Responsa for Berakhot 83:11
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Must one who comes out of a privy and wants to eat [bread] wash one's hands twice, first in order to recite the blessing "who has created Man", and second, for one's meal?
A. There exists a difference of opinion among the Geonim, but I believe that he should wash his hands once, and recite two blessings: the first "on the washing of hands" and the second "who has created Man", and then eat.
SOURCES: Pr. 42; L. 347; Hag. Maim., Berakot 6, 50.
A. There exists a difference of opinion among the Geonim, but I believe that he should wash his hands once, and recite two blessings: the first "on the washing of hands" and the second "who has created Man", and then eat.
SOURCES: Pr. 42; L. 347; Hag. Maim., Berakot 6, 50.
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Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Must we recite the blessing al hagefen after drinking the wine of kiddush and habdalah [before beginning the meal]?
A. Since reciting the blessing over the wine of kiddush and habdalah obviates the necessity of reciting another blessing over the wine drunk during and after the meal, the drinking of the wine of kiddush and habdalah forms part of the meal, and the reciting of the al hagefen after such wine and before the meal is unnecessary.
SOURCES: L. 398; Cf. Tashbetz 294.
A. Since reciting the blessing over the wine of kiddush and habdalah obviates the necessity of reciting another blessing over the wine drunk during and after the meal, the drinking of the wine of kiddush and habdalah forms part of the meal, and the reciting of the al hagefen after such wine and before the meal is unnecessary.
SOURCES: L. 398; Cf. Tashbetz 294.
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