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Today's Learning is dedicated by a daily reader, S.U.
L'Ilui Nishmas his father R' Benyomin Yehuda Pesach ben Shmuel Eliyahu, whose yahrtzeit is today 28 Tamuz.
When learning today's Halachos please have in mind that the learning be for the Aliya of his Neshama.
1) When smoking a cigarette, cigar or pipe, even if the taste of the tobacco leaves enter the throat and pleasure is derived from it, no Bracha is recited. (Mishna Berura Siman 210:17. See also Shu"t Ksav Sofer Siman 24. This is not to be taken as an endorsement to the practice of smoking , which is a harmful and terrible habit. To read and watch a video of Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky Shlita Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva of Philadelphia and his Torah view about smoking, click here)
2) One who is forced to eat against his/her will, and does not derive pleasure from the food is not required to recite a Bracha. (See Mishna Berura Siman 204:45 who quotes other opinions that argue and maintain that a Bracha is indeed required, especially if the food eaten is bread and it satiates you that the Birchas HaMazon is biblical, and thus required. See Kaf HaChaim Siman 204:50 and Shu"t Chasam Sofer Orach Chaim Siman 202. Rav Shmuel Wosner Shlita ruled that the above Halacha does not apply to a child whose parents force him to eat for his own good, as in that case the child must make a Bracha.)
QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER:
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 Todaywebsite.
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.
Can you provide me the mareh mokom (source) in Shas that states that on the day of the chasuna, a choson's aveiros are eliminated?
Answer:
See Talmud Bavli Yevamos 63b and Talmud Yerushalmi Bikurim Perek 3:3.
This applies to brides as well. The wedding day is a personal Yom Kippur for the bride and groom, and their Tefilos have special significance on this day.
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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