אורח חיים קפ״הOrach Chayim 185

Siman 185 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 5 se'ifim

Se’if 1א׳

בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוֹן נֶאֶמְרָה בְּכָל לָשׁוֹן.

Birkas Hamazon can be recited in any language

Se’if 2ב׳

צָרִיךְ שֶׁיַּשְׁמִיעַ לְאָזְנָיו מַה שֶּׁמּוֹצִיא בִּשְׂפָתָיו; וְאִם לֹא הִשְׁמִיעַ לְאָזְנָיו יָצָא, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיּוֹצִיא בִּשְׂפָתָיו.

One needs to hear what he is reciting but if he does not hear he has fulfilled his obligation as long as he articulated the words

Se’if 3ג׳

יֵשׁ מִי שֶׁאוֹמֵר דְּבַעַל הַבַּיִת עִם בָּנָיו וְאִשְׁתּוֹ, צָרִיךְ לְבָרֵךְ בְּקוֹל רָם, כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּצְאוּ בְּבִרְכָּתוֹ.

There is an opinion that that when a ba’al habayis is with his children and wife he must recite birkas hamazon out loud so they can discharge their obligation with his recitation

Se’if 5ה׳

וְאִם בֵּרַךְ וְהָיְתָה צוֹאָה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁהָיָה שִׁכּוֹר (פי' לְגַמְרֵי), נִסְתַּפְּקוּ הַתּוֹסָפוֹת וְהָרֹא"שׁ אִם צָרִיךְ לַחֲזֹר וּלְבָרֵךְ; וּמִשּׁוּם מֵי רַגְלַיִם פְּשִׁיטָא שֶׁאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר לְבָרֵךְ.

If one blessed the Birkat HaMazon and [found] that there was feces near him or that he had been drunk, Tosafos and Rabbi Asher ben Yehiel were unsure if one needed to go back and re-bless the Birkat HaMazon, but not for urine; for that, one need not re-bless Birkat HaMazon.

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Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim — Torat Emet 363 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0