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On Sunday, I saw a box of candied Etrog in my local store. I'm assuming that they made this available in honor of Tu B'Shevat. The etrog pieces are clearly recognizable other than the coating of loads …

The apple pie that I commonly eat has primarily visible apples (you can see the slices) and there is a very thin layer of pie crust on the bottom. Clearly, the apples are the majority. Since the apple …

ברוך...שככה לו בעולמו is said upon seeing beautiful trees or creatures (animals or people). O.C. 228 says (translation copied from this question for seeing a person with a dark, very red, or albi …

See the answer to Q8 here. I am citing just the relevant part: (As a side note, if one put sugar or something similar on the lemon, it would then qualify for Ha'etz.) Etrog is very similar to …

There is something called nutritional yeast. It seems that it is generally used as an additive to recipes or as a seasoning. If one ate this, plain, what bracha should he make prior to eating this? A …

In such cases, each gets its own blessing. …

See this M.Y. question regarding the brachot to say on witnessing a hurricane. Excerpt: Upon seeing/feeling uncommonly strong winds (a hurricane would qualify), on feeling an earthquake, lightn …

See this article from Star-K The general rule is that a mixture containing one of the five grains (BROWS – barley, rye, oats, wheat, spelt) in cooked form is a mezonos,even if the grain is onl …

The brachot site states: Fruits and vegetables which are normally eaten cooked but not raw – would receive their ideal bracha (Ho’eitz or Ho’adomo) when cooked, and only shehakol when eaten ra …

This is an excellent question. Many people, including me, don't pay much attention as to why the accent has shifted. This is a technique known as nasog achor. The basic idea is that two accented sylla …

Indeed, according to the Yerushalmi (Berakhot 6:1), the body of this blessing says merely: “Who creates many souls in order to enliven the soul of every living thing.” … The closing of the blessing refers to HaShem as “the life of the worlds”. …

He then sees the friend at the friend's wedding in a context where he'd generally be obligated in that blessing. …

I gather that there was a doubt regarding the beginning bracha of rice whether it should be Shehakol or Mezonot ( I will try to add in source later.) Would the same rules apply to rice noodles? Or wo …

Does "vertical" travel require saying Tefillat haderech? Examples: Bungee jumping Hang gliding Ski lift / cable car Mountain climbing / rapelling (using rope to scale the mountain.) Sky Diving / par …

I know about the bracha "borei atzei besamim". I understand this bracha to apply to edible spices and herbs and spices such as sage and rosemary. What bracha, if any, would I make if I smell other flo …