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אורח חיים ק״צOrach Chayim 190

Siman 190 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 5 se'ifim

הלכות סעודהLaws of the Meal· siman 190

Se’if 1א׳

אַחַר שֶׁסִיֵּם בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוֹן מְבָרֵךְ בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגֶּפֶן וְיִטְעֹם הַמְבָרֵךְ וְאִם הִפְסִיק בֵּין הַבְּרָכָה לַטְּעִימָה ע"ל סי' רע"א סָעִיף ט"ו וְאַחַר כָּךְ יִטְעֲמוּ הָאֲחֵרִים; אִם כֻּלָּם זְקוּקִים לְכוֹס אֶחָד, וְנוֹתֵן הַמְבָרֵךְ מִכּוֹסוֹ לְכוֹס רֵיקָן שֶׁבְּיָדָם, לֹא יִטְעֲמוּ עַד שֶׁיִּטְעוֹם הוּא; אֲבָל אִם אֵינָם זְקוּקִים לְכוֹסוֹ, יְכוֹלִים לִטְעֹם קֹדֶם שֶׁיִּטְעֹם הוּא. אֵין צָרִיךְ הַמְבָרֵךְ לִשְׁפֹּךְ מִכּוֹסוֹ לְכוֹס הַמְּסֻבִּין אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן כּוֹס הַמְּסֻבִּין פָּגוּם. וְעַיֵּן לְעֵיל סי' קפ"ב וְסוֹף סִימָן רע"א.

After concluding the Birkat HaMazon, one blesses "Creator of the Fruit of the Vine", then the blesser tastes [from the cup of wine]. After that tasting, others [at the meal] taste [from the cup of wine] if all of them are connected to one cup, and the blesser gives from their cup to empty cups in their hands. They should not taste from the cup of blessing until the blesser tastes. But, if they are not connected to that cup, they are able to taste prior to the blesser tasting. The blesser need not spill from their cup to the cups of their fellow diners, unless the cups of the fellow diners are unfit.

Se’if 2ב׳

אַחַר שֶׁשָּׁתָה כּוֹס שֶׁל בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוֹן יְבָרֵךְ בְּרָכָה אַחַת מֵעֵין שָׁלֹשׁ.

After one drinks the cup of Birkat HaMazon, one blesses the abbreviation of the three blessings.

Se’if 3ג׳

שִׁעוּר שְׁתִיַּת יַיִן לְהִתְחַיֵּב בִּבְרָכָה אַחֲרוֹנָה יֵשׁ סָפֵק אִם דַּי בְּכַזַּיִת אוֹ בִּרְבִיעִית, לְכָךְ יִזָּהֵר לִשְׁתּוֹת אוֹ פָּחוֹת מִכַּזַּיִת אוֹ רְבִיעִית כְּדֵי לְהִסְתַּלֵּק מִן הַסָפֵק, וְהָכָא אִי אֶפְשָׁר לִשְׁתּוֹת פָּחוֹת מִכַּזַּיִת, דְּכָל דָּבָר שֶׁצָּרִיךְ כּוֹס צָרִיךְ לִשְׁתּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ כִּמְלֹא לֻגְמָיו שֶׁהוּא רֹב רְבִיעִית, הִלְכָּךְ יִשְׁתֶּה רְבִיעִית שָׁלֵם.

There is a lack of agreement as to the amount of wine-drinking that obligates one in needing to say the concluding blessing, whether it’s sufficient with an olive's-volume or with a quarter-log. Therefore, one should be careful to drink either less than an olive’s-volume or a quarter-log in order to remove oneself from doubt. And, here, it's not possible to drink less than an olive’s-volume, since everything that requires a cup requires drinking from it like a cheeksful, which is a majority of a quarter-log. Therefore, one should drink an full quarter-log.

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

English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0