gum after meal

Asked by suri · January 30, 2006 · Blessings

Question

Dear Rabbi, I have a question that comes up many times. If i washed for hamotzey ate a bread meal.. but at the end feel like chewing gum, how do i go about the brachos? do i bentch then afterwards make a bracha on the gum with out a bracha acharona or do i make the bracha on the gum before i bentch but only bentch once im finished with the gum?

Answer

Answered by Chaim Yisrael Abadi

This a logistical question. If you plan on sitting where you ate till you finish chewing, then it makes no difference when you make the bracha. You never make a Bracha achrona on gum. However, if you are leaving the table, then you must bench before you leave the table. CYA