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==No Beracha Required == | ==No Beracha Required == | ||
# One who is forced to eat or drink something does not recite a beracha even if it tastes pleasant since he was forced to do so.<ref>Shulchan Aruch ibid, Kaf Ha’chaim 49, see Magen Avraham 20 Taz 12, Aruch Ha’shulchan 19. Refer to Mishnah Berurah 204:44 who maintains if one is forced to eat bread and he is satisfied he should bentch since it is d’oraisa. </ref> | # One who is forced to eat or drink something does not recite a beracha even if it tastes pleasant since he was forced to do so.<ref>Shulchan Aruch {{ibid}}, Kaf Ha’chaim 49, see Magen Avraham 20 Taz 12, Aruch Ha’shulchan 19. Refer to Mishnah Berurah 204:44 who maintains if one is forced to eat bread and he is satisfied he should bentch since it is d’oraisa. </ref> | ||
# A bad tasting food does not require a beracha before eating it.<ref>Bais Yosef, Magen Avraham 19, Mishnah Berurah 43, Kaf Ha’chaim 48. </ref> | # A bad tasting food does not require a beracha before eating it.<ref>Bais Yosef, Magen Avraham 19, Mishnah Berurah 43, Kaf Ha’chaim 48. </ref> | ||
==How Much to Eat or Drink? == | ==How Much to Eat or Drink? == | ||
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==Drinking Water for Medical Purposes == | ==Drinking Water for Medical Purposes == | ||
# When one is taking a pill that does not taste pleasant and wants to drink water to mask the bad taste, no beracha is recited on the water.<ref>Aruch Ha’shulchan 204:18, Pnei Ha’shulchan page 146, Piskei Teshuvos 204:footnote 64, Binyan Sholom (old print) page 96, Ateres Shlomo 8:page 111. Refer to Sheilas Rav 2:18:5. If one places water in liquid medicine to make it taste better no beracha is recited on the water (Sharei Ha’beracha 18:footnote 76). If one needs to drink water for medical purposes and he is not thirsty he should recite a beracha on something else and have in mind to exempt the water from a beracha (Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Eishel Avraham Butchatch 204:7). </ref> The same is true if one is taking a pill and is not thirsty.<ref>Ben Ish Chai Mattos 1:12, Aruch Ha’shulchan 204:18, Miyum Ha’halacha 22, Rivevos Ephraim 6:76, Pischei Halacha Berochos 4:8, Oz Nedberu 10:22. Harav Shlomo Zalman Aurbach zt”l maintains one may drink more water than needed for a pill and a beracha would not be required on that water either (Ve’aleihu Lo Yeibol 1:pages 110-111). </ref> | # When one is taking a pill that does not taste pleasant and wants to drink water to mask the bad taste, no beracha is recited on the water.<ref>Aruch Ha’shulchan 204:18, Pnei Ha’shulchan page 146, Piskei Teshuvos 204:footnote 64, Binyan Sholom (old print) page 96, Ateres Shlomo 8:page 111. Refer to Sheilas Rav 2:18:5. If one places water in liquid medicine to make it taste better no beracha is recited on the water (Sharei Ha’beracha 18:footnote 76). If one needs to drink water for medical purposes and he is not thirsty he should recite a beracha on something else and have in mind to exempt the water from a beracha (Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Eishel Avraham Butchatch 204:7). </ref> The same is true if one is taking a pill and is not thirsty.<ref>Ben Ish Chai Mattos 1:12, Aruch Ha’shulchan 204:18, Miyum Ha’halacha 22, Rivevos Ephraim 6:76, Pischei Halacha Berochos 4:8, Oz Nedberu 10:22. Harav Shlomo Zalman Aurbach zt”l maintains one may drink more water than needed for a pill and a beracha would not be required on that water either (Ve’aleihu Lo Yeibol 1:pages 110-111). </ref> | ||
# Before a woman goes for an ultra sound/sonogram she is asked to drink water. No beracha is recited on the water.<ref>Refer to Yufei Leleiv 204:10, Sdei Chemed Berochos 33:page 260, Me’am Loez Yisro 247:page 580, Pnei Ha’shulchan page 146, Sharei Ha’beracha 18:footnote 76. </ref> It would seem that a nursing woman, who needs to drink a lot of water, would not recite a beracha on the water if she is not thirsty.<ref>Refer to Toras Hayoledes 62:3, Beracha Achrona page 196:5.</ref> However, others maintain that she should take food whose beracha is [[shehakol]] and exempt the beracha on the water.<ref>Toras Hayoledes ibid. </ref> | # Before a woman goes for an ultra sound/sonogram she is asked to drink water. No beracha is recited on the water.<ref>Refer to Yufei Leleiv 204:10, Sdei Chemed Berochos 33:page 260, Me’am Loez Yisro 247:page 580, Pnei Ha’shulchan page 146, Sharei Ha’beracha 18:footnote 76. </ref> It would seem that a nursing woman, who needs to drink a lot of water, would not recite a beracha on the water if she is not thirsty.<ref>Refer to Toras Hayoledes 62:3, Beracha Achrona page 196:5.</ref> However, others maintain that she should take food whose beracha is [[shehakol]] and exempt the beracha on the water.<ref>Toras Hayoledes {{ibid}}. </ref> | ||
# Many times, after one brushes his teeth or rinses with mouthwash, he drinks water to rinse out his mouth, one does not recite a beracha on such water.<ref>Sharei Ha’beracha 18:footnote 76.</ref> | # Many times, after one brushes his teeth or rinses with mouthwash, he drinks water to rinse out his mouth, one does not recite a beracha on such water.<ref>Sharei Ha’beracha 18:footnote 76.</ref> | ||
# If one has a sore throat and drinks water to clear his throat, it would seem that a beracha is not recited.<ref>Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita.</ref> (In all the above situations, if one is thirsty, a beracha is recited). One who drinks a tasty beverage to take his pill would recite a beracha on the beverage.<ref>Chesed L’alafim 204-205:4, Mishnah Berurah 204:42, Ateres Shlomo 8:page 111, Yalkut Yosef 204:page 436. </ref> | # If one has a sore throat and drinks water to clear his throat, it would seem that a beracha is not recited.<ref>Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita.</ref> (In all the above situations, if one is thirsty, a beracha is recited). One who drinks a tasty beverage to take his pill would recite a beracha on the beverage.<ref>Chesed L’alafim 204-205:4, Mishnah Berurah 204:42, Ateres Shlomo 8:page 111, Yalkut Yosef 204:page 436. </ref> | ||
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==The Gelatin has changed == | ==The Gelatin has changed == | ||
# The Mishnah Berurah<ref>O.C. 216:7, see Magen Avraham 3. See OU document P-86 who says that fermentations are not considered kitniyos sh’nishtana. </ref> and others<ref>Shiurei Knesses Hagedolah 216:7, Rosh (Teshuvos) klal 24:6, Buei Chai Y.D. 103. </ref> say regarding "musk," which is a byproduct of blood that is found in the neck of a deer, we can consider it "changed," since the blood is turned into a new entity. Many poskim follow this opinion.<ref>Refer to Rosh Mesechtas Berochos 6:38, Mishnah Berurah ibid. Refer to Magen Avraham O.C. 216:3, Taz 2. </ref> Using the same line of reasoning, some poskim permit the use of [[gelatin]] since it is totally changed from it original state.<ref>Refer to Yabia Omer Y.D. 8:11:15, Tzitz Eliezer’s opinion expressed in the introduction to volume 4, see Melamed L’hoyel 2:35. </ref> Others are not convinced that one can draw a parallel between musk and [[gelatin]].<ref>Refer to Achi Ezer 3:33:5, Tzitz Eliezer ibid quoting the opinion of Harav Yecheskel Abramsky zt”l, opinion of Harav Elyashiv Shlita quoted in Yeishiv Moshe page 165. </ref> | # The Mishnah Berurah<ref>O.C. 216:7, see Magen Avraham 3. See OU document P-86 who says that fermentations are not considered kitniyos sh’nishtana. </ref> and others<ref>Shiurei Knesses Hagedolah 216:7, Rosh (Teshuvos) klal 24:6, Buei Chai Y.D. 103. </ref> say regarding "musk," which is a byproduct of blood that is found in the neck of a deer, we can consider it "changed," since the blood is turned into a new entity. Many poskim follow this opinion.<ref>Refer to Rosh Mesechtas Berochos 6:38, Mishnah Berurah {{ibid}}. Refer to Magen Avraham O.C. 216:3, Taz 2. </ref> Using the same line of reasoning, some poskim permit the use of [[gelatin]] since it is totally changed from it original state.<ref>Refer to Yabia Omer Y.D. 8:11:15, Tzitz Eliezer’s opinion expressed in the introduction to volume 4, see Melamed L’hoyel 2:35. </ref> Others are not convinced that one can draw a parallel between musk and [[gelatin]].<ref>Refer to Achi Ezer 3:33:5, Tzitz Eliezer {{ibid}} quoting the opinion of Harav Yecheskel Abramsky zt”l, opinion of Harav Elyashiv Shlita quoted in Yeishiv Moshe page 165. </ref> | ||
==Dried out Stomach / Gelatin == | ==Dried out Stomach / Gelatin == | ||
