Question:
If one eats jam by itself during a bread seuda, should he say a blessing on it?
Answer:
No. It is considered part of the meal since it is meant to be eaten with bread. Similar to when we eat chicken during the meal and we don’t say a new bracha even if we don’t actually eat it with bread.
Sources:
O:CH 177-1
How is it different from eating a candy, which clearly requires a bracha during the seuda?
He is not eating the jam for satiation, but rather because he wants something sweet/ for pleasure (the same as one who eats a candy or ice cream is not eating it for satiation, but rather for pleasure).
a candy is a food that is not eaten at a meal, jam is. If t will be eaten after the meal as a dessert, then it would be differant.
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