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What to do regarding the Brachah on rice when the only other food you have is Ha'adama?
If one wants to eat cooked rice and a vegetable, should he/can he say Ha'adama on the vegetable first, and have in mind not to cover the rice, so that he can say Shehakol on the rice, according to ...
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Wrong Bracha Covers Other Food?
A Bracha made on one food covers anything same Bracha that A) one intends to consume in that sitting, or B) exists on one’s plate or table.
Thus, if I’m sitting at a table with steak and mushrooms, I ...
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Foods for a yahrzeit tikkun?
What are some foods or drinks customarily used for a morning tikkun for a yahrzeit? What is the basis for such a custom?
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Shiur for Al Hamichya
What is the minimum shiur to say Al Hamichya? If one eats a quantity of mezonos which is less than the shiur, should they say Borei Nefashos instead?
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What is the proper beracha for a mandarin chicken salad?
According to Halacha, what is the proper beracha to recite on a mandarin chicken salad? Is it Shehakol, Ha'etz, Ha’adamah, or something else?
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Beracha on chocolate covered raisins [duplicate]
According to Halacha what is the proper beracha on chocolate covered raisins? Is it shehakol, haetz, or something else?
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What is the proper beracha on granola bars
According to Halacha what is the proper beracha to be made on granola bars? Is it mezonot or maybe something else? Is this question a machloket amongst the poskim?
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What are the requirements for an outdoor zimun
Inspired by this question about an outdoor minyan, I am curious, what are the requirements for counting Jews in an outdoor zimun? Say three Jews who otherwise would qualify in a zimun ate together ...
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Eating reduces spritual sensitivity and Yitzchak Avinu wanting a meal before giving his berachot - contradiction?
There is a principle in mussar that overeating desensitises/spoils our mood for learning and davening with kavana (see Hachsharat HaAvrechim ch.9 for example). E.g. if one is very into one's learning, ...
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Honeysuckle Flower
Are they primarily for fragrant smell or for kids to taste the nectar?
Do any of the Brochos Books discuss the honeysuckle for blessings for fragrance or for eating?
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Does an unnecessary blessing still count as a valid blessing?
If someone accidentally recited a blessing unnecessarily, e.g. he made a Berachah on a secondary ingredient for which he shouldn’t have, being that he already recited the Berachah for the main ...
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Non-Jews' obligation to make berachot over food
Are non-Jews themselves required to recite berachot before and after eating?
According to this for e.g., one is obligated to insist that guests and anyone one gives food to should make a beracha over ...
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Resources on learning blessings on food
I would love to start saying brachos (blessings) before and after food. What resources would you recommend for learning the blessings, and for knowing which ones to select in what order? (Yes, “ask ...
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Can I have a cup of water to clean my teeth and to wash down my food after eating, without a Bracha?
Is this like using water to take a pill or is this considered drinking the water?
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What would be the Bracha Rishona for a certain blended combination of foods?
According to Ashkenazim: What would be the Bracha Rishona for a mixture of pureed pumpkin, applesauce and cinnamon? It is a smooth puree (no chunks or identifiable bits). The pumpkin and applesauce ...
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Chart for wrong Bracha Rishona?
I found this neat chart for what to do when you have said a wrong Bracha Achrona, and whether or not it was effective after the fact. I am curious, does anyone have a similar chart which will tell me ...
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Bracha for "Zero Net Carb" Bread
A company called "Thin Slim Foods" makes a product called "Zero Net Carb Bread" under the Kosher Miami hechsher. It has the form and texture of bread and is made from ingredients ...
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If I make a bracha on food and it falls out of my hand, do I need a new bracha on the rest of the food?
Let's say I am planning on eating some nuts. I hold one in my hand and make the bracha. Then, before I can eat it, it falls out of my hand and gets ruined.
If I right away take another nut from the ...
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Wheat crackers that are ha'adama
Paskesz (a brand that makes lots of kosher Jewish food in the USA), makes wheat crackers. The crackers are 99% wheat (per the ingredients label). While most wheat crackers require the blessing of ...
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After-beracha for yogurt and raisins
Let's say the yogurt is the majority, yet there is a kazayit of raisins. Lav dafka raisins.
Does the yogurt act as ikkar with regards to the after-beracha as well (as stated here and here)? Is the ...
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Should one recite a bracha for non-kosher meals? [duplicate]
If a Jew who doesn’t keep kosher eats a meal (like non-kosher beef), is it permissible, forbidden or necessary to say some sort of brachot before and after eating?
My initial guess would be no since ...
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What bracha does one make on injera?
Injera is a fermented flatbread usually made out teff, a grass. It takes the place of bread at a meal and has the shape of bread (תוריתא דנהמא). Would one still make ha'adama on it?
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implicit intent of blessing for unintended items
What are the main positions and/or halachic consensus regarding the applicability of the appropriate bracha rishona (other than "hamotzi") originally made on a food item / drink without conscious ...
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B'racha on oat milk
Oat milk is a popular dairy-free, vegan-friendly milk substitute. It's made by soaking and blending steel-cut or rolled oats with water and then straining them through cheesecloth to separate the milk ...
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Does adding a different liquid to a pre-existing drink require a new Shehakol?
Suppose one makes a "shehakol" on the water, and doesn't have in mind any other drinks.
When there's a third of the glass left, the person refills the glass with seltzer/soda (the glass is now 1/3 ...
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Besamim on a Cinnamon Bun or Danish
Motzei Shabbos when making Havdala one realizes he has no cloves, cinnamon sticks or any other spice to make the Beracha (blessing on fragerences) Borei Minei Besamim. Can the person take a cinnamon ...
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Minimum amount of food to eat after bracha before speaking
My understanding is that after making a bracha, one should eat the food without a "hefsek" (interruption). Is there a minimum amount of food that one is required to eat after the bracha and before ...
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Blessing for indistinguishably unrecognizable corn
Halachic authorities rule that very similar products, such as different brands of Corn Flakes, have different blessings. See, e.g., Rabbi Dovid Haber, writing for the Star-K, and citing Rav Moshe ...
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B’racha achrona on sunflower seeds?
If one eats a k’zayit of sunflower seeds including the flavored shell, which he spits out, but less than a k’zayit of the seeds themselves, which he swallows, does he need to say an after b’racha?
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Ramifications of eating (or forcing to eat) food one doesn’t like
Avos D’Rebbi Nassan 26:5 says (translation is from Artscroll, and brackets are from their footnotes):
הוא היה אומר האוכל אוכלין שאינם עולים על גופו עובר משום ג' לאוין שביזה את עצמו וביזה את האוכלין ...
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What is the blessing on cricket bread?
This recent article speaks of commercially available bread made from ground crickets. To clarify, crickets are ground into flour and used in some combination with wheat flour.
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Birkas Hamitzvah on food which is normally assur, but allowed due to pikuach nefesh
From Making a bracha on food which is normally assur, but allowed due to pikuach nefesh, if you eat normally forbidden foods because of pikuach nefesh, you make a bracha on them.
Does the same apply ...
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Blessing on orange juice after eating an orange
Say someone ate an orange and now wants to drink orange juice. The regular blessing on orange juice is sheakol (see e.g., here) although there is some opinion it might be haeitz if the oranges were ...
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Shiur Brocha Achrona 2 different foods
If I eat less than a k’zayis of cake; and less than a k’zayis of grapes; do I make a brocha Achrona? And if I do; is it Borei Nefushois, or Ahl Hamichya V’ahl hu’aitz?
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If one makes a bracha on something not Kosher should he eat it to avoid saying G-d's name in vain or not?
If one makes a bracha on something not Kosher (meat and milk,chicken and milk, pork…) should he eat it to avoid saying G-d's name in vain or not?
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Bracha after consuming food
If one eats pizza and is 100% certain he did not say the bracha for it, may he still say it? Explanation: Eating a piece of pizza, realizing you didn’t say the bracha, and saying the bracha before ...
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What blessing is recited before eating hearts of palm?
What blessing is recited before eating hearts of palm and what are the reasons behind the different opinions?
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What Bracha do you make on an acai bowl?
What Bracha do you make on an acai bowl?
These bowls usually contain yogurt, berries, and granola.
Here is a link for reference: Acai Bowl
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Can the blessing She-ha-kol be used for ALL foods before eating them?
There are several blessings we say before eating, depending on the food (ha-motzi, ha-etz, ha-adamah, ha-gefen, mezonot), but we say she-ha-kol for foods not in these categories. Would there be ...
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If you make the bracha of shehacol over a food that is haetz do you need to make another bracha?
If someone makes the bracha of shehacol over a food that is haetz does he need to make another bracha?
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Is air volume counted as part of the kezayit for Birkat Hamazon?
Poori is an Indian bread that puffs when it is hot. When measuring the kezayit olive size of bread that is the minimum to require Birkat Hamazon, does one include the volume of air in the food, or ...
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Is eating one whole olive considered as eating a kezayit?
Is eating one whole olive considered as a kezayit (for the purposes of a bracha acharona)? Or is the pit, which most people do not eat, not considered - making only the remainder of the olive (which ...
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Is a meal bracha over dairy forbidden if the Jew in question still has meat in their stomach?
Obviously, the functional answer is you eat parve and wait for the allotted time period to pass so that one may eat dairy. I'm in no way challenging conventional dietary law.
This question is simply ...
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Serving food at Kiruv Events and OC 169:2
In Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 169:2 the following is noted:
(Source Provided by Sefaria.org)
(לֹא יִתֵּן לֶאֱכֹל אֶלָּא לְמִי שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ בּוֹ שֶׁיְּבָרֵךְ, הגה: וְיֵשׁ מְקִלִּין אִם נוֹתֵן לְעָנִי ...
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What is the bracha for a deli roll?
A deli roll is a puff pastry dough rubbed with mustard and filled with assorted deli meats (usually pastrami and turkey.)
Is this considered pas haba bekisnin? (one definition of this term is:
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Bracha on sprouts
This is what Practical Halacha says regarding the bracha for sprouts.
Say the fore-blessing of she'hakol if the sprouts were grown only in
water. Say borei pri ha'adama if the grains were ...
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Another pizza bracha question
We have several "pizza bracha" questions on this site, but, I will focus on a specific item on this answer. Excerpts:
1.The opinion of Harav Moshe Feinstein zt”l holds two slices makes you ...
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Which bracha comes first?
I'm sitting down to eat some fruit and vegetables. On my plate is a tomato (ha'adamah), an apple and a date (both ha'etz). I want to eat them all now. In terms of my taste preferences, I rank them ...
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Bracha on Coconut Wraps
What bracha would these be? The first ingredient is coconut meat. These are all of the ingredients: Organic Coconut Meat, Organic Coconut Water, Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil.
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Al HaEitz on a Shehakol?
Should you make al haeitz after a food containing a kezayis of the 7 species if it was not recognizable as such (=got a bracha rishona of shehakol) and/or there was no briyah (complete fruit)?
What ...
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