[HANASHIR:8893] Re: HANASHIR digest 1212

[Ethan Leigh Bueno de Mesquita <mesquita...>]

Raquel,

One is also not supposed to speak between saying a bracha and committing
the act that neccesitated the bracha. Thus, it is not clear that saying
"B'teyavon" makes sense here. Why not just leave out both?

Ethan

> ones?  Also, since one is not traditionally supposed to say Amen to
>one's own 
> bracha, at the Schechter school where I work we replace the word Amen
>with 
> "B'teyavon"  (Bon Appetit in hebrew)   
> interesting to compare, isn't it...
> Raquel    


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