## Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim Siman 186

###### Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 186:1
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**אם נשים וקטנים חייבים בבהמ"ז. ובו ב סעיפים:**
נשים חייבות בברכת המזון וספק הוא אם הן חייבים מדאורייתא ומוציאות את האנשים או אם אינן חייבות אלא מדרבנן ואינן מוציאות אלא למי שאין חיובו אלא מדרבנן [ועיין לקמן סי' קצ"ט בענין זימון שלהם]:

**Mishna Berura Yomi:**
**If Women and Children are obligated in Grace after Meals**
Women are obligated to recite Grace after Meals. A doubt exists whether they are obligated from the Torah, and thus are able to fulfill the obligation of men (who listen to their recitation), or if their obligation is merely Rabbinical in origin, and thus can only fulfill the obligation for someone whose obligation is likewise merely Rabbinical. [See *siman* 199 concerning the laws of *zimmun* for women.]


###### Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 186:2
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קטן חייב מדרבנן כדי לחנכו וההיא דבן מברך לאביו כשלא אכל האב כדי שביעה שאינו חייב אלא מדרבנן:

**Mishna Berura Yomi:**
Children are obligation by Rabbinical law (to recite Grace after Meals), in order to educate them. This teaching that a son may recite (the Grace) on behalf of his father only applies when the father ate an amount less that the point of satisfaction, thus making his obligation merely Rabbinical in origin.