Extra Respect for Bread
36. There are many things that are not considered degrading to food but should not be done to bread, as will be explained.
37. Kol chamiro. When doing bittul chometz on Erev Pesach, we say the paragraph, “Kol chamiro” in Aramaic, not Loshon Hakodesh. The reason for this is because bread is a person’s main sustenance; it is disrespectful to be mevateil it. Therefore, we are mevateil it in Aramaic so that the spiritual mazikim and accusers do not understand (סדר היום הובא בבאר היטב סי' תל"ד סק"ה ).
Throwing Bread
38. Fruit. Fruit and other foods that do not become disgusting when thrown, e.g., nuts, which are hard, may be thrown in a clean place (שו"ע סי' קע"א ס"א ).
39. Bread. However, it is degrading to bread to throw it even in a clean place (שו"ע שם ומ"ב סק"ט ). Thus, one should not throw bread onto the table to guests after making Hamotzi (מ"ב סי' קס"ז סקפ"ח ).
40. Minhag to throw. Nevertheless, some have the minhag to throw bread from the lechem mishneh on Shabbos to those at the meal without being concerned for the issur. The reason is because eating hamotzi is like eating a korbon. Since the Kohanim threw parts of the korbonos onto the mizbeiach, some people throw pieces of the lechem mishneh. With this outlook, throwing the challoh is actually respectful (שו"ת התעוררות בתשובה סי' קל"ב בשם אביו הכת"ס ).
41. Bentcher on challos. All poskim agree one may place a bentcher on the challos to be able to see it during Kiddush at the Shabbos seudoh. Since this is for a mitzvoh, it is not disrespectful to the challos (שו"ת בשמים ראש סי' קל"ח ).
