Q&A: Interruption in Blessings
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Interruption in Blessings
Question
If I started drinking water at home and went out of the house with the cup to the car, and I intended to drink in the car, do I need to recite the blessing again?
Answer
See here, section 7: https://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/8790
From logic, it seems to me that if from the outset you intended to eat outside as well, you do not need to recite the blessing again, even for light snack foods.
Discussion on Answer
You’re repeating the same question. I already answered.
Thank you very much, honorable Rabbi. But I don’t understand the reasoning behind this. Even if I didn’t have that in mind from the outset, if I want to continue my drinking or eating only outside—and for that matter I’m not talking about a great distance or a change of location in any significant sense—in what way is that considered an interruption? More generally, what about a sandwich or a cup that I can in principle keep eating from while walking wherever I want?