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See this discussion regarding the blessing made on the mahn while in the desert.
Despite a discussion regarding the ending of the bracha, it seems clear from the sources cited that they started the bracha with the standard six words.
So a) and b) date back to the midbar.
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I was only able to find a solutions to some issues you raised.
Answer based on the סידור רבינו הזקן עם ציונים והערות (picture below) and מאמר נוסח התפלה סי' יג:
Why do we say א-ל חי (nusach 3 and 5)?
See Shaeri Orah from רבינו יוסף גיקיטיליא who writes (printed in מאמר נוסח התפלה):
וכל הרוצה לבקש חיים טובים יתכוין למדת א"ל ח"י: Whoever wants to ...
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I have found the מעשה נסים to the Hagadah who writes about why we don't make a bracha on the mitzva of recounting the Exodus of Egypt and includes a reason why there is no bracha on bircas hamazon:
ומה שנראה לתת טעם במה שלא תקנו ברכה כי עינינו הרואות שבכל דבר שתקנו ברכה בגוף המצות לא תקנו ברכה על צוותו העשיות המצות כי אינו בדין לתקן ברכה על ברכה דהא ברכת ...
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I see a many reasons to be lenient:
In regards to brachos according to the Gra and Pri Megadim (and Bircas hamazon according to the Magen Avraham (see below)) the requirement of speaking in front of a king is described by tosfos 31b and shulchan aruch 185:4 (as understood by Magen Avraham) to mean that "even when he cannot speak in a truly appropriate ...
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Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurbach held that grapejuice or wine ices is not downgraded brachawise and one should make a borei pri hagafen.
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A possible answer can be that a mitzvah that can be derived from common sense does not receive a bracha. When HaShem provides for a person it is logical that one thank the one who has sustained them . This idea comes from the Kad Hakemach (Tiztzis).
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והוא שרז"ל חכמי האמת תקנו לנו לברך עליהן אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו, ועל המצות המקובלות האלה נקראו ...
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This is actually a machokes rishonim, and machlokes haposkim [a dispute among the commentators]. The root of the question is: Do we say that when I make a bracha, it goes on all the food I am going to eat? Or does it really only go on the food I am holding and intending to eat first, and the rest of the food only is "dragged along" with the first ...
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There are a number of answers brought down and several have already been listed. A few additional answers are as follows:
In Sefer Hamanhig (Hilchos Pesach, 64) by Rav Avraham ben Natan HaYarchi, he notes that Shehechiyanu by definition is only recited when the action being done elicits a degree of Hana'ah (benefit) such as with Pidyon Haben, Shofar, Lulav, ...
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See Shu"t HaRaavad 111 that when one's body does not derive pleasure then no שהחיינו is recited. See the footnote as well which discusses other sources and another possible reason.
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The OP's first question was:
When one makes a bracha on food, does he make the bracha on a specific
piece of food that he needs to eat from?
See here for a relevant discussion. It is clear from there that the bracha goes on the specific food I am planning on eating. There is a machlokes regarding the rest of the food, as mentioned there.
We also see from Y....
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Why not? We all have the power to give brachot. No matter who gives to whom.
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It is not that G-d cares or need to see people doing small mitzvot. Rather, by preforming these small seemingly irrelevant mitzvot, we are showing our dedication to G-d. If a person decorating a cake adds all the small details that will please his wife he is doing so to show affection. Thus, when we care about the small details, we are telling G-d that we ...
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