Bracha Rishona

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Minimum Amount

  1. There is no minimum amount necessary for Bracha Rishona, even if one eats a very small amount of food one must make the appropriate Bracha. [1]

When is a new Bracha Rishona required?

  1. As long as one didn’t have a hesech hadaat (interruption of thought) one doesn’t need to make a new Bracha Rishona. However, if one made a Bracha Achrona, and one wants to eat again a new Bracha Rishona is needed. [2]

Tasting food

  1. One doesn’t make a Bracha Rishona if one intends to taste food even if one swallows. However, it’s preferable if one is going to swallow to have intent to eat it and make a Bracha. [3]
  2. One who tastes a food before it’s cooked to see if it needs spices and even if one tastes it after it’s cooked to see if it tastes good, it is considered tasting and one doesn’t make a Bracha. [4]

References

  1. ↑ S"A 210:1 based on Gemara Brachot 35a which says that one may not benefit from this world without a Bracha.
  2. ↑ Biur Halacha 190 D”H Acher, Vezot HaBracha (pg 53, chapter 5)
  3. ↑ S”A and Rama 210:2, Mishna Brurah 210:19
  4. ↑ Mishna Brurah 210:13
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