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# The original establishment of the rabbis was to make [[Bracha Rishona]] together (meaning, one person saying it out loud and everyone else fulfilling the obligation by listening). <Ref>S”A 213:1 </ref> | # The original establishment of the rabbis was to make [[Bracha Rishona]] together (meaning, one person saying it out loud and everyone else fulfilling the obligation by listening). <Ref>S”A 213:1 </ref> | ||
# Some poskim hold that we wouldn't employ Shomea K'oneh for a [[Bracha Rishona]] except for [[HaMotzei]] on bread and HaGafen on wine. <Ref>Rama 213:1</ref> Additionally, since people aren’t experts in having intent to fulfill the obligation of others and those listening having intent to fulfill one’s obligation, the minhag is that each person make the [[Bracha Rishona]] to themselves. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 213:12 </ref> | # Some poskim hold that we wouldn't employ Shomea K'oneh for a [[Bracha Rishona]] except for [[HaMotzei]] on bread and HaGafen on wine. <Ref>Rama 213:1</ref> Additionally, since people aren’t experts in having intent to fulfill the obligation of others and those listening having intent to fulfill one’s obligation, the minhag is that each person make the [[Bracha Rishona]] to themselves. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 213:12 </ref> | ||
# It is preferable to say a Bracha together and this is based on the principle of | # It is preferable to say a Bracha together and this is based on the principle of ''BeRov Am Hadarat Melech'', meaning, that it’s more respectable to serve Hashem in multitudes. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 213:3 </ref> | ||
# In order that one should fulfill someone else's obligation of a [[Bracha Rishona]] with Shomea K'oneh everyone must sit together at the same table. <Ref>S”A 213:1 </ref> However, after the fact even those who didn’t eat at the same table can fulfill the obligation with someone else who is making the Bracha if the one making the Bracha has intent to fulfill the obligation of others and the one listening has intent to his obligation. <ref> Mishna Brurah 213:5 </ref> | # In order that one should fulfill someone else's obligation of a [[Bracha Rishona]] with Shomea K'oneh everyone must sit together at the same table. <Ref>S”A 213:1 </ref> However, after the fact even those who didn’t eat at the same table can fulfill the obligation with someone else who is making the Bracha if the one making the Bracha has intent to fulfill the obligation of others and the one listening has intent to his obligation. <ref> Mishna Brurah 213:5 </ref> | ||
# If someone heard a [[Bracha Rishona]] and had intent to fulfill his obligation through the agency of Shomea Keonah and then changes his mind and doesn’t want to eat he must eat something so that his listening and in turn his saying of the bracha shouldn’t be a [[Bracha Levatala]]. <Ref> Sh”t Yabia Omer O”C 8:24 </ref> | # If someone heard a [[Bracha Rishona]] and had intent to fulfill his obligation through the agency of Shomea Keonah and then changes his mind and doesn’t want to eat he must eat something so that his listening and in turn his saying of the bracha shouldn’t be a [[Bracha Levatala]]. <Ref> Sh”t Yabia Omer O”C 8:24 </ref> | ||
===Bracha Achrona=== | ===Bracha Achrona=== | ||
# The original establishment of the rabbis was that each person to make [[Bracha Achrona]] to oneself, except [[Birkat HaMazon]] which is supposed to said together (meaning, one person saying it out loud and everyone else fulfilling the obligation by listening). <Ref>S”A 213:1 </ref> Even part of the original enactment it was preferable that a person fulfill the obligation through listening (to someone else) if a person doesn’t know the text of the [[Bracha Achrona]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 213:9 </ref> | # The original establishment of the rabbis was that each person to make [[Bracha Achrona]] to oneself, except [[Birkat HaMazon]] which is supposed to said together (meaning, one person saying it out loud and everyone else fulfilling the obligation by listening). <Ref>S”A 213:1 </ref> Even part of the original enactment it was preferable that a person fulfill the obligation through listening (to someone else) if a person doesn’t know the text of the [[Bracha Achrona]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 213:9 </ref> | ||
