<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Is there any difference between Shabbos and weekdays with regards to removing or covering the knives before bentching? Some authorities hold that this only applies on weekdays (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 180:5), whilst others hold that it includes Shabbos and Yom Tov (Be&rsquo;er Heteiv, Orach Chaim 180:4; Kaf Hachaim, Orach Chaim 180:15)</span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm -26.2pt 10pt 0cm;" align="left"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In an article on Rav Menachem Manes Moore who studied in the Mir Yeshiva before the Second World War, Rav Moore says in describing his experiences &ldquo;... in Bircas Hamozone we would only <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>bentsch until &lsquo;al yechasreinu,&rsquo; and from there on not another word.&rdquo; (Yated Ne&rsquo;eman, English edition, 2 May 2003, page 20) It would seem from the context, that he his speaking of any time and not just Shabbos.</span></span></span></p>