamazon but the other does not, may the knowledgeable one fulfill the obligation for the other?
6 opinions
Are three people who ate together obligated to make a zimun, and are they forbidden from separating?
3 opinions
When two people eat together, is it a mitzvah to seek a third person in order to create an obligation of zimun?
2 opinions
When may a group of six or more separate into smaller groups for zimun?
4 opinions
May a large group that cannot hear the zimun leader split into smaller groups of three (rather than ten) to facilitate zimun?
4 opinions
When do diners who did not all begin eating together still combine for zimun?
4 opinions across 3 eras
Do riders on animals or people walking while eating join for zimun?
2 opinions
Is zimun performed when eating in a non-Jew's house?
4 opinions
Related from other topics
Should one recite the passage of the Binding of Isaac, the manna passage, the Ten Commandments, and the sacrifice passages in the morning?
Rising in the Morning
When may one recite the passages of the sacrifices (Korbanot)?
Rising in the Morning
Should one recite 'May it be Your will' (Yehi Ratzon) after reading the passages of voluntary sacrifices?
Rising in the Morning
Should one recite the verse 'And he shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before Hashem' along with the sacrifice passages?
Rising in the Morning
Should one recite the passages of the basin, ash removal, daily offering, and spice offering in the morning?
Rising in the Morning
May the 'Master of the World' prayer (Ribon HaOlamim) be recited in the middle of the Amidah after passing gas and retreating?
Bodily Needs During Prayer
Discussion
Discussion coming soon.
The Daily Law
One question. Every opinion. Every morning.
A new halakhic question and the full spectrum of rabbinic thought, delivered daily.