{"id":6202,"date":"2010-01-12T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=6202"},"modified":"2018-05-24T11:33:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T08:33:47","slug":"02-12-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/02-12-06\/","title":{"rendered":"06 – Eating and Drinking Before Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the time of amud hashachar<\/i>, it is forbidden to eat or drink before praying. The Chachamim<\/i> support their words (Berachot<\/i> 10b) on the verse (Leviticus 19:26), \u201cDo not eat on the blood,\u201d which they interpreted as, \u201cDo not eat before praying for your blood.\u201d[8]<\/a><\/sup> Further, they teach, \u201cAnyone who eats and drinks first and [only] afterwards prays, Scripture says of him (I Kings 14:9), \u2018You have thrown Me behind your body\u2019 (\u201cgavecha<\/i>,\u201d the word used for \u201cyour body,\u201d alludes to \u201cga\u2019avatecha<\/i>\u201d \u2013 your pride). HaKadosh Baruch Hu<\/i> said, \u2018After this person acts arrogantly he accepts upon himself the yoke of Heaven?!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

However, water is a permissible drink before prayer because there is no aspect of pride in drinking it. Similarly, one is permitted to eat food and drink beverages that are intended for medication. Because they are being used as medicine, there is no aspect of pride in consuming them (Shulchan Aruch<\/i> 89:4). For example, someone who is suffering from constipation is permitted to eat prunes before prayer since he is eating them as medicine (see Mishnah Berurah<\/i> 89:24).<\/p>\n

Someone who is so hungry that he cannot concentrate on his prayer is allowed to eat before praying because the law regarding him is similar to that of a sick person who must eat; his eating does not possess any aspect of pride (Shulchan Aruch<\/i> 89:4; see Mishnah Berurah<\/i> 26).<\/p>\n

A weak person, who is able to pray individually first and eat breakfast afterwards, but cannot delay his breakfast until after the time of prayer in a minyan<\/i>, should pray individually and eat after prayer. L’chatchilah<\/i>, after the meal, it is good to go to the minyan<\/i> in order to hear Kaddish<\/i> and Kedushah<\/i> (Bei\u2019ur Halachah<\/i> 89:3; see further in this chapter, halachah 7).<\/p>\n

A minor who has not yet reached the age of bar mitzvah is allowed to eat before prayer, for educating minors not to eat forbidden food applies when the food itself is not kosher. However, when the Chachamim<\/i> \u201ccreated a fence\u201d not to eat before prayer, or before Kiddush<\/i>, they did not obligate minors to abide by that \u201cfence,\u201d since the food itself is not forbidden (Mishnah Berurah<\/i> 106:5; Yabia Omer<\/i>, part 4, 12:15; however Kaf HaChaim<\/i> 106:11 is stringent).<\/p>\n

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[8]<\/a>.\u00a0According to the majority of Rishonim<\/i>, the prohibition against eating before praying is rabbinic, and Chazal<\/i> base this ruling on the verse cited above, as written by Talmidei Rabbeinu Yonah<\/i>, Ritva<\/i>, and Meiri<\/i>. So, too, writes the Beit Yosef<\/i> 89:3, and according to his words the Chachamim<\/i> permit all eating and drinking that do not possess an aspect of pride. According to his reasoning, the Ra\u2019avyah<\/i>, Rosh<\/i>, and many others rule similarly. According to the Ra\u2019ah<\/i> and the Ramban<\/i> (Leviticus 19:26), the prohibition is biblical.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the time of amud hashachar, it is forbidden to eat or drink before praying. The Chachamim support their words (Berachot 10b) on the verse (Leviticus 19:26), \u201cDo not eat on the blood,\u201d which they interpreted as, \u201cDo not eat before praying for your blood.\u201d[8] Further, they teach, \u201cAnyone who eats and drinks first and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12-before-the-shacharit-prayer"],"yoast_head":"\n06 - Eating and Drinking Before Prayer - 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\/02-12-06\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"06 - Eating and Drinking Before Prayer - Peninei Halakha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From the time of amud hashachar, it is forbidden to eat or drink before praying. 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