Sunday, November 1, 2009

Chewing Gum

Penina Cohen asks: I know that if 72 minutes pass in between eating and benching, you may not bench. Does chewing gum within the 72 minutes count as eating and therefore the 72 minutes begins after the gum is finished, or does it not count?

Hi Penina,
I think that the 72 minutes start after your actual "meal" is over. Since gum is not a part of your meal, the 72 minutes would start when you ate the last actual food that constituted your meal.

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