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Three days after performing brit mila on himself, Avraham is visited by Hashem. When three angels appear in human form, Avraham rushes to show them hospitality by bringing them into his tent, despite this being the most painful time after the operation. Sarah laughs when she hears from them that she will bear a son next year. Hashem reveals to Avraham that He will destroy Sodom, and Avraham pleads for Sodom to be spared. Hashem agrees that if there are fifty righteous people in Sodom He will not destroy it. Avraham “bargains” Hashem down to ten righteous people. However, not even ten can be found. Lot, his wife and two daughters are rescued just before sulfur and fire rain down on Sodom and her sister cities. Lot’s wife looks back and is turned into a pillar of salt. Lot’s daughters fear that as a result of the destruction there will be no husbands for them. They decide to get their father drunk and through him to perpetuate the human race. From the elder daughter, Moav is born, and from the younger, Ammon.
Avraham moves to Gerar where Avimelech abducts Sarah. After Hashem appears to Avimelech in a dream, he releases Sarah and appeases Avraham. As promised a son, Yitzchak, is born to Sarah and Avraham. On the eighth day after the birth, Avraham circumcises him as commanded. Avraham makes a feast the day Yitzchak is weaned. Sarah tells Avraham to banish Hagar and Hagar's son Yishmael because she sees in him signs of degeneracy. Avraham is distressed at the prospect of banishing his son, but Hashem tells him to listen to whatever Sarah tells him to do. After nearly dying of thirst in the desert, Yishmael is rescued by an angel, and Hashem promises that he will be the progenitor of a mighty nation.
Avimelech enters into an alliance with Avraham when he sees that Hashem is with him. In a tenth and final test of Avraham, Hashem instructs Avraham to take Yitzchak, who is now 37, and to offer him as a sacrifice. Avraham does this, in spite of ostensibly aborting Jewish nationhood and contradicting his life-long preaching against human sacrifice. At the last moment, Hashem sends an angel to stop Avraham. Because of Avraham’s unquestioning obedience, Hashem promises him that even if the Jewish People sin, they will never be completely dominated by their foes. The Torah portion concludes with the genealogy and birth of Rivka.
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ברכת היין בתוך הסעודה
שאלה: האם יש לברך על היין “בורא פרי הגפן” באמצע הסעודה?
ולסיכום: אף על פי שהבא לשתות אחד מכל מיני המשקאות בשעת הסעודה (שאוכלים בה לחם), אינו מברך ברכת “שהכל נהיה בדברו”. שונה הוא דין היין, שאם הוגש יין באמצע הסעודה, יש לברך עליו ברכת “בורא פרי הגפן”.
אבל מי שבירך על היין “בורא פרי הגפן” לפני הסעודה, כגון בשעת הקידוש של שבת, אינו חוזר לברך שוב על היין המוגש לפניו בשעת הסעודה.
ובהלכות הבאות יבואר פרטי דינים בזה.
אגב נזכיר, שכבר ביארנו בעבר, את הדין, שמי שבירך בורא פרי הגפן על היין, אינו מברך אחר כך על שאר המשקאות. וכן ביארנו את דין הבא לשתות משקאות, לאחר שהשתתף בקידוש של שבת בבוקר.
The Blessing on Wine During a Meal
ההלכה מוקדשת לעלוי נשמת
כל הנרצחים בפרעות שביצעו צוררי נפשינו
ארץ אל תכסה דמם, וכן לרפואת הפצועים, ולזכות השבויים האומללים, ולהצלחת חיילי ישראל בכל מקום שהם, ה' יתברך יעמוד לימין צדקם, וימגר את כל אויבינו, לא יותיר בהם נשמה, המה יאבדו ואנו נעמוד לעד לעולם עד ביאת משיח צדקינו במהרה בימינו אמן.
Question: Must one recite the “Boreh Peri Ha’Gefen” blessing on wine served in the middle of a meal?
The Shehakol Blessing on Beverages Served During a Meal
Answer: It is well-known that one does not recite a blessing on beverages served during a bread meal, for beverages serve to assist in the digestion of the food one eats. Thus, the beverages are considered secondary with regards to any other foods eaten during the meal and the Shehakol blessing is not recited before drinking them, as they have already been exempted with the Hamotzi blessing recited on the bread at the beginning of the meal.
Reciting the “Boreh Peri Ha’Gefen” blessing on Wine Served During a Meal
The law for wine, however, is somewhat different. Our Sages tell us in Masechet Berachot (41b) that one must recite the Ha’Gefen blessing on wine served during a bread meal and the wine is not exempted with the Hamotzi blessing recited at the beginning of the meal. The Poskim, as well as Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch (Chapter 174), rule accordingly.
One who Recites a Blessing on Wine before the Meal Does Not Recite Another Blessing During the Meal
Clearly, if one recites Kiddush on wine before the meal and recites the “Boreh Peri Ha’Gefen” blessing on the wine during the Kiddush, as we do every Shabbat, one will not recite another blessing on wine served during the meal since one has already exempted the wine’s blessing with the Ha’Gefen blessing recited during Kiddush before the meal.
Summary: If one drinks any kind of beverage during a bread meal, one does not recite a “Shehakol Nihya Bidvaro” blessing on it. On the other hand, if one is served wine in the middle of a bread meal, one must recite a “Boreh Peri Ha’Gefen” blessing before drinking it.
Nevertheless, if one recites a Ha’Gefen blessing on wine before the meal, such as during Kiddush on Shabbat night or day, one will not recite another blessing on wine served to him during the meal.
We shall discuss more details related to these laws in following Halachot, G-d-willing.
As a side note, we have already discussed the law that one who recites Ha’Gefen on wine does not recite a blessing on other beverages one drinks in a previous Halacha.