Grace After Meals When Thirsty
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Question
Is it forbidden to recite the Grace After Meals if one is thirsty, or is it just preferable not to?
Answer
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According to all opinions, there is no 'prohibition' to recite the Grace After Meals if one ate and is thirsty.
There is an opinion that if one ate and is thirsty, the obligation to bless is not from the Torah but rabbinic. And if he drank, he is obligated to bless from the Torah.
[According to this opinion, if one ate and was thirsty and did not drink, and recited the Grace After Meals, and then drank, he might now be obligated to bless again, as he has now incurred a Torah obligation. See sources].
In practice, this opinion is not ruled. However, the Rema wrote that it is proper to be cautious according to those who hold this view.
Source
Rema, Orach Chaim, Siman 197, סעיף 4
There is an opinion that one is not obligated to bless from the Torah if he did not drink and is thirsty (Mordechai, Chapter 3, and Beit Yosef in the name of Kol Bo and Shibolei HaLeket); and it is preferable that initially, the one who drank should bless.
See Azmera LeShimcha 177 on this matter.