Sunday, February 24, 2019

hefsek interruption - Answering amen to netilat yadayim after your own brocha


You've washed your hands and made a brocha 'al netilat yadayim' and are now waiting for the baal habayit to say hamotzi. If you then hear someone else washing their hands and making the bracha (a common occurrence) should you answer amen to that bracha, or is it considered an interruption?


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Answer



In the Shulchan Aruch Harav it says two or three words (that have nothing to do with the meal) are not considered a Hefsek:



ומכל מקום אין צריך ליזהר אלא מלדבר באיזה עסק וענין אחר אבל שיחה בעלמא ב' או ג' תיבות אינן חשובין הפסק לדברי הכל אפילו במים אחרונים (כיון שאין בהם ענין שלם) וכל שכן שמותר להשיב הן או לאו כששואלין אותו דבר.‏




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