{"id":12385,"date":"2026-07-18T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=12385"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:32:17","slug":"17-18-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/17-18-05\/","title":{"rendered":"05. The Berakha over the Mitzva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr\">Before slaughtering, the <em>sho\u1e25et<\/em> recites: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kideshanu be-mitzvotav ve-tzivanu al ha-<em>she\u1e25ita<\/em> (\u201cBlessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning <em>she\u1e25ita<\/em>\u201d). If he forgot to recite the berakha before slaughtering, it can no longer be said, but the <em>she\u1e25ita<\/em> remains valid (SA YD 19:1).<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr\">When one intends to slaughter several animals, one berakha covers them all. From the berakha until the final slaughtering, he should not speak about unrelated matters; he may speak about matters connected to the <em>she\u1e25ita<\/em> itself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr\">Even though an animal may later be found to be a <em>tereifa<\/em>, leaving its meat forbidden, the berakha is recited before slaughtering each animal because most animals are kosher. If, however, a question about the animal\u2019s kosher status arose while it was still alive \u2013 for example, if it was sick or injured \u2013 the <em>sho\u1e25et<\/em> should not recite the berakha before slaughtering it, since the <em>she\u1e25ita<\/em> may not permit its meat. After the <em>she\u1e25ita<\/em>, the animal should be examined promptly; if it is found to be kosher, the <em>sho\u1e25et<\/em> recites the berakha immediately (Rema YD 19:1; <em>Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/em> 8, 11). Better still, the animal whose status is uncertain should be slaughtered together with an ordinary animal or bird: the <em>sho\u1e25et<\/em> recites the berakha before slaughtering the ordinary animal or bird, and that berakha covers the animal whose status is uncertain as well (Taz and Shakh).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before slaughtering, the sho\u1e25et recites: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kideshanu be-mitzvotav ve-tzivanu al ha-she\u1e25ita (\u201cBlessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning she\u1e25ita\u201d). If he forgot to recite the berakha before slaughtering, it can no longer be said, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-17-18"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>05. The Berakha over the Mitzva - Peninei Halakha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/17-18-05\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"05. 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