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<font size=3>After Birchas HaMazon at a Chasuna or Sheva Brachos, the
Sheva Brachos are said. Is a person who participated in the Seudah
allowed to Bentch and leave before the Sheva Brachos (provided that he is
in accordance with the halachos of Zimun) or is everyone obligated to
stay until the end? <br><br>
The Tzitz Eliezer (11:84) says that many people are not makpid to stay
and leave early. He says that this custom can be justified and that in
fact the Minchas Yitzchok says that if one needs to leave for an
important reason before Birchas HaMazon he may do so. <br><br>
The Tzitz Eliezer relies on Rav Shlomo Kluger who says that the
obligation of Sheva Brachos is not triggered by the Seudah but rather by
Birchas HaMazon itself, meaning that until they have said Birchas HaMazon
there is no obligation of Sheva Brachos. Therefore if one can
halachically leave before Birchas HaMazon he was never obligated in Sheva
Brachos in the first place. <br><br>
This chiddush has a number of halachic ramifications. According to this
if a Sheva Brachos is made on the last day, even if the whole seudah is
eaten before nighttime but Birchas HaMazon was not yet said until after
nighttime, Sheva Brachos cannot be said anymore, since it depends purely
on Birchas HaMazon which is not within the seven days. <br><br>
Another point is that if the Panim Chadashos leaves before Birchas
HaMazon, Sheva Brachos cannot be said. Moreover he may even leave early
(provided he does not violate the Chiyuv of Zimun) and has not
"ruined" the Sheva Brachos because before Birchas HaMazon it is
not even a consideration. <br>
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Yitzchok Levine</font></body>
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