Grace After Meals in a Noisy Environment
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Question
Hello, A person is present at a meal at his in-laws where he ate bread, and hears continuous gossip at the table. He wants to finish his meal and recite the Grace After Meals. Is he allowed to go to another room to recite it in order to concentrate on the blessing?
Answer
Hello
It is obligatory to recite the Grace After Meals in the place where one ate the bread.
Therefore, he should either block his ears and recite, or eat a small amount of bread in the other room and then recite there.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 184
Paragraph 1
One who ate in one place must bless before leaving that place. (Rema: and see above Siman 178), and if he left the place and did not bless, if it was intentional, he must return to the place and bless; if he blessed in the place where he remembered, he has fulfilled his obligation. Rema: and this is only according to Rambam, but according to Rosh, who holds that even if it was unintentional, he should return to the place initially, intentionally even post facto he has not fulfilled his obligation (Tur), and if it was unintentional, according to Rambam he should bless in the place where he remembered, and according to Rabbeinu Yonah and Rosh he should also return to the place and bless.
Paragraph 2
This applies when he has no more bread, but if he still has bread, he should eat a little in the other place and bless, only that he should not be hungry from the first eating.