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| The Grains (Wheat, Corn & Rice)
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| ==The five grains (wheat, barley…)==
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| # Halacha treats five types of grain as special. They are wheat, spelt, barley, oats, and rye. If any of these grains were ground up and then made into bread, the appropriate Bracha would be HaMotzei. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 102, chapter 12) </ref> | |
| # If any of the 5 grains were ground up and then made into a cooked dish or a baked good such as cake, the appropriate Bracha would be Mezonot. <Ref>There’s two forms of mezonot: Tavshil Mezonot which requires Mezonot even if one establishes it into a meal (S”A 208:2) and Pas HaBah Bekisnin which requires Mezonot if eaten as a snack and HaMotzei if established as a meal (S”A 168:6; see [[Pas HaBah Bekisnin]]). </ref>
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| ## Oatmeal, which is cooked grains has the Bracha of mezonot and is followed by Al Hamichya. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 102, chapter 12). Halachos of Brachos (Rabbi Pinchas Bodner, pg 532 and Brachos Handbook pg 64) writes that instant oatmeal which is made into a hot cereal is is Mezonot and Al HaMichya (even if one has a shuir keviyut seudah) unless it's made with a lot of water and it's so thin that it has the form of a drink in which case the bracha would be Shehakol and Boreh Nefashot. [This is based on Shulchan Aruch 208:2 regarding daysa.]
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| This is also the ruling of Vezot HaBracha (pg 107) that oatmeal cereal is mezonot unless it's very thin and pours like a liquid (he adds that if one pushes the grain to one side of the bowl and it remains there as a clump and doesn't spread out right away it's considered a food and not a drink). </ref>
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| # <div id="brachaonbulgur"></div>Cooked bulgur is one of the five grains and is mezonot. <ref>Vezot Habracha (pg 105) </ref>
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| # If the grain remained whole and it was only slightly processed (roasted or toasted) then the Bracha would be Haodoma. <Ref>S”A 208:4 </ref>
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| ## Therefore Granola, which are toasted grains, are Ha'adoma. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 67), Vezot HaBracha (pg 103, chapter 12) </ref>
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| # Puffed wheat is a matter of controversy whether we considered the process of puffing to be enough to make the grain mezonot or if it still remains hoadoma, see [[Bracha on smacks]].
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| ===Exceptions===
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| # If the grain is mixed into the food in order to bind the ingredients together the Bracha is not Mezonot. <Ref>S”A 208:3 </ref>
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| ## Licorice is Shehakol because even though it contains flour, the flour is only used as a binding agent. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 108, chapter 12), http://www.ou.org/torah/tt/5759/eikev59/specialfeatures.htm </ref>
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| ==Vegtables (corn, potatoes…)==
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| # If one grinds a vegetable or grain not from the five grains and cook it, if the vegetable is still recognizable in the product then the Bracha is the same the vegetable, however if it’s ground and unrecognizable then the Bracha is shehakol unless it’s still intact. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 202:42 writes that the halacha is if the vegetables were crushed but still it’s intact then it retains the original Bracha, whereas if it’s crushed and unrecognizable the Bracha is Shehakol. So holds Vezot HaBracha (pg 100, chapter 12) and Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 403-4, chapter 22) </ref>
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| ## Popcorn is HaAdama either because the seed is considered to be recognizable <ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 100, chapter 12) and Or Letzion (vol 2, 14:11)</ref> or even though the seed has changed to the point that it’s unrecognizable as corn but nonetheless the seed is still intact <Ref> Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 409, chapter 22) in name of Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Shlomo Zalman</ref>. However, some consider it Shehakol. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 100, chapter 12) quotes Rav Mordechai Eliyahu who says that the Bracha on popcorn is Shehakol. </Ref>
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| # Corn flakes can either be shehakol or haadoma depending on how they are made. If made from flour – then shehakol. If made from rolled grits – then haadoma.
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| # Corn tortillas and corn chips would be shehakol since both are processed to the point where they loose their ideal brocha. <Ref>Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 410, chapter 22) </ref>
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| # Potato chips are HaAdama because it’s recognizably a thin slice of a potato that was fried. <Ref>Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 407, chapter 22) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman</ref>
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| # Some say that pringles are HaAdama since the result retains a resemblance of the original vegetable. <Ref>Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 407, chapter 22) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman </ref>
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| # Some say that instant potatoes are HaAdama since the result retains a resembalance of the original vegetable. <Ref> Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 407, chapter 22) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman, Rabbi Pinchas Sheinburg, and Rav Elyashiv </ref>
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| # Peanut butter is Shehakol because it’s because crushed and unrecognizable as a peanut. <Ref>Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 410, chapter 22) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman </ref>
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| # Strawberry or cherry jelly is Shehakol because it retains neither the form or look of the fruit. <Ref>Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 404, chapter 22) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman and Rabbi Pinchas Sheinburg</ref>
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| ==Rice ==
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| # Rice isn’t one of the five grains, however, since rice satiates, the Bracha of mezonot if it’s cooked. The Bracha on rice is the same for white or brown rice. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 105, chapter 12), Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 518, Addendum 4) </ref>
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| # Raw or roasted rice would be Ha’adoma. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 106, chapter 12) </ref>
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| # Additionally it even applies to milled and ground rice flour. Therefore, Rice Crispies, like found in cereals, receives a mezonot. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 106, chapter 12) </ref>
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| # Rice Cakes, are made by steaming rice kernels until they pop, however, this isn’t considered cooking and therefore Rice cakes according to many are Ha’adoma. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 106, chapter 12) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman and Rav Pinchas Sheinburg, Or Letzion 14:21 rules similarly. </ref> However, some consider it Mezonot since the kernels stick together. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 106, chapter 12) and Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 520, Addendum 4) in name of Rav Elayshiv write that since the rice kernels stick together the Bracha is Mezonot. However, Brachat HaNehenin (pg 191) writes that Rav Elyashiv didn’t finalize this ruling. </ref> In conclusion, one should make HaAdama which will satisfy both opinions. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 106, chapter 12) in name of Rav Moshe Shternbach and Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 520, Addendum 4) write that in conclusion one should make a HaAdama. So explains Rabbi Leff at http://www.rabbileff.net/shiurim/answers/1250-1499/1338.mp3. </ref>
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| ==Questions==
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| # What's the bracha on bulgur/bulgar? [[#brachaonbulgur|see above]]
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| ==References==
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