Blessing on Eating During a Fast or Before Prayer Intentionally
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Question
A person who recites blessings before eating, but is not willing to fast or refrain from eating before prayer, even though he is aware that it is forbidden. Should he bless? Or, just as a person who eats forbidden food does not bless, should one who eats during a fast or before prayer not bless? Is there a difference, and what is the difference?
Answer
A person who eats at a time when it is forbidden to him, whether during a fast or before prayer, blesses, because the food itself is not forbidden to him, but he is forbidden to eat at that time. However, a person who eats food that is forbidden to him does not bless it, because he cannot thank God for something that is forbidden to him, and if he blesses, it is not a blessing but a blasphemy.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 196, Seif 1 and Da'at Torah there; Siman 204, Seif 8).
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