Suppose Alice has a pair of shoes, worth $100. Bob steals one of the shoes and destroys it. Setting aside any special penalties, If Bob is caught and found liable, does he have to pay Alice back $50 for the one shoe, $100, because he has deprived her of use of both shoes, or some other amount?
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It has come to my attention (from a local Rabbi) that one is required to say a brocho on each and every bit of food he/she eats, unless he/she was thinking about that particular food at the time of the brocho.
The example he gave was that if I ate (and said a "ha'aitz" brocho on) an orange, if ...
