Ask the Rabbi
- Halacha
- The Meal - Washing, Eating and Benching
- Birkat Hamazon - Grace after the Meal
Question
If one eats only a kzayit of bread, does one wash with a bracha and recite birkat hamazon? Also, if one eats a very small amount of bread, does he wash beforehand (and with a bracha?)
Answer
For Hamotzi: any amount requires a Brachah. (Shulchan Aruch OC 168; 9)
For Netilat Yadayim: Less than Kazayit – no need for Netilah
More than Kabeitza – Netilah with Brachah
Between Kazayit and Kabeitza – Netilah without a Brachah (ibid 158)

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