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Bracha on Foods that begin with O or P
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| '''Food''' || '''[[Bracha Rishona]]''' || '''[[Bracha Achrona]]'''
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| Oats Cooked || Mezonot|| <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Oatmeal || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Gemara Brachot 36b writes that everyone agrees that Daysa is Mezonot. Rashi (D"H Daysa) explains that Daysa is (a cooked dish) made from crushed up wheat. This ruling is implied from the Rif (Brachot 25b), Rosh (Brachot 6:7), and Rambam (Brachot 3:4) and codified by Tur and S"A 208:2. Therefore, The Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 272, and 374) and Halachos of Brachos (Rabbi Bodner, chap 27, pg 482) rule that oatmeal is Mezonot and Al HaMichya. Halachos of Brachos adds that even if one makes a meal (Koveh Seuda) out of oatmeal the bracha is still Mezonot. </ref>
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| Oatmeal Cookies || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Oats (Raw, Fresh) || HaAdama || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Okra (ladyfinger; a type of green pod)  || HaAdama|| Boreh Nefashot<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214), Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Olive Oil || No Bracha || <ref>Shulchan Aruch 202:4 holding like most rishonim (on Gemara Brachot 35b) writes that there's no bracha on plain olive oil, while the Shaar HaTzion points out that the poskim don’t hold like the Rambam Brachot 8:2 who says that one should make Shehakol. Chazon Ovadyah pg 126 writes that this halacha is true even in our day. Mishna Brurah 202:27 writes that the same is true even if one does so in order to soothe one's throat. The Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) agrees. </ref>
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| Olive Oil mixed with water cooked with vegetables || Shehakol || Borei Nefashos<ref>Shulchan Aruch 202:4 rules like the Bahag and Rambam unlike the Rabbenu Yosef that olive oil mixed with a lot of water cooked with vegetables and one isn’t having it in order to soothe one’s throat the Bracha isn’t HaEtz for the olive oil but rather Shehakol. The Mishna Brurah 202:43 and Shaar HaTzion 202:35 hold like the Magan Avraham (unlike the Taz) that even if there’s a majority of olive oil the Bracha is Shehakol. </ref>
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| Olive (Pickled) || HaEtz  || Al HaEtz  <ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Omelet, Egg || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Onion || Shehakol || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Onion Bread || HaMotzei  || Bircas Ha'mazon<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Onion Crackers || || 
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|   Without K'vias S'udah || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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|   With K'vias S'udah || HaMotzei  || Bircas Ha'mazon<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Onion Rings, Fried || || 
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|   With Flour Coating || Mezonot || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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|   Without Flour Coating || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Onion Soup || Shehakol  || No Bracha<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Orange || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Orange Peel (Even Candied) || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Orange Juice (Even With Pulp) || Shehakol || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Orange Marmalade || || 
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|   Made From Orange Peels || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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|   With Orange Solids || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Orange Peel (Raw Or Candied) || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Oregano (when eaten alone and it's tasty)  || Shehakol|| <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Orzo || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pancakes || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Papaya || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>pas
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| Parsley || Some say Shehakol; Some say Haadama || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) writes that parsley is shehakol while Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) writes that it is haadama if it is cooked. </ref>
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| Parsnip || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Passion Fruit || Some say HaEtz; some say Haadama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) writes that passion fruit is haetz, while Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) writes that it is haadama.</ref>
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| Pasta || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Rama 168:13, Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pastrami || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pastrami Sandwich (Even With "Mezonot " Bread) || HaMotzei  || Bircas Hamazon<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pastry || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Peach (With/Without Cream) || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Peach Pie || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pea soup || HaAdama|| No bracha<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Peanut || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Peanut with cracker like shell (in Israel it's called the American Peanut) || Mezonot|| Al Hamichya<ref>Siddur Kol Eliyahu (pg 894) which is based on Rav Modechai Eliyahu's rulings and Yalkut Yosef  (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Peanut Brittle || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Peanut Butter (Creamy) || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 304-5) writes that peanut butter is always HaAdama whether it's chunky or smooth. However, Vezot HaBracha (pg 398 note 10) and Halachos of Brachos (Rabbi Bodner, chap 22, pg 410) quote Rav Shlomo Zalman saying that even chunky peanut butter is Shehakol. Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) writes that if there's a discernible taste of the peanut, the peanut butter is HaAdama, otherwise it's Shehakol.</ref>
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| Peanut Butter (Chunky) || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>see above footnote</ref>
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| Peanut Butter (And Jelly) Sandwich || HaMotzei  || Bircas Hamazon<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Vezot HaBracha (pg 389, Luach HaBrachot) </ref>
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| Peanut Chew (Candy) || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pear || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pearl barley cooked || Mezonot|| Al Hamichya<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214), Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Peas || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pecan || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pelican leaves || Shehakol|| Boreh Nefashot<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Peppers stuffed with rice || Mezonot|| Boreh Nefashot<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pepper Steak || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Persimmon || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pesach Cake (With Matza Meal) || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pesach Cake (Without Matza Meal) || Shehakol || Boreh Nefashot<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pesach Nooles || || 
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|   With Matzo Meal || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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|   Without Matzo Meal || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Petitim (pasta balls) || Mezonot|| Al Hamichya<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pickle || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pickled Herring || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pickle Juice || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pie || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pie Crust || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pine Nut || HaEtz|| Boreh Nefashot<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pineapple || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pineapple guava or Feijoa || HaEtz|| Boreh Nefashot<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pineapple Juice || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pistachio Nut || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pita || [[Hamotzei]] || Birkat Hamazon <ref>Shulchan Aruch 168:8, explained by the Mishna Brurah 168:36, writes that regular soft bread made from dough is HaMotzei even if it is made into a thin form. For example, pita is Hamotzei even though the shape is thin (Vezot Habracha p. 395). Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) and Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) agree.</ref>
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| Pitcha || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pizza (Water) || Ashkenazim: Some say HaMotzei; some say if one slice is eaten as snack mezonot|| Al Hamichya; Birkat Hamazon<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) holds that the bracha on pizza is mezonot for one slice if eaten as a snack.</ref>
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| Pizza (Water) || Sephardim: HaMotzei|| Birkat Hamazon<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pizza (Juice or Milk) || Ashkenazim: If made with no water Mezonot|| Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos p. 237 writes that if the pizza is made with no water at all it is mezonot; otherwise it is subject to an uncertainity. </ref>
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| Pizza (Juice or Milk) || Sephardim: If taste is recognizable mezonot; otherwise hamotzei|| Al Hamichya; Birkat Hamazon<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Plum || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Plum Pie || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Plum Royale (Wine) || Hagofen|| Al Hagefen<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pomegranate || HaEtz  || Al HaEtz  <ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Popcorn || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) writes that popcorn is HaAdama, however, Siddur Kol Eliyahu (pg 896) which is based on Rav Modechai Eliyahu's rulings writes that popcorn is Shehakol. Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) agrees that it is haadama.</ref>
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| Poppy Seeds || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pot Roast || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato (Including Mashed) || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Blintz || Mezonot || Al Hamichya *5<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Chips || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Knish (With Thick Crust) || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Knish (With Thin Crust) || Mezonot || Borei Nefashos *1<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Kugel || || 
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|   Made From Grated Potatoes || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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|   Made From Potato Puree || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Potato Latkes || || 
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|   Made From Grated Potatoes || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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|   Made From Potato Puree || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Pirogen || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Salad || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Soup || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos <ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Soup (Cream Of Potato Soup) || Shehakol  || No Bracha <ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potato Sticks || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Potatonik (With Flour) || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Porridge  || Mezonot|| Al Hamichya<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Preserves, Fruit (With Fruit Solids) || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Preserves, Strawberry (With Solids) || HaAdama || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pretzels, Hard || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Shulchan Aruch 168:7, Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214)</ref>
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| Pretzels, Soft || Some say Mezonot; some say Hamotzei || Al Hamichya; Birkat Hamazon<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 238) writes that soft pretzels made with water might be hamotzei but potentially are mezonot if they are eaten as a snack. Halachos of Brachos p. 468 writes that soft pretzels are certainly mezonot.</ref>
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| Prickly Pear (Sabra) || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pringles || HaAdama || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384). Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) writes that Pringles are shehakol. </ref>
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| Product 19 (Cereal) || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Prune || HaEtz  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Prune Juice || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Prune Danish || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pudding || || 
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|   Chocolate Or Vanilla || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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|   Noodle || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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|   Rice || Mezonot || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Puffed Wheat || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 4:44, Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Chazon Ovadia Brachot p. 183, Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pumpernickel Bread || HaMotzei  || Bircas HaMazon<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pumpkin || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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| Pumpkin Pie || Mezonot || Al Hamichya<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Pumpkin Seeds || HaAdama  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Vezot HaBracha (Luach Brachot pg 364)  </ref>
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| Punch || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) </ref>
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| Puree (Of Fruits Or Vegetables) || Shehakol  || Borei Nefashos<ref>Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) </ref>
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