The Laws of Breaking Bread – Mishna Berura Summaries

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Mishna Berura Summaries

The Laws of Morning Conduct

7

Siman 1 – Waking up in the morning
Siman 2 – Getting dressed
Siman 3 – The Bathroom
Siman 4 – Washing
Siman 5 – The Meaning of Berachos
Siman 6 – Asher Yotzar
Siman 7 – Asher Yotzar

The Laws of Tsitsis

16

Siman 8 – Wrapping
Siman 9 – The begged
Siman 10 – The corners
Siman 11 – The strings
Siman 12 – Disqualifying the tsitsis
Siman 13 – Tsitsis on Shabbos
Siman 14 – Intent when making tsitsis/The borrowed tallis
Siman 15 – Removing tsitsis from the begged
Siman 16 – Tallis size
Siman 17 – Who is obligated
Siman 18 – The time for tsitsis
Siman 20 – Buying and selling a tallis
Siman 21 – What should be done with snapped off tsitsis?
Siman 22 – Shehecheyanu for tsitsis
Siman 23 – Tsitsis in a cemetery
Siman 24 – The Reward

The Laws of Tefillin

17

Siman 25 – Details
Siman 26 – One Tefilla
Siman 27 – How and where to place them
Siman 28 – Removing tefillin
Siman 29
Siman 30 – Time for tefillin
Siman 31 – Tefillin on holy days
Siman 33 – The straps
Siman 34
Siman 37 – The time for tefillin
Siman 38 – Who’s obligated in tefillin?
Siman 39 – From whom can you buy tefillin?
Siman 40 – The holiness of tefillin
Siman 42 – Tashmish tefillin
Siman 43 – Tefillin in the bathroom
Siman 44 – Sleeping with tefillin
Siman 45

The Laws of Brichas Hashachar

12

Siman 46
Siman 47 – Birkas haTorah
Siman 48 – Korbonos
Siman 49 – Krias shema by heart
Siman 50 – Ayzehu Mekoman
Siman 51 – Pesukay D’zimra
Siman 52 – Coming late for shul
Siman 53 – The Chazzan
Siman 54 – Yishtabach
Siman 55 – Kaddish
Siman 56 – Answering Kaddish
Siman 57 – Borchu

The Laws of Krias Shema

29

Siman 58
Siman 59 – Yotzer Or
Siman 60 – Berachos of Shema / Kavana
Siman 61 – Being particular and having kavana
Siman 62 – If you weren’t particular
Siman 63 – Sit for the Shema and do not sleep
Siman 64 – Mistakes during the Shema
Siman 65 – Interruptions / Coming in and finding the congregation reading the Shema
Siman 66 – Permitted interruptions
Siman 67
Siman 68 – Piyutim
Siman 70 – Who is exempt from Krias Shema
Siman 71 – The dead
Siman 72 – Funerals
Siman 73 – Under a blanket
Siman 74 – Issur Ervah
Siman 75 – Women’s hair and voice – Ervah
Siman 76 – Human excrement
Siman 77 – Urine
Siman 78 – Urine
Siman 79 – Distancing from excrement
Siman 80 – Excretion illnesses
Siman 81 – Child’s excrement
Siman 83 – Bathroom
Siman 84 – Bathhouse
Siman 85 – Dirty places
Siman 86
Siman 87 – Bed Pans
Siman 88 – Baal Keri

The Laws of Tefilla

38

Siman 89 – When it’s time for Shacharis
Siman 90 – The best place to daaven and Tefilla b’tzibbur
Siman 91 – Proper attire for Tefilla
Siman 92 – Washing and preparing for Tefilla
Siman 93 – Wait before Tefilla
Siman 94 – Direction for Tefilla
Siman 95 – Body position for Tefilla
Siman 96 – Holding things
Siman 97 – Other needs during Tefilla
Siman 98 – Kavana
Siman 99 – Drinking wine before Tefilla
Siman 100 – Seasonal tefillos
Siman 101 – Kavana / Tefilla in other languages
Siman 102 – Not to disturb a daavener
Siman 103 – Passing wind during Tefilla
Siman 104 – Do not interrupt the Tefilla
Siman 105 – Pausing between two Tefillos
Siman 106 – Who is exempt from Tefilla
Siman 107 – Tefillas nedova
Siman 108 – Tashlumin
Siman 109 – Coming late for Shemoneh Esray
Siman 110 – Tefilla while at work / Tefillas Haderech
Siman 111 – Somaych geula l’tefilla
Siman 112
Siman 113 – Bowing
Siman 114 – Mashiv haruach umorid hagoshem (MHUH)
Siman 115 – Atta Chonayn…
Siman 116 – Refo’anu
Siman 117 – Birkas Hashanim
Siman 118 – Birkas Hasheeva
Siman 119 – Personal Tefillos
Siman 121 – Modim
Siman 122 – After Shemoneh Esray
Siman 123 – Bowing at the end of Shemoneh Esray
Siman 124 – Chazoras Hashatz and Answering Omayn
Siman 125 – Kedusha
Siman 126 – A Chazzan who makes a mistake
Siman 127 – Modim D’rabbonon

The Laws of N’sias Kapayim

7

Siman 128
Siman 129 – Which tefillos have N.K.
Siman 130 – Ribono shel Olam – The dream prayer
Siman 131 – Nefillas Apayim
Siman 132 – Uva L’tzion
Siman 133 – Borchu after Daavening
Siman 134 – V’hu Rachum and Hagboh

The Laws of Krias Sefer Torah

13

Siman 135 – The reading on Mondays and Thursdays
Siman 136 – Who gets the Alios on Shabbos?
Siman 137 – How many pesukim each?
Siman 138 – Do not leave less than 3 pesukim before a gap
Siman 139 – The order of Krias HaTorah and its berachos
Siman 140 – Interruptions in the kria
Siman 141 – Laws of the Baal Koray
Siman 142 – No expert baal koray
Siman 143 – Mistakes in the sefer Torah
Siman 144 – Skipping
Siman 146 – Not to talk during krias haTorah
Siman 147 – G’lila
Siman 149 – Putting away the sefer Torah

The Laws of Bais Haknesses

7

Siman 150 – Building the Shul
Siman 151 – Keeping the sanctity of the shul
Siman 152 – Sanctity of the shul
Siman 153 – Sanctity of the shul / Rights to a mitzva
Siman 154 – Tashmish kedusha
Siman 155 – Fixing times to learn Torah
Siman 156 – Going to work / Miscellaneous

The Laws of Netillas Yodayim

9

Siman 157 – Meals
Siman 158 – Washing for a meal
Siman 159 – How the water should come upon your hands
Siman 160 – Disqualified waters
Siman 161 – Chatzitza (substance that blocks the water)
Siman 162 – Lifting the hands and rubbing
Siman 163 – If you don’t have water for netillas yodayim
Siman 164 – Making a condition / Touching filth during the meal
Siman 165 – One who wants to eat after going to the bathroom

The Laws of Breaking Bread

3

Siman 166 – Interruption between washing hands and breaking bread
Siman 167 – How to cut the bread
Siman 168 – Which bread gets the blessing?

The Laws of Mealtime Conduct

13

Siman 169 – Serving food
Siman 170 – Disciplined Mealtime Conduct
Siman 171 – Not to disgrace food
Siman 172 – Food in the mouth without a beracha
Siman 173 – Washing in the middle of a meal
Siman 174 – Drinks during the meal
Siman 175 – Hatov U’maytiv on wine
Siman 176 – Eating before the meal
Siman 177 – Food during the seuda
Siman 178 – Changing Location while eating/sleeping
Siman 179 – The end of the meal
Siman 180 – Leftover bread
Siman 181 – Mayim Achronim

The Laws of Birkas Hamazon

20

Siman 182 – Cup of wine for Birkas Hamazon
Siman 183 – Cup of wine for Birkas Hamazon
Siman 184 – Bentch where you ate/Time limit for bentching
Siman 185 – Birkas Hamazon – some details
Siman 186 – Women and children
Siman 187 – Details of the nusach
Siman 188 – The third beracha
Siman 189 – The end of bentching
Siman 190 – Drinking the kos shel beracha
Siman 191 – Activities during bentching
Siman 192 – Zimun
Siman 193 – Combining for a zimun
Siman 194 – Someone left the zimun group
Siman 195 – Combining groups
Siman 196 – Ate something forbidden
Siman 197 – Joining others to make the zimun
Siman 198 – Join up with three people
Siman 199 – Who cannot be part of the zimun
Siman 200 – Interrupting the meal for zimun
Siman 201 – Who is honoured with leading the bentching?

The Laws of Birkas Hapairos

11

Siman 202 – Fruit of the tree
Siman 203 – Fruit of the tree
Siman 204 – Shehakol
Siman 205 – Vegetables
Siman 206 – Doubts, Interruptions and mistakes
Siman 207 – Boray Nefashos
Siman 208 – Beracha May’ayn Shalosh
Siman 212 – Ikkar v’toffel
Siman 213 – Being motzi others
Siman 215 – Omayn after berachos
Siman 216 – Aromas

The Laws of Birkas Hab’somim

1

Siman 217 – Blessing over B’somim

The Laws of Birkas Hanissim

1

Siman 218 – Blessing over Miracles

The Laws of Thanksgiving Blessings

4

Siman 219 – Birkas Hagomel
Siman 220 – Remedies for worrisome dreams
Siman 221 – The rain blessing
Siman 222 – Blessings for good and bad tidings

The Laws of Berachos

8

Siman 223 – Blessings for new borns
Siman 225 – Shehecheyonu
Siman 226 – The beracha for blossoming trees
Siman 227 – Comets, lightning, thunder etc.
Siman 228 – Oceans, rivers and mountains
Siman 229 – Rainbows and the sun
Siman 230 – Assorted tefillos
Siman 231 – Do everything for the sake of Heaven

The Laws of Mincha

3

Siman 232 – When Mincha-time comes
Siman 233 – The proper time for Mincha
Siman 234 – More on Mincha

The Laws of Maariv

5

Siman 235 – The time for the nighttime Shema
Siman 236 – More on Maariv
Siman 237 – Even more on Maariv
Siman 238 – Torah study at night
Siman 239 – Krias Shema She’al Hamitta

Preparing for Shabbos

18

Siman 242 – Honor Shabbos
Siman 243 – Renting real estate to gentiles over Shabbos
Siman 244 – Jobs that a gentile may do for a Jew
Siman 246 – Renting and lending to gentiles
Siman 247 – Sending letters and packages
Siman 248 – Embarking on a boat on Shabbos
Siman 249 – As Shabbos approaches
Siman 250 – Preparing Shabbos meals
Siman 251 – Stopping to work on Friday
Siman 252 – Melachos that extend into Shabbos
Siman 253 – Leaving / returning food to cook on the stove
Siman 254 – Grilling and baking before Shabbos
Siman 255 – Preparing a fire on Friday
Siman 256 – Warnings
Siman 257 – HATMANNA (insulating food)
Siman 258 – More on hatmanna
Siman 259 – Moving hatmanna material
Siman 260 – As Shabbos enters

Mitzvos of Shabbos

33

Siman 261 – Candle lighting time
Siman 262 – To sanctify the Shabbos with a set table and clean clothes
Siman 263 – Ner Shabbos
Siman 264 – The Lamp wicks and oil
Siman 265 – More on Lamps
Siman 266 – Saving valuables on Shabbos
Siman 267 – Daavening on Friday
Siman 268 – Maariv / Mistakes in Daavening
Siman 269 – Kiddush in Shul
Siman 270 – Bameh Madlikin
Siman 271 – Kiddush
Siman 272 – Kiddush Wine
Siman 273 – Kiddush bimkom seuda
Siman 274 – Breaking Bread on Shabbos and Yom Tov
Siman 275 – Activities prohibited by candle light
Siman 276 – Lamp lit by a non-Jew on Shabbos
Siman 282 – Krias Hatorah
Siman 284 – Haftara
Siman 285 – Sh’nayim Mikre V’echod Targum
Siman 286 – Mussaf
Siman 287 – The mourners and the sick
Siman 288 – Fasting and crying
Siman 289 – The Shabbos Seuda
Siman 290 – One Hundred Berachos
Siman 291 – Shalosh Seudos
Siman 292 – Mincha
Siman 294 – Havdalla in Maariv
Siman 295 – After Maariv
Siman 296 – Havdalla
Siman 297 – B’somim
Siman 298 – The Havdalla ner
Siman 299 – No eating or melacha before Havdalla
Siman 300 – Melaveh Malka

Shvusim and Melachos

42

Siman 301 – Walking and Carrying
Siman 302 – Cleaning and folding clothes
Siman 303 – Womens ornaments
Siman 305 – Animals
Siman 306 – Which endeavors are permissible to speak about
Siman 307 – Shabbos speech
Siman 308 – Muktza
Siman 309 – Moving muktza indirectly
Siman 310 – More on muktza
Siman 311 – Tiltul min hatzad
Siman 312 – Kavod Habrios
Siman 313 – Boneh
Siman 314 – Boneh / Sosair
Siman 315 – Making Tents
Siman 316 – Trapping
Siman 317 – Knots and Bows
Siman 318 – Cooking
Siman 319 – Borer
Siman 320 – Squeezing
Siman 321 – Preparing Food
Siman 322 – Fallen fruit / Mechataych
Siman 323 – Dealing with goods
Siman 324 – Feeding Animals
Siman 325 – Melachos performed by a non-Jew
Siman 326 – Bathing or Shabbos
Siman 327 – Anointing
Siman 328 – Dealing with the sick
Siman 329 – Who are you allowed to rescue
Siman 330 – Childbirth on Shabbos
Siman 331 – Mila on Shabbos
Siman 332 – Care of animals
Siman 333 – Transporting
Siman 334 – House on Fire
Siman 336 – Climbing trees / Walking on grass
Siman 337 – Sweeping the floor
Siman 338 – Making sounds on Shabbos
Siman 339 – Assorted Shvusim
Siman 340 – Gozez, Kosave, Mochake, Tofare, Koraya….
Siman 341 – Hetter Nedarim
Siman 342 – Hetter Bayn Hashmoshos
Siman 343 – Training children
Siman 344 – Keeping Shabbos

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The Laws of Breaking Bread

Siman 166 – Interruption between washing hands and breaking bread
Siman 167 – How to cut the bread
Siman 168 – Which bread gets the blessing?

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