Brachot On Foods That Start With The Letter H: Difference between revisions

| Hearts of Palm | Haadama || Boreh Nefashot<ref>Gemara Brachot 36a cites a dispute between Rav Yehuda and Shmuel whether the bracha for hearts of palm are haadama or shehakol. The reason for the opinion that it is shehakol explains the Gemara is because the hearts of palm aren't the main fruit of the tree. The poskim and Shulchan Aruch 204 follows Shmuel that the bracha is shehakol. However, the bracha has changed since Shulchan Aruch since the palm trees planted for hearts of palm today are planted with the intention of using them for hearts of palm. Perhaps they should be haetz since they are the main product of these trees or perhaps they are haadama since it isn't a fruit. Vezot Habracha (Birur Halacha 36 pp. 308-9) concludes that it is haadama. [http://www.berachot.org/Q+A/q2.html Berachot.org] and [https://oukosher.org/guide-to-blessings/ OU's Guide to Brachos] agree. [https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/589/insights-from-the-institute-fall-2011/ Rav Heinemann (Star K Kashrut Kurrents Fall 2011)], however, holds that they are haaetz.</ref>