1)During the first week of sefirah, if it’s after Sunset, and before you counted Sefirah, and someone asks you "What night of Sefirah is it tonight?", you should respond by saying "yesterday’s count was such and such" (i.e. on the 5th night of Sefirah say "yesterday was the 4th day of the Omer" ).
If you mistakenly answered saying "Tonight’s count is such and such" , you may no longer recite that night’s count with a Bracha, as your response to that person is considered an adequate "counting".(See Mishna Berura 489:22, and Sha’ar HaTzion ibid. 23 and 26) The above applies even if you just said "Tonight is 6", and didn’t say "Tonight is the 6th night of the Omer" (Mishna Berura 489:210)
2) However, if someone asks you the count, and you simply respond by saying "6", and don’t preface it by saying "Today is", it isn’t considered a count and you may go ahead and count again with a Bracha. (Mishna Berura 489:20) Halachos for Shabbos Kodesh
1)Once the second week of counting starts, when we count the days as well as the weeks, if you responded to the inquiry saying "Tonight is 9", as long as you didn’t add the information "...Which is one week and 2 days" you haven’t satisfied your obligation, and may go ahead and count with a Bracha. (Mishna Berura Ibid:22 and Sha’ar HaTzion ibid. :28) 2) Therefore, if you tell someone on the night of the 33rd day of the Omer that "Tonight is Lag B’Omer", there is no need to worry, and you are still required to count the Omer with a Bracha. (This is a very common occurrence, and many mistakenly do not make a Bracha after it happens)
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Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A page on the Halacha For Today website.
Although the answers I give to questions are taken directly from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren’t my own, they are still for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
You wrote[ in an earlier Q&A]: "If the bread is being eaten as a secondary food (tafel) to a more important food (Ikar), and thus doesn’t need a Bracha of Hamotzi (e.g. croutons in soup, or bread crumbs on chicken) it also doesn’t require washing of the hands. (Shulchan Aruch HaRav Siman 212:6). However, if the amount of bread being eaten as a tafel is more than a Kzayis, some Poskim require washing the hands without a Bracha (See Sha’ar HaTzion 158:11 and Mishna Berura ibid. 10)" I’ve learned that if the croutons are made out of bread originally made to be eaten as bread and not croutons, then you must wash with a bracha. How does that fit in here?
Answer:
Yes, according to many Poskim if the croutons were initially made for bread, and then used in soup they still require hamotzei. Obviously, I was referring to the normal croutons which are manufactured for soup/salad and are thus mezonos.
Our holy sages, the Chazal tell us
תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא, שנאמר הליכות עולם לו, אל תקרי הליכות אלא הלכות - one who studies [at least two] Halachos daily is assured a portion in Olam Haba - the world to come. (:מגילה כ"ח )
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