Question:If a person says a shehakol inside his house on a drink, and then steps outside to the balcony briefly and returns to the house, does he need to say another brocho before continuing to drink? Introduction: The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim Siman 288 Se’if 1) writes that if a person eats in one house and then goes to another house, or even if he just steps outside of his house, he is required to recite another brocho before continuing to eat. However, if he moved from corner to corner within the house, he is not required to recite another brocho before continuing to eat. The Remo (ibid) adds that if a person intended to [continue to] eat in a different location within the same house, it is not considered “shinui mokom” and consequently he does not need to recite another brocho before continuing to eat in the second location. The Mishna Berura (s.k. 12) explains that “in a different location within the same house” mentioned by the Remo can apply to moving between different rooms within a house, or moving from a house to an attic, provided that the two location are under one roof. Therefore, according to the Remo (ibid) and Mishna Berua (s.k. 11) if when reciting the brocho a person intends to continue to eat in a different room within the same house there is no requirement of having to still see the location where he first ate. Alternatively, if a person can still see the location where he first ate, he can move from room to room and continue to eat (without reciting a new brocho) even if he did not have intention (while reciting the brocho) to move from room to room. According to the Shulchan Aruch (ibid Se’if 1) the above applies to all types of food and drink. According to the Remo (ibid Se’if 2) the above only applies to foods that do not require a brocho acharona in the place where they were eaten, for example fruit or drinks. Regarding bread (which requires a brocho acharona in the place where it was eaten according to all opinions) even if one moved from house to house it is not considered a shinui mokom and one does not require a new brocho when continuing to eat. Summary: After reciting a brocho a person can move around within one room and continue to eat without having to recite another brocho. Within one room there is no requirement of having to have intention while saying the brocho that one intends to move around within the room. Discussion: Ostensibly, if a person begins to eat inside the house (foods or drinks that do not require a brocho acharona in the place where they were eaten) and then goes outside to the balcony, he needs to recite another brocho before continuing to eat, because a balcony is not “under the same roof” (mentioned by the Mishna Berura s.k. 12), even though it is adjacent to the house. Therefore, even if one intended while reciting the brocho to continue to eat on the balcony, or even if one can still see from the balcony the location where he began to eat, he would be required to recite another brocho. However, several contemporary Poskim write that moving from a house to the adjacent balcony is not considered “shinui mokom” and consequently one does not need to recite another brocho (at least if one intended while reciting the brocho to continue to eat on the balcony, or if one can still see from the balcony the location where he began to eat): • Rav Shammai Gross (Shevet Hakehosi Volume 3, Siman 77) writes that a balcony is viewed as another room of the house and thus does not require another brocho. |
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