Chapter 50 – Saying Benedictions Said Before Enjoying Food and Drink
50.1) Say the appropriate benediction over food or drink regardless of the amount.
50.2) Make sure you say the appropriate benediction over the particular food or drink you are consuming.
50.3) Take the article in your right hand and hold it while saying the appropriate benediction.
50.4) If you drop food on the floor or spill your drink, say the benediction again.
50.5) The pause between the saying of benediction and the consumption of the food should not be long.
50.6) If you plan to spill some of your drink before consuming it to make sure the surface is clean, say the benediction after you spill out the first portion.
50.7) If you spit out food because it needs salt or for another reason, you do not need to say the benediction.
50.8) If you consume a forbidden food for medicinal purposes, you should say the appropriate benedictions over it. If it is bitter, you need not say a benediction.
50.9) If you drink a beverage or eat something to clear your throat, say the appropriate benedictions.
50.10) If you put food in your mouth without saying the benediction and can spit it out and say the benediction before swallowing it, do so.
50.11) If you are eating two foods that require the same benediction, the benediction is considered to have been said over both if you say it once.
50.12) If you are eating two foods that require different benedictions, say both benedictions.
50.13) If you switch places while eating, repeat the benediction at the new place.
50.14) If you go outside the house, repeat the benediction when you return to the table.
50.15) If you move from one corner to another, it is not considered a change of place.
50.16) If you eat fruit in a fenced-in orchard, you do not need to say the benediction more than once, if you eat the fruit of more than one tree.