[Avodah] spanish minhagim

[Zev Sero]

Simon Montagu wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2008 2:08 PM, Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> After kiddush and before hamotzi they have a minhag to eat three foods
>> that have three
>> berachot (etz,adamah,shehakol). I was always taught to have hamotzi as
>> soon as possible
>> after kiddush
> 
> My wife's brothers also have this minhag. The reason for it is to make
> up the total of 100 berachot per day in spite of the shorter Amida on
> Shabbat.

A vort I heard years ago from R Hershel Fogelman of Worcester:
Every day one should say 100 brachot, but on Shabbat the davening
plus 3 meals only add up to 80, so one must make up 20 from voluntary
brachot.  The Rambam (Chovel Umazik 7:14) says that if someone "steals"
a bracha (or any other mitzvah) from someone else, he must pay him 10
gold coins in compensation.  So the monetary value of 100 brachot is
1000 gold coins, and the 20 brachot that must be made up voluntarily
are worth 200.  "Ha'elef lecha Shlomo", i.e. Melech Shehashalom Shelo,
we owe you 1000, "umatayim lanotrim et piryo", and 200 for those who
keep it with fruit.


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