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# If one ate a [[Kezayit]] of a fruit or vegetable not from the 7 species with which [[Israel]] is praised (i.e. wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, dates), and anything which doesn't grow from the ground, one should say a [[Boreh Nefashot]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 207:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 51:1</ref> For example, the Bracha Achrona for water is [[Boreh Nefashot]]. <ref>Mishna Brurah 207:5</ref>
# If one ate a [[Kezayit]] of a fruit or vegetable not from the 7 species with which [[Israel]] is praised (i.e. wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, dates), and anything which doesn't grow from the ground, one should say a [[Boreh Nefashot]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 207:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 51:1</ref> For example, the Bracha Achrona for water is [[Boreh Nefashot]]. <ref>Mishna Brurah 207:5</ref>
# If one ate a food that requires [[Boreh Nefashot]] and also drank a drink that requires [[Boreh Nefashot]], one should make one [[Boreh Nefashot]] to cover them both. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 51:1</ref>
# If one ate a food that requires [[Boreh Nefashot]] and also drank a drink that requires [[Boreh Nefashot]], one should make one [[Boreh Nefashot]] to cover them both. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 51:1</ref>
# The text of [[Boreh Nefashot]] is ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם בורא נפשות רבות וחסרונן על כל מה שברא(ת) להחיות בהם נפש כל חי ברוך חי העולמים - Baruch Atta Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam [[Boreh Nefashot]] Rabot VeChesronan Al Kol Mah SheBara(ta) LeHachayot Bahem Nefesh Kol Chay Baruch Chey HaOlamim. <ref>Magen Avraham 207 (Introduction) writes that the above text is his text of [[Boreh Nefashot]]. Mishna Brurah 202:3 quotes this but changes Chesronan to Chesronam and SheBarata to SheBara but adds that some say SheBarata. The Hebrew Ashkenaz Artscroll Siddur (Siddur Yitzchak Yair HaShalem, 5753 edition, p. 88) has the version of Chesronan and both SheBarata and SheBara. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 51:11 </ref> Sepharadim pronounce the חי in the beracha  with a patach as opposed to a tzere. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Matot 16 </ref>
# The text of [[Boreh Nefashot]] is ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם בורא נפשות רבות וחסרונן על כל מה שברא(ת) להחיות בהם נפש כל חי ברוך חי העולמים - Baruch Atta Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam [[Boreh Nefashot]] Rabot VeChesronan Al Kol Mah SheBara(ta) LeHachayot Bahem Nefesh Kol Chay Baruch Chey HaOlamim. <ref>Magen Avraham 207 (Introduction) writes that the above text is his text of [[Boreh Nefashot]]. Mishna Brurah 202:3 quotes this but changes Chesronan to Chesronam and SheBarata to SheBara but adds that some say SheBarata. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 51:11 agrees. The Hebrew Ashkenaz Artscroll Siddur (Siddur Yitzchak Yair HaShalem, 5753 edition, p. 88) has the version of Chesronan and both SheBarata and SheBara. Interestingly, the Yerushalmi (cited by Tosfot Brachot 37a s.v. boreh) has the conclusion of Baruch Atta Hashem Chay Haolamim.</ref> Sephardim pronounce the חי in the beracha  with a patach as opposed to a tzere. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Matot 16 </ref>
===Combining Foods to Make a Boreh Nefashot===
===Combining Foods to Make a Boreh Nefashot===
# If someone ate half a kezayit of mein shalosh and half a kezayit of boreh nefashot one should recite boreh nefashot.<ref>The Mishna Brurah 210:1 writes that a half kezayit of mein shalosh and half kezayit of boreh nefashot combine to obligate in a boreh nefashot. The Dirshu quotes Or Letzion 1:19 and Igrot Moshe 1:74  who explain that even though a boreh nefashot doesn't exempt a mein shalosh (see S”A 202:11) still since a half kezayit of mein shalosh isn't yet obligated in mein shalosh it can be used towards the shiur of boreh nefashot.</ref>According to many Sephardic poskim no bracha should be recited since one didn't eat a kezayit of one category of food that requires a bracha achrona.<ref>
# If someone ate half a kezayit of mein shalosh and half a kezayit of boreh nefashot one should recite boreh nefashot.<ref>The Mishna Brurah 210:1 writes that a half kezayit of mein shalosh and half kezayit of boreh nefashot combine to obligate in a boreh nefashot. The Dirshu quotes Or Letzion 1:19 and Igrot Moshe 1:74  who explain that even though a boreh nefashot doesn't exempt a mein shalosh (see S”A 202:11) still since a half kezayit of mein shalosh isn't yet obligated in mein shalosh it can be used towards the shiur of boreh nefashot.</ref>According to many Sephardic poskim no bracha should be recited since one didn't eat a kezayit of one category of food that requires a bracha achrona.<ref>