Question: I was told if a person ate a kezias of a fruit that requires the meain shalosh bracha eg a fig, and another person drank a kezias of wine… Read more »
Category: Blessings (brachot)
Brocha on blossoming fruit tree that doesn’t give fruit
Question: May one make the brocha on a blossoming fruit tree that in previous years has not been capable of bearing fruit, most likely due to lack of cross pollination…. Read more »
Awkward situation at work
Question: A Jewish man is sitting at his desk at work. He just said “Baruch ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech” of Birkas Hamazon when his gentile boss walks in, accompanied by… Read more »
What beracha do we make on whole barley in soup
Question: What beracha on whole barley in soup Answer: I am assuming that you are asking what bracha to say on the piece of barley. If the barley was cooked… Read more »
What Bracha do I make on buck wheat or kasha
Question: What Bracha do I make on buck wheat or kasha Answer: The bracha is Hoadomo, and the bracha achrona is Borei Nefashos Sources: M:B 208-37
Brachah for Tums
Question: Do I have to make a brachah on tums if I really despise the taste and am only using it for stomach acid? Answer: You don’t have to make… Read more »
Making Berachah on water, if drunken inorder one not fast
Question: If a person will not finish davening on shabbos until after chatzos, and therefore drinks water before davening so he shouldn’t fast however he isn’t thirsty enough to make… Read more »
Bracha on Banana Cake
Question: I have a banana cake in which flour does not even make up 50% of the batter. What Bracha Acharona and Rishona would I make on a piece of… Read more »
If one eats jam by itself during a bread seuda, should he say a blessing on it?
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… Read more »
Can a child in school that didn’t eat bread say Birkat HaMazon with the rest of the class?
Question: In a school setting where the policy is that all students say birkat haMazon after eating together, is there any source which would allow a student who has not… Read more »
Two Brachos on mixed foods
Question: When making 2 brochos on foods that require two brachos (like mixtures), what is the correct procedure? I make the first bracha and eat a piece of that food…. Read more »
Brachot on mixed foods
Question: We enjoy a mixture that includes peanuts, cashews, raisins, craisins, almonds & chocolate bits. there seems to be an even distribution of the various foods & every handful contains… Read more »
Bracha on cookies in a yogurt
Question: What is the proper brocha/brachos for a yogurt with small bits of cookies that one mixes into the yogurt? Answer: If the cookies give the yogurt a taste then… Read more »
Bracha on croutons in a salad
Question: Does one make a Bracha on croutons that are in a lettuce salad? Answer: This is a good question and the answer isn’t so simple. If there are only… Read more »
Flax crackers
Question: What bracha do I make on flax crackers. Ingredients are while flax seeds, water and spices. Baked in an oven. Answer: I have never seen them, but the general… Read more »
Removal of polyp from womb
Question: My wife has not menstruated for many years and is about to have a thankfully non-malignant polyp removed from her womb. She asks whether this will put her in… Read more »
Brocha on rice cakes
Question: Rice cakes Corn cakes Answer: The bracha on rice cakes according to most poskim is borei pri hoadomo. The reason is because there is dispute if rice is indeed… Read more »
Multiple HaGomels
Question: In a case where one fulfils different qualifications for HaGomel separately, but did not Bentch for either. Does one make one brocha for all? Outside of three days, is… Read more »
Bracha on sourdough crackers
Question: What would be the bracha for was a sourdough crackers for an Ashkenazi person? My wife is Sephardi and her minhag is mazonot. I would like to be sure…. Read more »
Importance of grapes and bread
Question: 1) IS THE FRUIT GRAPE CONSIDERED HOLY & SACRED IN JUDAISM? 2) IS THE FOOD BREAD CONSIDERED HOLY & SACRED IN JUDAISM? Answer: 1) The grape is not considered… Read more »
If I said shehakol before ha’etz, do I still say the ha’etz?
Question: I understand that one should make ha’etz before shehakol. What happens if one made a shehakol then wants to eat say an apple? Should he make ha’etz, or is… Read more »
If I ate rice and had in mind for the cake, is it included in the bracha
Question: If someone has fish and rice for dinner, and makes a Mezonos on the rice and a Shehakol on the fish, intending to cover all foods that he may… Read more »
What is the correct bracha and bracha acharona on pomegranate juice?
Question: What is the correct bracha and bracha acharona on pomegranate juice? Answer: The bracha rishona is shehakol, and the bracha achrona is borei nefashos. The reason for this is… Read more »
Haughtiness when washing Mayim Achronim
Question: If one is eating Shalosh Seudos in shul with the rabbi, and the rabbi does not get up to wash Mayim Achronim (because he relies on the opinion of… Read more »
Made a bracha and then realized that the food was chodosh?
Question: If one accidentally made a bracha on chodosh (and he is makpid on yoshon, due to the fact that it is a chiyuv d’oraysa to be makipid on yoshon,… Read more »
What bracha is stuffing made out of small cubes of bread?
Question: I did a Google search on “What bracha is stuffing” and it seems that the consensus is that if the pieces of bread are less than a kezayis you… Read more »
Answering Amen to your own bracha
Question: A rabbi is helping a not religious person make a bracha on food, word by word. After the not religious person completes the bracha, the rabbi desires to say… Read more »
eating a kezayis before talking
Question: Why is it improper to talk until after one has eaten a kezayis (of bread)? Does this apply by other foods, as well? Even the smallest crumb of bread… Read more »
Brachos in front of uncovered feet
Question: Is a man allowed to make a bracha in front of a women whose not wearing socks? (only the feet are exposed not the legs) Answer: One should refrain… Read more »
krias shema
Question: A person davened Maariv right after shkia and went to sleep (whether on the couch, or in bed) before repeating krias shema. He awoke a hour or so before… Read more »
wine covers all beverages
Question: If one makes a hagofen on wine, that covers all other beverages (that are in front of him or, at least, he had them in mind when he made… Read more »
the blessings on the Torah
Question: Is one permitted to be present in a room where a rav is giving a shiur even though one has not yet said the blessings of the Torah? (One… Read more »
Amein
Question: A person is listening to his friend make Kiddush on Fri night with intent to be yotzi. The friend does not enunciate the words properly, swallows words, says it… Read more »
Learning Torah with another male
Question: I have recently discovered that my father is more interested in Yiddishkeit than I realized. Recently I offered to learn the parsha with him and other Torah subjects and… Read more »
Saying Al Hamichya on rice
Question: If one ate cake and rice (a kezayis of each), what bracha achrona should he say? Only al hamichya, since that would cover the rice as well? Answer: This… Read more »
bracha on ground flaxseed
Question: A flaxseed wrap… what bracha?? Thanks so much!! Answer: On flaxseed whole or ground one should make shehakol. a) Majority of seeds used in conjunction with other foods so considered… Read more »
asher yatzar
Question: After one answers Barechu, is it permitted to bless Asher Yatzar even though he is in the middle of the blessings of Shema, if he suspects that he will… Read more »
retzei
Question: The halacha is that a person who has a safek if he said retzei on shabbos needs to repeat benching because we assume that he did not say it…. Read more »
Cake after meal
Question: Should one make a mezonos on a seven layer cake at the end of a seuda? (Icing on the inside, sugary dough, and the cake crumbles—although I’m not sure… Read more »
Bracha on Baked Ziti
Question: Hello, If one eats 8 ounces of baked ziti (noodles that were first boiled then baked), does one need to say birkat hamazon because he ate something baked, or… Read more »
hamapil after chatzos
Question: Should one skip hamapil if it is after chatzos or should one say it? Answer: Even though there is an opinion that according to the Zohar Hamapil should not… Read more »
Harachaman for Birkhat Hamazon
Question: If I am reciting at Birkhat Hamazon at someone else’s house and we are benching together but there is not a mezuman (just the husband and wife), should I… Read more »
zimun
Question: If one goes to a wedding with in mind not to bentch with a “mezuman”, ( in order to leave whenever he wants without needing to wait for a… Read more »
Brachos
Question: Hi, i received an answer to my question regarding pre-ejaculate fluid : “The pre-seminal fluid comes from the Cowper gland which neutralizes any acidic urine which remains in the… Read more »
Berachos based on majority.
Question: Regarding hilchos berachos, a fruit salad with both haetz and ha’adama, the beracha follows the majority of the salad. If there is 51% ha’etz then you make that beracha…. Read more »
Arab Minim
Question: Concerning the Arba Minim; Should one make a Bracha each time during the day they are picked up or would the first Bracha that is made during Shachris suffice… Read more »
ספק אכילת פרס
Question: Hi rabbi A gute vouch I have a question if I ate a kazyis but I’m not sure if it was כדי אכילת פרס do I have do say… Read more »
Regarding pre-ejaculate fluid
Question: Hi, I came across your response regarding the fact that pre-seminal fluid is not considered zera in halachah. I am so glad that someone talks about this as I… Read more »
Cross
Question: If one made a bracha while facing a person who was wearing a cross on his or her neck, without realizing it, is the bracha valid? What about other… Read more »
after brocha
Question: Does one recite an after brocha when drinking from a water-bottle? what about a water fountain? Thanks! Answer: If one is thirsty and drinks a reviis (R. Chaim Noah… Read more »