Grace After Meals in the House of Mourning
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Question
Is there a change in the Grace After Meals in the house of mourning?
Answer
When blessing with ten people in the house of mourning, one says: "Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, our God, our Father, our King, our Creator, our Redeemer, our Holy One, the Holy One of Jacob, our Shepherd, the Shepherd of Israel, the good King who does good for all, the God who every day does good, does good, and will do good for us, the living King who is good and does good, the God of truth, the true Judge, the righteous Judge, who takes souls in justice, the Master in His world to do in it as He wishes, for all His ways are just, and we are His people and His servants, and for all we are obligated to thank Him and bless Him, He who repairs breaches in Israel, He will repair this breach from us and from this mourner for life and peace. He has bestowed upon us and all good, etc., and will not deprive us, etc.
However, when not blessing with ten, one blesses as usual.
Source
Talmud, Berakhot 46b: "Mar Zutra visited the house of Rav Ashi, and an incident occurred, he began and blessed: 'The good and beneficent, the God of truth, the true Judge, the righteous Judge, who takes in justice, and the Master in His world to do in it as He wishes, for all His ways are just, for all is His, and we are His people and His servants, and for all we are obligated to thank Him and bless Him, He who repairs breaches in Israel, He will repair this breach in Israel for life.'"
Also ruled in Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 189, Paragraph 2, and Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 379, Paragraph 1. The Shach there, s"k 1 and 2, writes that he adds and does not change the enactment of the sages.
Tosafot, Ketubot 8a: "It implies that the blessing of mourners in the Grace After Meals is only with ten." However, in Magen Avraham, Siman 189, s"k 2, it is written: "If he blesses by himself, he says by himself (Torat HaAdam):" And in Be'er HaGolah it is learned from his words, that he blesses even with less than ten. However, in Magen Giborim, he rejected and wrote that his intention is that when there are ten, the mourner himself says.
In practice, it is written in Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Siman 197, Paragraph 7: "The blessing of mourners in the Grace After Meals is not customary now, as they rely on those who hold that it was only instituted when blessing with ten."
Therefore, when blessing with ten, one should bless as mentioned above.