Changing Locations when Eating

Moving about while Eating

 

If one goes from one room to the next while eating food after which the brachah acharonah (after-blessing) is borei nefashos, the halachah is that a new brachah needs to be made before continuing to eat in the next room, unless they had in mind to go there while reciting the brachah rishonah (blessing prior to eating). Since it’s common for people to move about while eating, it’s recommended that one always bear in mind when making the brachah before eating that they might go into another room, thereby avoiding the issue of whether another brachah needs to be said. However, this is not the case when going mibayis lachatzeir (from the house into the yard), or mibayis l‘ebayis (from one house to another); in that case, a new brachah has to be recited, even if one intended to continue eating outside the house. If one is in doubt whether a new brachah is required, it is preferable to make a brachah acharonah in the first location, and then recite a new brachah rishonah before eating in the second location; it would not be considered a brachah she’einah tz’richah (an unnecessary blessing) since it’s being done to avoid the shailah (the halachic uncertainty) of whether an additional brachah is required.  #332?1

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Practical Halacha: One minute a day. By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, Mara D'asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights.