Daf haShavua

Using the candle or spices of a non-Jew for havdala. Havdala candle needs to be used for illumination. Spices need to be to enjoy the smell.

More arguments between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel: to wash one's hands before Borei pri hagafen or after; where to put your wet used serviette during the meal; necessity to wipe away crumbs before mayim Acharonim or not; order of Havdalah done together with Birkat Hamazon, the text of the Bracha over fire in havdala; not using flame or spices of a non-Jew.

Mishna stating the different machlakot between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel regarding meals. Order of kiddush - Bracha on wine first and then Bracha on day or vice versa. Order of havdala. Benching over wine.

Saying a Bracha once one realised he forgot it. The health benefits of asparagus brew. Different halachot regarding cos Shel Bracha.

Benching with a minyan or more. Dividing up a group into smaller groups to bench. Joining of different groups to a zimun. Bracha on undiluted wine and using food for other purposes besides eating. If one put food in one's mouth and forgot to say a Bracha.

If one misses the appropriate insert during benching and the compensatory Bracha. The amount of food one must eat to obligate benching. The text of zimun depending on how many join.

The sources for saying an after Bracha on food, a before Bracha for food, Birkat HaTorah and Bracha on tragic occurances. The text of Birkat Hamazon.

Who or what can join to make a minyan or zimun. What must be eaten to join or lead zimun. The origins of the different Brachot of Birkat Hamazon. Source for them in the Torah.

Meal etiquette - not to eat before the person who said Hamotzi. Saying Amen properly. A latecomer joining and leading the zimun. What type of food can one eat to be included in zimun. Definition of am ha'aretz. Different types of people who can or can't be part of a zimun or minyan.

The Rabinic nature of the Bracha of Hatov vehameitiv. Derech Eretz of a meal. Who should do mayim Acharonim first. Giving people precedence while traveling or entering a room.