Brachot On Foods That Start With The Letter F

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Food Bracha Rishona Bracha Achrona
Farfel Mezonot Al Hamichya[1]
Farina Mezonot Al Hamichya[2]
Fig Haetz Al Haetz[3]
Filbert Haetz Boreh Nefashot[4]
Fish Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[5]
Fish Almandine Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[6]
Fish Balls Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[7]
Fish Cakes Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[8]
Fried Fish If thin coating shehakol; thick coating mezonot Boreh Nefashot[9]
Fish Sticks If thick coating mezonot If kezayit of coating eaten al hamichya; if not Boreh Nefashot[10]
Frankfurter Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[11]
Franks in Blanks Mezonot Al Hamichya if kezayit of crust eaten[12]
Franks Soy Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[13]
French Fries Haadama Boreh Nefashot[14]
Fried Chicken (thin coating) Shehakol Boreh Nefashot [15]
Fried Fish (thin coating) Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[16]
French Toast Hamotzei Birkat Hamazon[17]
Fried Onion Haadama Boreh Nefashot[18]
Fruit cobbler If flour added for taste and satiation mezonot; if for a binder haetz If kezayit of mezonot eaten al hamichya, otherwise Boreh Nefashot[19]
Fruit Cocktail Bracha on majority ingredient Boreh Nefashot[20]
Fruit Compote If it still has solid pieces haetz; if liquid shehakol Boreh Nefashot[21]
Fruit Juice Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[22]
Fruit Leather Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[23]
Fruit Jam Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[24]
Fruit Seeds that are naturally sweet HaAdama Boreh Nefashot[25]
Fruit Seeds that are bitter and were sweetened Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[26]
Fruit Soup If contains fruit haetz; if liquid shehakol Boreh Nefashot[27]
Fudge Shehakol Boreh Nefashot[28]

Sources

  1. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 41 explains that farfel is like noodles and not Pat Haba Bikisnin.
  2. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 explains that farina isn't Pat Haba Bikisnin. He holds that it is a food for bracha achrona since it is eaten as a food.
  3. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 208:1, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42
  4. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42
  5. ↑ Gemara Brachot 40b, Shulchan Aruch 204:1
  6. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 explains that the almonds are exempted by the bracha on the fish.
  7. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 explains that gefillte fish balls are shehakol since the flour used in it is just used as a binder.
  8. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 compares fish cakes to gefillte fish balls.
  9. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 explains that for bracha achrona if it was a thick crust and one recited mezonot if one ate a kezayit of mezonot within a kdei achilat pras one should recite an al hamichya, otherwise one should recite a boreh nefashot.
  10. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42
  11. ↑ Gemara Brachot 40b, Shulchan Aruch 204:1, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43
  12. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43. Ikar and Tofel
  13. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43 explains that soy products are shehakol since they are significantly changed from their original state.
  14. ↑ Brachot 35a, Shulchan Aruch 203:1, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43
  15. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43
  16. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43
  17. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 168:10. Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43 writes that french toast made with pieces larger than a kezayit are always hamotzei. If made with pieces smaller than kezayit and deep fried it is mezonot. If the pieces are smaller than a kezayit but are pan fried then they are subject to a debate.
  18. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 65
  19. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44
  20. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44 explains that if the pieces are small then the bracha is upon the majority ingredient as per Mishna Brurah 212:1. If the pieces are large and each is eaten on its own spoonful then a separate bracha is made for each category of bracha as per Aruch Hashulchan 212:2.
  21. ↑ Halachos of Brachos p. 409 based on Rama 202:7
  22. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 202:8, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44
  23. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44 explained that the fruit in fruit leather isn’t recognizable.
  24. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44, Rama 202:7
  25. ↑ Tosfot Brachot 36b s.v. klipei holds that fruit seeds are haetz but the Rashba Brachot 36b s.v. klipei argues that they aren't haetz. Shulchan Aruch 202:3 rule like the Tosfot but the Mishna Brurah 202:23 and Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) conclude that one should recite haadama on fruit seeds that are naturally sweet.
  26. ↑ Shuchan Aruch 202:3
  27. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 45
  28. ↑ Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 46
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