Blessing with Food Remnants in the Mouth
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Question
The Gemara explains that one should not recite a blessing with food in the mouth, as it is written, "May your mouth be filled with praise." What is the ruling regarding crumbs and remnants between the teeth? Is it necessary to remove them before the blessing?
Answer
One must ensure that there are no large crumbs in the mouth during the blessing, and this rule is very common when eating cake with coffee and blessing on the cake first. Care should be taken that no large remnants remain in the mouth during the blessing, but certainly, there is no need to be concerned about remnants between the teeth.
Source
The prohibition to bless even when there are only crumbs in the mouth is mentioned in "Oreach Ne'eman," Siman 184, Ot 25, and the permission regarding remnants between the teeth is obvious from reasoning, and also proven from the Rambam's method, who wrote that the waiting of six hours is due to the meat between the teeth, and why was it not removed during the final blessing? This proves that there is no prohibition in this.
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