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#A person who ate and then threw up what he ate shouldn’t say Bracha Achrona and ideally he should try to eat more or listen to someone else recite that bracha for themselves.<ref>Birkei Yosef 208:1 quotes the Panim Meirot who explained that since one's stomach doesn't benefit from the food one can't recite a bracha achrona. However, the Birkei Yosef argues that one can recite a bracha achrona just for benefit to one's palate. Nonetheless there is no bracha achrona since there is no remaining satisfaction from the original food just like the case where a person ate food and the forgot to make a bracha achrona until after it was already digested in which case it is too late to recite a bracha achrona. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 51:15 concludes that one is exempt from a bracha achrona after vomiting. Kaf HaChaim 184:34, Ben Ish Chai (Chukat no. 13), and Vezot HaBracha (p. 113) quoting the Shaarei Teshuva agree with the Birkei Yosef that if one vomited that there's no bracha achrona but ideally one should try to eat more or listen to  someone else's bracha achrona.</ref>
#A person who ate and then threw up what he ate shouldn’t say Bracha Achrona and ideally he should try to eat more or listen to someone else recite that bracha for themselves.<ref>Birkei Yosef 208:1 quotes the Panim Meirot who explained that since one's stomach doesn't benefit from the food one can't recite a bracha achrona. However, the Birkei Yosef argues that one can recite a bracha achrona just for benefit to one's palate. Nonetheless there is no bracha achrona since there is no remaining satisfaction from the original food just like the case where a person ate food and the forgot to make a bracha achrona until after it was already digested in which case it is too late to recite a bracha achrona. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 51:15 concludes that one is exempt from a bracha achrona after vomiting. Kaf HaChaim 184:34, Ben Ish Chai (Chukat no. 13), and Vezot HaBracha (p. 113) quoting the Shaarei Teshuva agree with the Birkei Yosef that if one vomited that there's no bracha achrona but ideally one should try to eat more or listen to  someone else's bracha achrona.</ref>
==Practical Examples of a Kezayit for Bracha Achrona==
How much is a kezayit in term of common foods?
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Kezayit
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! Food !! Amount of Food that is a Kezayit
|-
| Animal crackers || 7 crackers is a kezayit.<Ref>Halachos of Kezayit p. 32</ref>
|-
| Black and white cookie (large) || 1/6 of cookie is a kezayit.<Ref>Halachos of Kezayit p. 32</ref>
|-
| Graham cracker || 3/4 of a cracker is a kezayit.<Ref>Halachos of Kezayit p. 36</ref>
|-
| Sandwich cookies ||  2.5 cookies is a kezayit.<Ref>Halachos of Kezayit p. 39</ref>
|-
| Sprinkle doughnut ||  1/5 of doughnut is a kezayit.<Ref>Halachos of Kezayit p. 36</ref>
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| Sprinkle cookie (small) || 2 cookies is a kezayit.<Ref>Halachos of Kezayit p. 39</ref>
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| Sprinkle cookie (large) || 0.5 cookie is a kezayit.<Ref>Halachos of Kezayit p. 39</ref>
|-
| Wafer (regular) || 2 wafers is a kezayit.<Ref>Halachos of Kezayit p. 41</ref>
|}


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