Marsha1
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« on: May 10, 2008, 11:37:10 PM » |
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It was interesting to hear that a woman can fulfill a man's obligation for kiddush by saying it for him, ie. specifically, for her husband. Although we haven't gotten to that aspect of HaMotzi for Shabbat yet, I would assume it would be the same, for the same reason--that because a woman is obligated in Shamor and the Mitzvot Lo Taaseh, she is also obligated in Zachor and the Mitzvot Aseh, because it is a package deal with respect to Shabbat ("Hekaish"--I don't quite know the meaning of this yet). This is very relevant to me because, although I don't generally say kiddush for my husband, I do generally say HaMotzi for everyone. This would also mean that if my husband is ill and not able to sing, that I could do kiddush for him rather than have him try to strain his voice.
I hadn't realized there are 3 very different reasons for covering the challah and that, depending on which one you choose to follow, other considerations arise in different situations, especially with regard to having other food on the table when kiddush is said and when to remove the cover. The uncertainty here could be avoided completely by not having any other food on the table at all when kiddush is being said (as did the Vilna Gaon), yet no one seems to do that. I wonder why.
I always used to keep the cover on the challah till I finished saying HaMotzi (I think it was partly because I liked looking at the cover!) until, just in the past few years, I was told by guests that that was an unusual minhag and they wondered why I did it; not having had a good halachic reason why, I stopped doing that and now remove the cover before saying the bracha. I now realize I could go back to my original "minhag" with a good halachic reason--l'zecher haMan--but would then also need to do it for Seudah Shli$#!@. This has given me lots to think about!
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