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==HaMotzei== | ==HaMotzei== | ||
# There is no minimum requirement and one must make [[Hamotzei]] even if one is eating less than a [[Kezayit]] of bread. <ref>S”A 168:10, 210:1 </ref> The amount of bread necessary in order to make [[Netilat_Yadayim_for_a_meal|Netilat Yadayim]] and [[Birkat HaMazon]] are discussed in the articles specific to those topics. | # There is no minimum requirement and one must make [[Hamotzei]] even if one is eating less than a [[Kezayit]] of bread.<ref>S”A 168:10, 210:1 </ref> The amount of bread necessary in order to make [[Netilat_Yadayim_for_a_meal|Netilat Yadayim]] and [[Birkat HaMazon]] are discussed in the articles specific to those topics. | ||
# Bread of any size is [[HaMotzei]], even if it's crumbled into small pieces. <ref> Mishna Brurah 168:49 </ref> | # Bread of any size is [[HaMotzei]], even if it's crumbled into small pieces.<ref> Mishna Brurah 168:49 </ref> | ||
# There's three ways that bread can loose it's status of bread and become a food which requires [[Mezonot]]. The three ways include [[cooking]] bread, frying bread, and mixing it with a liquid, the details of which are delineated below.<ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 22, chapter 3) </ref> | # There's three ways that bread can loose it's status of bread and become a food which requires [[Mezonot]]. The three ways include [[cooking]] bread, frying bread, and mixing it with a liquid, the details of which are delineated below.<ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 22, chapter 3) </ref> | ||
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==Cooked Bread== | ==Cooked Bread== | ||
# Bagels | # Bagels are Hamotzei since they are made by boiling and then baking dough.<ref>Mieri Pesachim 3b s.v. Iysa, Shulchan Aruch 168:14, Pri Megadim (E"A 168:39), Kaf Hachaim 168:59, Vezot HaBracha p. 363</ref> | ||
# Bread that was crumbled to a size of less than a [[Kezayit]] and also cooked in a liquid (as opposed to baking) it takes on the bracha of [[Mezonot]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 168:10 </ref> | # Bread that was crumbled to a size of less than a [[Kezayit]] and also cooked in a liquid (as opposed to baking) it takes on the bracha of [[Mezonot]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch 168:10 </ref> | ||
# In order to be considered cooked the pieces of bread have to be in a hot pot (at least Yad Soldet Bo) on the fire or at least a pot that was removed from the fire (Kli Rishon), however, if it was heated in a Kli Sheni (a pot from which hot water was poured from a pot that was on the fire) the bread isn't considered cooked and the bracha is [[HaMotzei]]. <ref> Mishna Brurah 168:52, Vezot HaBracha (pg 22 note 3, chapter 3) </ref> | # In order to be considered cooked the pieces of bread have to be in a hot pot (at least Yad Soldet Bo) on the fire or at least a pot that was removed from the fire (Kli Rishon), however, if it was heated in a Kli Sheni (a pot from which hot water was poured from a pot that was on the fire) the bread isn't considered cooked and the bracha is [[HaMotzei]].<ref> Mishna Brurah 168:52, Vezot HaBracha (pg 22 note 3, chapter 3) </ref> | ||
# If hot water that was poured from a pot that was on the fire at one point, there's a doubt whether the bread is considered [[cooking]] and so in such a case one should make [[HaMotzei]] on real bread and eat it. <ref> Vezot (pg 23 note 3, chapter 3) </ref> | # If hot water that was poured from a pot that was on the fire at one point, there's a doubt whether the bread is considered [[cooking]] and so in such a case one should make [[HaMotzei]] on real bread and eat it.<ref> Vezot (pg 23 note 3, chapter 3) </ref> | ||
# According to Ashkenazim who hold that [[Matzah]] is [[HaMotzei]], if one dips Matzeh in a Kli Sheni (a cup of coffee which was poured from the water heater) the bracha is still [[HaMotzei]]. <ref> See Vezot HaBracha (pg 23 note 3, chapter 3) </ref> | # According to Ashkenazim who hold that [[Matzah]] is [[HaMotzei]], if one dips Matzeh in a Kli Sheni (a cup of coffee which was poured from the water heater) the bracha is still [[HaMotzei]].<ref> See Vezot HaBracha (pg 23 note 3, chapter 3) </ref> | ||
==Fried bread== | ==Fried bread== | ||
# There's a doubt regarding bread which was crumbled to pieces smaller than a [[Kezayit]] that was fried there's a doubt whether the bracha is [[Mezonot]] or is [[HaMotzei]]. <ref> Mishna Brurah 168:56, Vezot HaBracha (pg 23, chapter 3) </ref> According to Sephardim, the bracha is [[Mezonot]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (vol 3, pg 127) </ref> | # There's a doubt regarding bread which was crumbled to pieces smaller than a [[Kezayit]] that was fried there's a doubt whether the bracha is [[Mezonot]] or is [[HaMotzei]].<ref> Mishna Brurah 168:56, Vezot HaBracha (pg 23, chapter 3) </ref> According to Sephardim, the bracha is [[Mezonot]].<ref> Yalkut Yosef (vol 3, pg 127) </ref> | ||
# French Toast is usually [[HaMotzei]] because it remains in pieces larger than a [[Kezayit]], however, if the bread is broken into small pieces and then fried, there's a doubt about the bracha and one should eat it in a meal. <ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 23, chapter 3) </ref> | # French Toast is usually [[HaMotzei]] because it remains in pieces larger than a [[Kezayit]], however, if the bread is broken into small pieces and then fried, there's a doubt about the bracha and one should eat it in a meal.<ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 23, chapter 3) </ref> | ||
===Matzah Brei=== | ===Matzah Brei=== | ||
[[Image:Matzah brei.png|right|200px]] | [[Image:Matzah brei.png|right|200px]] | ||
# [[Matzah]] Brei, if the matzah is broken to pieces smaller than a [[Kezayit]] and then fried (with enough oil to give a taste to the Matzeh), there's a doubt about the bracha and so it should be eaten in a meal, however if it's deep fried the bracha is [[Mezonot]]. <ref> | # [[Matzah]] Brei, if the matzah is broken to pieces smaller than a [[Kezayit]] and then fried (with enough oil to give a taste to the Matzeh), there's a doubt about the bracha and so it should be eaten in a meal, however if it's deep fried the bracha is [[Mezonot]].<ref> | ||
* Many Ashkenazic poskim write that the [[matza]] which is crumbled and fried is the same as bread which is crumbled and fried and according to the Mishna Brurah 168:56 there is a dispute whether frying is like [[cooking]] and so the bracha is in doubt. Therefore, one should eat it in a meal. However, if the pieces are deep fried then certainly the bracha is [[mezonot]] (based on Rama 168:14). This is the opinion of Sh"t Rivevot Efraim 6:234, Vezot HaBracha (pg 23, chapter 3), Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 475, chapter 26), The laws of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Binyamin Forst; chapter 8, pg 266 and pg 263 note 111), Rabbi Yisrael Belsky in [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehalacha.com%2Fattach%2FVolume3%2FIssue13.pdf Halachically Speaking (vol 3, Issue 13, note 57)], and [http://www.kashrut.org/forum/viewpost.asp?mid=3312&highlight=brei Rabbi Abadi]. | * Many Ashkenazic poskim write that the [[matza]] which is crumbled and fried is the same as bread which is crumbled and fried and according to the Mishna Brurah 168:56 there is a dispute whether frying is like [[cooking]] and so the bracha is in doubt. Therefore, one should eat it in a meal. However, if the pieces are deep fried then certainly the bracha is [[mezonot]] (based on Rama 168:14). This is the opinion of Sh"t Rivevot Efraim 6:234, Vezot HaBracha (pg 23, chapter 3), Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 475, chapter 26), The laws of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Binyamin Forst; chapter 8, pg 266 and pg 263 note 111), Rabbi Yisrael Belsky in [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehalacha.com%2Fattach%2FVolume3%2FIssue13.pdf Halachically Speaking (vol 3, Issue 13, note 57)], and [http://www.kashrut.org/forum/viewpost.asp?mid=3312&highlight=brei Rabbi Abadi]. | ||
* There is a minority opinion of the Chazon Ish OC 26:9, Shoneh Halachot 168:32, and Teshuvot VeHanhagot 3:143(5) who hold that frying is certainly not considered like [[cooking]] and so the bracha is [[Hamotzei]]. | * There is a minority opinion of the Chazon Ish OC 26:9, Shoneh Halachot 168:32, and Teshuvot VeHanhagot 3:143(5) who hold that frying is certainly not considered like [[cooking]] and so the bracha is [[Hamotzei]]. | ||
* See Sh"t Sheilat Shlomo 1:74 who holds that the bracha is [[Mezonot]]. See also Sh"t Shevet Ha’Levi 7:27(4), Minchas Osher pages 44-46, V’haish Mordechai pages 259-261, Shalmei Moed page 344, Kaf HaChaim 168:85, Avnei Yushfei 1:39:2, and http://www.mevaseret.org/mmy/searchshiurim.php?shiur=247. </ref> Sephardim hold that the bracha on matzah brei is mezonot.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Brachot 168:4, p. 127) and Halacha Brurah 168:34 write that frying is like cooking and clarify that frying matzah or bread pieces less than a kezayit make them mezonot. See Piskei Teshuvot (168 fnt. 120) who writes that Sephardim should hold it is mezonot for | * See Sh"t Sheilat Shlomo 1:74 who holds that the bracha is [[Mezonot]]. See also Sh"t Shevet Ha’Levi 7:27(4), Minchas Osher pages 44-46, V’haish Mordechai pages 259-261, Shalmei Moed page 344, Kaf HaChaim 168:85, Avnei Yushfei 1:39:2, and http://www.mevaseret.org/mmy/searchshiurim.php?shiur=247. </ref> Sephardim hold that the bracha on matzah brei is mezonot.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Brachot 168:4, p. 127) and Halacha Brurah 168:34 write that frying is like cooking and clarify that frying matzah or bread pieces less than a kezayit make them mezonot. Rav Moshe Halevi in Birkat Hashem 2:2:26 agrees. See Piskei Teshuvot (168 fnt. 120) who writes that Sephardim should hold it is mezonot for the fact that they usually make mezonot on it all year so on Pesach it can also be mezonot if it can't be used for the mitzvah, but Chazon Ovadia Brachot p. 65 rejects that suggestion.</ref> | ||
# However, if it’s fried with a little oil, just enough to prevent it from burning, the Bracha is [[HaMotzei]]. <Ref>Rama 168:14, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 471:5) </ref> | # However, if it’s fried with a little oil, just enough to prevent it from burning, the Bracha is [[HaMotzei]]. <Ref>Rama 168:14, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 471:5) </ref> | ||
==Kneaded with a liquid== | ==Kneaded with a liquid== | ||
# If the bread is crumbled and stuck together using a liquid and now has no look of bread is considered [[Mezonot]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 168:10 </ref> | # If the bread is crumbled and stuck together using a liquid and now has no look of bread is considered [[Mezonot]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch 168:10 </ref> | ||
# Therefore, according to Ashkenazim who hold [[Matzah]] is [[HaMotzei]] all year, [[Matzah]] meal that was mixed with liquid is [[Mezonot]]. <ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 24, chapter 3) </ref> | # Therefore, according to Ashkenazim who hold [[Matzah]] is [[HaMotzei]] all year, [[Matzah]] meal that was mixed with liquid is [[Mezonot]].<ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 24, chapter 3) </ref> | ||
===Practical examples=== | ===Practical examples=== | ||
# Chocolate covered [[Matzah]] is [[HaMotzei]] according to Ashkenazim who hold that it's [[HaMotzei]] all year and according to Sephardim on [[Pesach]] then it's [[HaMotzei]]. <ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 24, chapter 3) </ref> | # Chocolate covered [[Matzah]] is [[HaMotzei]] according to Ashkenazim who hold that it's [[HaMotzei]] all year and according to Sephardim on [[Pesach]] then it's [[HaMotzei]].<ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 24, chapter 3) </ref> | ||
# [[Matzah]] balls is [[Mezonot]] because they are crumbled and then cooked. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 25, chapter 3) </ref> | # [[Matzah]] balls is [[Mezonot]] because they are crumbled and then cooked. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 25, chapter 3) </ref> | ||
# [[Challah]] Kugel which is made from pieces of [[challah]] and kneaded together (and the bread is unrecognizable) and then baked, if it was just kneaded with water, the bracha is [[HaMotzei]], if it was made with water and a little oil, sugar, honey, or fruit juice, then there's a doubt as to it's proper bracha and so it should be eaten in a meal, and lastly, if it was made with a lot of sugar, oil, honey, or fruit juice then the bracha is [[Mezonot]]. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 25, chapter 3), Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 474, chapter 26) </ref> | # [[Challah]] Kugel which is made from pieces of [[challah]] and kneaded together (and the bread is unrecognizable) and then baked, if it was just kneaded with water, the bracha is [[HaMotzei]], if it was made with water and a little oil, sugar, honey, or fruit juice, then there's a doubt as to it's proper bracha and so it should be eaten in a meal, and lastly, if it was made with a lot of sugar, oil, honey, or fruit juice then the bracha is [[Mezonot]]. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 25, chapter 3), Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 474, chapter 26) </ref> | ||
# [[Matzah]] meal cakes are [[Mezonot]] when the dough was made from majority of sweeteners as opposed to water (as is the usual case). <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 25, chapter 3) </ref> | # [[Matzah]] meal cakes are [[Mezonot]] when the dough was made from majority of sweeteners as opposed to water (as is the usual case). <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 25, chapter 3) </ref> | ||
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==Microwave or sun baked bread== | ==Microwave or sun baked bread== | ||
# If bread is baked in an oven or microwave the bracha is [[HaMotzei]], however, if it's cooked in the sun the bracha is [[Mezonot]], however others say that one should eat the bread cooked in a microwave in a meal and exempt it with another [[HaMotzei]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 168:16 writes that bread which was made for a Kutach dish and the bread was cooked in the sun has the bracha of [[Mezonot]]. Pitchei Teshuvot 168:22 explains that the bracha is [[mezonot]] because that's an unusual way of [[cooking]] it and the same is true of way bread cooked in the sun. Regarding bread cooked in a microwave the Pitchei Halacha (chapter 8 note 91) are in doubt as to whether the bracha should be [[mezonot]] or [[hamotzei]], while the Shevut Yitzchak (Dinei Microwave chapter 8) writes that he showed Rav Shlomo Zalman and Rav Elyashiv and they agreed that the bracha is [[HaMotzei]]. </ref> | # If bread is baked in an oven or microwave the bracha is [[HaMotzei]], however, if it's cooked in the sun the bracha is [[Mezonot]], however others say that one should eat the bread cooked in a microwave in a meal and exempt it with another [[HaMotzei]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch 168:16 writes that bread which was made for a Kutach dish and the bread was cooked in the sun has the bracha of [[Mezonot]]. Pitchei Teshuvot 168:22 explains that the bracha is [[mezonot]] because that's an unusual way of [[cooking]] it and the same is true of way bread cooked in the sun. Regarding bread cooked in a microwave the Pitchei Halacha (chapter 8 note 91) are in doubt as to whether the bracha should be [[mezonot]] or [[hamotzei]], while the Shevut Yitzchak (Dinei Microwave chapter 8) writes that he showed Rav Shlomo Zalman and Rav Elyashiv and they agreed that the bracha is [[HaMotzei]]. </ref> | ||
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