Fruits and Vegetables

Rules

1. Fruit of the tree which halachically is defined as having a trunk that stays alive and produces fruit year after year has the Bracha of HaEtz.
2. Vines and bushes are considered trees and the fruit are HaEtz if the bush grows taller than 3 tefachim (9 inches). Examples of this include blueberries, grapes, and kiwis.

Fruit that are HaAdama

1. A banana plant’s trunk dies yearly and so bananas are HaAdama.
2. Raspberries and papaya are similar to bananas and have the Bracha of HaAdama.
3. Bushes which grow within 3 tefachim (9 inches) of the ground have the Bracha of HaAdama. Examples of this include cranberries and wild blueberries.

Fruits or vegetables receiving Shehakol

1. If one eats a fruit or vegetable in a way that is not the usual way it is eaten in that local one should make a Shehakol.
2. Examples include eating quince, onions (outside of salad), or peanuts raw requires Shehakol and eating melon, cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, or walnuts cooked requires Shehakol.
3. If a fruit or vegetable is usually eaten raw and cooked then the regular Bracha applies.
4. Examples include almond, apples, tomatoes, and carrots which are eaten raw and cooked.

Vegetables

Food	Bracha
Acorn squash	HaAdama האדמה
Artichoke	HaAdama האדמה
Asparagus	HaAdama האדמה
Banana	HaAdama האדמה
Beans	HaAdama האדמה
Beet	HaAdama האדמה
Broccoli	HaAdama האדמה
Brussels sprout	HaAdama האדמה
Buckwheat (kasha)	HaAdama האדמה
Cabbage	HaAdama האדמה
Cantaloupe	HaAdama האדמה
Carrot	HaAdama האדמה
Cauliflower	HaAdama האדמה
Celery	HaAdama האדמה
Chickpea	HaAdama האדמה
Chicory	HaAdama האדמה
Chinese cabbage	HaAdama האדמה
Corn	HaAdama האדמה
Cucumber	HaAdama האדמה
Eggplant	HaAdama האדמה
Endive	HaAdama האדמה
Escarole	HaAdama האדמה
Green bean	HaAdama האדמה
Green pea	HaAdama האדמה
Green pepper	HaAdama האדמה
Honeydew	HaAdama האדמה
Kale	HaAdama האדמה
Knob celery	HaAdama האדמה
Kohlrabi	HaAdama האדמה
Leek	HaAdama האדמה
Lentil	HaAdama האדמה
Lettuce	HaAdama האדמה
Lima bean	HaAdama האדמה
Maize	HaAdama האדמה
Melon (all)	HaAdama האדמה
Millet	HaAdama האדמה
Muskmelon	HaAdama האדמה
Okra	HaAdama האדמה
Papaya	HaAdama האדמה
Parsnip	HaAdama האדמה
Pea	HaAdama האדמה
Peanut	HaAdama האדמה
Pineapple	HaAdama האדמה
Pumpkin	HaAdama האדמה
Radish	HaAdama האדמה
Rhubarb	HaAdama האדמה
Romaine lettuce	HaAdama האדמה
Rutabagas	HaAdama האדמה
Salsify	HaAdama האדמה
Scallion	HaAdama האדמה
Sesame seeds	HaAdama האדמה
Snow pea	HaAdama האדמה
Spaghetti squash	HaAdama האדמה
Spinach	HaAdama האדמה
Strawberry	HaAdama האדמה
Sunflower seeds	HaAdama האדמה
Sweet pea	HaAdama האדמה
Sweet potato	HaAdama האדמה
Swiss chard	HaAdama האדמה
Taro	HaAdama האדמה
Tomato	HaAdama האדמה
Turnip	HaAdama האדמה
Watercress	HaAdama האדמה
Watermelon	HaAdama האדמה
Yam	HaAdama האדמה
Zucchini	HaAdama האדמה

Fruits

Food	Bracha
Almond	HaEtz העץ
Apple	HaEtz העץ
Apricot	HaEtz העץ
Avocado	HaEtz העץ
Blackberry	HaEtz העץ
Blueberry	HaEtz העץ
Brazil nut	HaEtz העץ
Carob	HaEtz העץ
Cashew	HaEtz העץ
Cherry	HaEtz העץ
Chestnut	HaEtz העץ
Coconut	HaEtz העץ
Currant	HaEtz העץ
Date	HaEtz העץ
Fig	HaEtz העץ
Filbert	HaEtz העץ
Gooseberry	HaEtz העץ
Grape	HaEtz העץ
Grapefruit	HaEtz העץ
Guava	HaEtz העץ
Hazelnut	HaEtz העץ
Kiwi	HaEtz העץ
Kumquat	HaEtz העץ
Loquat	HaEtz העץ
Lychee nut	HaEtz העץ
Macadamia nut	HaEtz העץ
Mandarin	HaEtz העץ
Medlar	HaEtz העץ
Mulberry	HaEtz העץ
Nectarine	HaEtz העץ
Olive	HaEtz העץ
Orange	HaEtz העץ
Passion fruit	HaEtz העץ
Peach	HaEtz העץ
Pear	HaEtz העץ
Pecan nut	HaEtz העץ
Persimmon	HaEtz העץ
Pistachio	HaEtz העץ
Plum	HaEtz העץ
Pomegranate	HaEtz העץ
Prickly pear prune	HaEtz העץ
Quince	HaEtz העץ
Raisin	HaEtz העץ
Sabra	HaEtz העץ
Star fruit	HaEtz העץ
Tangerine	HaEtz העץ
Ugli fruit	HaEtz העץ
Walnut	HaEtz העץ