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אורח חיים רצ״טOrach Chayim 299

Siman 299 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 10 se'ifim

הלכות שבתLaws of Shabbat· siman 299

Se’if 1א׳

אָסוּר לֶאֱכֹל שׁוּם דָּבָר, אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ לִשְׁתּוֹת יַיִן אוֹ שְׁאָר מַשְׁקִין חוּץ מִמַּיִם, מִשֶּׁתֶּחְשַׁךְ עַד שֶׁיַּבְדִּיל. אֲבָל אִם הָיָה יוֹשֵׁב וְאוֹכֵל מִבְּעוֹד יוֹם וְחָשְׁכָה לוֹ, אֵין צָרִיךְ לְהַפְסִיק אֲפִלּוּ מִשְּׁתִיָּה (בֵּית יוֹסֵף). וְאִם הָיָה יוֹשֵׁב וְשׁוֹתֶה וְחָשְׁכָה לוֹ, צָרִיךְ לְהַפְסִיק. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים דְּהָנֵי מִלֵּי בִּסְפֵק חָשְׁכָה, אֲבָל בְּוַדַּאי חָשְׁכָה אֲפִלּוּ הָיָה יוֹשֵׁב וְאוֹכֵל פּוֹרֵס מַפָּה וּמַבְדִּיל וְגוֹמֵר סְעוּדָתוֹ. הַגָּה: וְהַמִּנְהָג פָּשׁוּט כַּסְּבָרָא הָרִאשׁוֹנָה.

1. To Neither Eat, Drink, Nor Perform Any Work Before Reciting Havdalah, 10 Seifim: It is forbidden to eat anything, or even to drink wine or other drinks besides water, from the time it gets dark until one makes Havdalah. However, if one was sitting and eating while it is still day and it got dark, he does not have to stop [even from drinking. Beis Yosef]. If one was sitting and drinking and it got dark, he must stop. And there are those who say, that this is the rule if one is in doubt if it got dark; but if it definitely got dark - even if one was sitting and eating, he should spread a cloth, say Havdalah, and continue his meal. RAMA: The simple custom is like the first opinion.

Se’if 2ב׳

הָיוּ שׁוֹתִים וְאָמְרוּ: בּוֹאוּ וְנַבְדִּיל, אִם רָצוּ לַחֲזֹר וְלִשְׁתּוֹת קֹדֶם הַבְדָּלָה אֵינָם צְרִיכִים לַחֲזֹר וּלְבָרֵךְ. וְיֵשׁ מִי שֶׁחוֹלֵק בַּדָּבָר.

2. If one was drinking, and said 'let us go and make havdalah', then changed his mind and drank before havdalah, one need not go back and bless again. And there is one who disagrees on this.

Se’if 3ג׳

כְּשֶׁמַּפְסִיק לְהַבְדִּיל אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְבָרֵךְ בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגֶּפֶן עַל כּוֹס שֶׁל הַבְדָּלָה, וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים שֶׁצָּרִיךְ.

3. When a person makes an interruption when drinking in order to recite Havdalah, he does not have to say Boreh Pri HaGafen over the havdalah cup. And there are those who say he must.

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

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