Mesorat%20hashas for Rosh Hashanah 58:1

ברכת הלחם של מצה וברכת היין של קידוש היום מהו כיון דחובה הוא מפיק או דלמא ברכה לאו חובה היא

What is the rule with regard to the blessing for bread said over the mazzah and the blessing for wine said in the sanctification?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The eating of unleavened bread on the first night of Passover and the sanctification of Sabbaths are religious duties and as such have to be prefaced with blessings. In addition, the ordinary blessing is said over the mazzah and the wine as articles of physical enjoyment. Raba's question relates to these latter blessings.');">¹</span> Do we say that since [the partaking of these] is obligatory, he can perform [the duty] for others, or have we here perhaps only an [optional] blessing, not an obligation?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., is the blessing on this occasion on a par with the blessing on other occasions when the partaking is optional?');">²</span>

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