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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>From: "Professor L. Levine via Avodah"
<avodah@lists.aishdas.org><BR>>From today's OU Halacha
Yomis<BR><BR><BR>Q: Do you ever recite Birkas Hamazon on
crackers?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I have never recited Birkas Hamazon on crackers but today for the first
time I recited Birkas Hamazon on my cellphone. Here is my question:
When I close a bentsher or a siddur I kiss it. When I finish
bentshing off my phone should I kiss the phone before closing that
screen?</DIV>
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<DIV><B><BR><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby Katz<BR>t613k@aol.com</FONT><FONT lang=0
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