- Halacha
- The Meal and Mezuman
799
Question
It is permissible to say Birkat Hamazon at an individual table during a wedding and before Sheva Brachot? Is it permissible to make a mezuman or better to Bench alone?
Answer
It is permissible to leave a wedding before Birkat Hamazon( Grace) where Sheva Brachot will be recited later. One explanation given is that the obligation to participate in Sheva Brachot is incumbent - not on all those who participated in the meal - but only on those who participated in the Birkat Hamazon at the end of the meal (Shu"t Tzitz Eliezer; Shu"t Shevet Halevi). Another explanation is that since it is common practice not to stay until the end of the wedding, guests do not automatically commit themselves just by eating to staying until Sheva Brachot (Hanisuim K'hilchatam, ch.14 n.84).
If you are leaving early - your best alternative is to find others who are leaving early as well so that you can say a Zimun.
May there be S'machot B'Yisrael!

Distraction After Washing
Various Rabbis | 19 Sivan 5765

Breaking Bread on Shabbat
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 25 Iyyar 5766

Mezuman
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 4 Tammuz 5763

Mezuman with non Hebrew speakers
Various Rabbis | 19 Adar I 5763

Nephilim
Rabbi David Sperling | Tammuz 26, 5779

Bracha for a Shiduch
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 1 Kislev 5766

When does the Jewish day begin?
Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 10, 5775

age of universe and dinosaurs
Rabbi Ari Shvat |

Havara- Sefaradic or Ashkenazic Pronunciation
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 17, 5785

coffee creamer
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar 25, 5785

Is the Shulchan Hatahor (Komarno) acceptable for halacha?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar 25, 5785
