Eating bread in one place with the intention to continue eating fruits elsewhere

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Question

When I eat bread at home with the intention to continue the meal at a tish or another place, do I need to eat bread at the second place or are other foods sufficient?

Answer

Although it is explained in the poskim that when one intends to leave in the middle of a bread meal and continue eating elsewhere, according to the Rema, it is permissible to leave initially, this is only when eating bread at the second place. However, when eating other foods, since for Birkat Hamazon one must return to the first place where bread was eaten and bless there, one should not leave initially. If one left and ate other foods at the second place, one must return to the first place and recite Birkat Hamazon.

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When one ate a kezayit of bread in one place and intended from the beginning of the meal to continue eating bread elsewhere, the Rema in Siman 178:1 writes that intention is effective only when moving from room to room in the same house. However, the poskim write that this follows the opinion of the Shulchan Aruch, who holds that the halacha follows Rav Sheshet in Pesachim 101, and holds that even for things requiring a blessing after them in their place, if he did not leave some friends and changed his place, he must return and bless. Therefore, intention is effective only from room to room, not from house to house. However, according to the Rema, who holds that the halacha follows Rav Chisda, that for things requiring a blessing after them in their place, such as bread, if he changed his place, he does not need to return and bless, since he was not uprooted from his first place. However, initially, one should not leave his place even during a bread meal, as the Rema writes in Siman 178:2. And in explaining this, we find two reasons: either because he might forget to bless, or because he needs to bless in his first place before leaving, and therefore initially should not leave until he blesses. Nevertheless, if he initially intended to eat bread in the second place, the Mishnah Berurah in Siman 178:33 writes that it is permissible to leave even initially, as both places are considered his place of blessing, and there is no concern he will forget since he is going to continue his meal.

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