Berachos Daf 50 ברכות דַף 50

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1. Talmid chacham or ignoramus making berachos

The Gemara teaches that we can tell whether a person is a talmid chacham or an ignoramus from the way he makes berachos.

•If he does any of the following, he is considered an ignoramus:

•Instead of saying ובטובו חיינו (and through Whose goodness we live), he says ומטובו חיינו (and from Whose goodness we live), which minimizes Hashem’s bestowal of goodness.

•He says ובטובו חיים (…and through Whose goodness they live), since he is excluding himself.

•Instead of saying נברך שאכלנו משלו (Let us bless [He] of Whose we have eaten) he saysלמי שאכלנו משלו (to the One of Whose we have eaten), since it implies that he is blessing one of many possible providers.

•Instead of saying ברוך שאכלנו משלו (Blessed is [He] of Whose we have eaten) he saysעל המזון שאכלנו (…for the food we have eaten) since it appears as if he is blessing the food and not its Provider.

2. One bentched without making a zimun

If a group of three ate bread together and one of them recited Birkas Hamazon on his own without a zimun, he may join the other two in a zimun so they can fulfill their obligation, but he does not fulfill his own obligation, because there is no such thing as a retroactive zimun (זימון למפרע).

3. One forgot to make a berachah

If one mistakenly put food in his mouth without reciting a berachah:

•If it’s a liquid, he should swallow it.

•If it’s a food that won’t be made repulsive by being spit out, he should spit it out, make the berachah and then eat it.

•If spitting it out would make the food repulsive, he should shift it to the side of his mouth, make the berachah and then eat it.