47.1) Do not purchase wine from a non-Jew to gain profit from it. 47.2) You may make a bathe out of non-Jewish wine for a sick person so long as he is not critically ill. 47.3) Kosher wine that has been touched by a non-Jew may be used if it has been boiled. 47.4) Food…
46.1) Eggs with blood found in them are forbidden to be eaten. 46.2) Fish blood is forbidden to be eaten. 46.3) If you find blood from your gums on your bread or other food, you must throw away the bread or food without eating it. 46.4) Consult a rabbi when cow’s milk has blood in…
45.1) When three males eat together, they must unite in saying Grace after meals and recite it over a cup of wine. 45.2) Fill the cup and then wash your hands. 45.3) If you drink out of the cup, the remaining wine is unfit for use at Grace; use water as a substitute. 45.4) A…
44.1) God-fearing people should wash their hands after a meal. 44.2) Do not pour water you wash your hands in, on the ground where others walk. 44.3) Leave the tablecloth and bread on the table when you recite Grace. 44.4) Remove or cover knives left on a table before reciting Grace. 44.5) Say Grace even…
43.1) You do not need to say a special benediction before or after eating food that is generally eaten without bread. 43.2) You do not need to say benedictions over beverages. 43.3) Say a benediction over fruit eaten during the course of a meal without bread. 43.4) A meal that consists of fruit and bread…
42.1) Do not eat until your cattle or poultry are fed. 42.2) Do not eat voraciously, while standing, or at an unruly table regardless of the type of fare served. 42.3) Do not take a bite of a piece of food or a sip of a drink and put it back on the table for…
41.1) Say Grace after meals where true breads are served. 41.2) Do not linger between washing hands and the benediction Hamotzi (blessing over bread). 41.3) Break off the choicest spot of the bread to say the benediction Hamotzi to show proper respect. 41.4) Break off an appropriate size piece of bread, not too small…
40.1) Wash your hands before eating bread over which the benediction Hamotzi (blessing over bread) is said. 40.2) Wash your hands in water poured from a vessel that is perfect. 40.3) A vessel not designed to hold water for washing should not be used as such. 40.4) The quantity of water to be used to…
39.1) Do not say a benediction over food eaten before washing your hands. 39.2) Some hold that you may drink wine before washing your hands. 39.3) You are exempt from saying benediction if you eat food before washing your hands.
38.1) Do not eat the bread of a non-Jew. 38.2) If a Jew throws just one piece of wood into a non-Jewish oven, the bread baked is no longer considered bread of a non-Jew. 38.3) Bread of a non-Jew made of wheat, barley, spelt, rye or oats is forbidden to a Jew. 38.4) Egg of…