{"id":10300,"date":"2014-05-08T00:07:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T21:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=10300"},"modified":"2020-09-15T12:36:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T09:36:17","slug":"15-08-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/15-08-07\/","title":{"rendered":"07. Laws of Eating for Those Who Must Eat"},"content":{"rendered":"
Children and dangerously sick people must recite berakhot <\/em>before eating and drinking on Yom Kippur. If they eat or drink enough to require a berakha a\u1e25arona<\/em>, they recite that as well. Someone dangerously ill who is drinking le-shi\u2019urim <\/em>does not recite a berakha a\u1e25arona<\/em>, as he drinks less than a cheek-full each time, while a berakha a\u1e25arona<\/em> is recited only after drinking a revi\u2019it<\/em> (2.5 ounces or 75 milliliters), which is more than a cheek-full. (See Peninei Halakha: Berakhot<\/em> 10:10.)<\/p>\n In terms of eating, even one who ate minimal quantities may have to recite a berakha a\u1e25arona<\/em>, because the shi\u2019ur <\/em>that obligates a berakha a\u1e25arona <\/em>is a kezayit<\/em>, and someone eating le-shiurim<\/em> on Yom Kippur may eat as much as the volume of a kotevet<\/em>, which is larger than a kezayit<\/em> (ibid<\/em>. 10:5).<\/p>\n As we said above (section 5 and n. 6), it is preferable when possible for the dangerously ill to eat and drink le-shi\u2019urim<\/em>, but when that is difficult, they should eat and drink normally. For example, a postpartum woman who needs to sleep can eat and drink regularly to help her recovery. Diabetics who are praying with the community should eat and drink normally, so that they can attend synagogue without endangering themselves. Children who eat and drink on Yom Kippur should also do so normally.<\/p>\n People who are eating bread must first wash their hands (netilat yadayim<\/em>). However, rather than washing to the wrists, they should wash only to the base of the fingers. They should wash each hand twice (Peninei Halakha: Berakhot<\/em> 2:3, 2:11). One who intends to eat less than the volume of an egg (kebeitza<\/em>) does not recite \u201cal netilat yadayim<\/em>.\u201d If he intends to eat more than that, he recites the blessing (Peninei Halakha: Berakhot<\/em> 2:6).<\/p>\n One who always washes mayim a\u1e25aronim<\/em> before Birkat Ha-mazon<\/em> may do so on Yom Kippur as well. If one does not normally do so, he should not do so on Yom Kippur (9:5 below).<\/p>\n One who eats at least a kezayit <\/em>of bread must recite Ya\u2019aleh Ve-yavo<\/em> during Birkat Ha-mazon<\/em> and mention Yom Kippur. If he forgot to do so, he does not repeat it. If Yom Kippur is on Shabbat, he should also recite Retzei<\/em>, but if he forgot, he does not repeat it.[9]<\/a><\/sup> One who is reciting Al Ha-mi\u1e25ya<\/em> should mention Yom Kippur. Needless to say, if he forgot to do so, he does not repeat it, since even on a normal Shabbat one who forgot to mention Shabbat in Al Ha-mi\u1e25ya<\/em> does not repeat it.<\/p>\n Some say that a dangerously ill person who is eating on Yom Kippur must make \u201cHa-motzi<\/em>\u201d over two loaves of bread (le\u1e25em mishneh<\/em>). <\/em>Additionally, if it is Shabbat, he must make kiddush<\/em> before eating. However, according to most poskim<\/em>, one need not make kiddush<\/em> or use le\u1e25em mishneh<\/em> on Yom Kippur, and the halakha<\/em> follows them.[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n