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# Vines and bushes are considered trees and the fruit are HaEtz if the bush grows taller than 3 [[Tefachim]] (9 inches). Examples of this include blueberries, grapes, and kiwis. <Ref>Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 394, chapter 22) </ref> | # Vines and bushes are considered trees and the fruit are HaEtz if the bush grows taller than 3 [[Tefachim]] (9 inches). Examples of this include blueberries, grapes, and kiwis. <Ref>Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 394, chapter 22) </ref> | ||
==HaAdama after the fact== | ==HaAdama after the fact== | ||
# If one said HaAdama on bread or a Mezonit food then one fulfills his obligation to make a beracha bediavad, after the fact. <ref> Kesef Mishneh, Hilchot Berachot, 4:6 </ref> | # If one said HaAdama on bread or a Mezonit food then one fulfills his obligation to make a beracha bediavad, after the fact.<ref> Kesef Mishneh, Hilchot Berachot, 4:6 </ref> | ||
== | ==Bananas, Eggplants, Papayas, Melons== | ||
# | # Bananas are haadama.<Ref>The Gemara Brachot 40a establishes that a tree is a plant that lasts from year to year. Rosh Brachot 6:23 cites a dispute between the Tosfot and Geonim whether a tree whose branches die from year to year and regenerate from the roots is considered a tree. Tosfot hold that it is a tree since the roots regenerate the rest of the tree. That was the opinion of the Maharam. The Tur 203:2 writes that the Rosh held like the Tosfot. However, the Geonim held it isn’t a tree since the branches themselves don’t last from year to year. Shulchan Aruch 203:3 writes that bananas are haadama because of the opinion of the geonim. Vezot Habracha p. 389 and Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 393, chapter 22) agree. Vezot Habracha (Birur Halacha ch. 31-2) quotes Rav Elyashiv as saying that one can recite haetz on an apple before a haadama on a banana and there's no concern since a banana is certainly haadama. Or Letzion 2:46:39 writes that haetz doesn't work for bananas at all even after the fact since is like the geonim to treat it as haadama completely.</ref> | ||
# If someone has in front of them a banana and apple one should recite a haetz on the apple first and haadama on the banana.<ref>Vezot Habracha (Birur Halacha 31:2 p. 302) writes that since the minhag is to treat bananas as haadama they're not a doubt and one can have the apple first. Or Letzion 2:46:39 seems to agree.</ref> Some say that one should have explicit intent not to exempt the banana with the haetz.<ref>Yabia Omer 8:26:2, Vezot Habracha (Birur Halacha 31:2 p. 302) who is concerned for this opinion. Yalkut Yosef OC 203:3 wrote that some say that one should recite the haadama on the banana and have intent not to exempt the apple, then recite haetz on the apple. </ref> | |||
# | # Eggplants are haadama.<ref>Birkei Yosef 203:1 and Kaf Hachaim 203:2 hold eggplant is haadama since the tree doesn't last more than three years. Vezot Habracha p. 392 agrees.</ref> | ||
# Papayas are haadama as they are similar to bananas.<ref>Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 395, chapter 22)</ref> | |||
# Melons are haadama.<Ref>Vezot Habracha p. 393. Halachos of Brachos (Teshuvot 203:2) quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman that melons are haadama because of a doubt.</ref> | |||
==Berries== | ==Berries== | ||
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# Strawberries are haadama.<ref>Igrot Moshe 1:86 writes that the Mishna Brurah 203:3 means that strawberries (pazimkas) are haadama since the branches die from year to year but part of the roots above the ground remain year to year. Vezot Habracha p. 402 no. 82 writes that pazimkas aren’t strawberries but strawberries are still hadama.</ref> | # Strawberries are haadama.<ref>Igrot Moshe 1:86 writes that the Mishna Brurah 203:3 means that strawberries (pazimkas) are haadama since the branches die from year to year but part of the roots above the ground remain year to year. Vezot Habracha p. 402 no. 82 writes that pazimkas aren’t strawberries but strawberries are still hadama.</ref> | ||
# Cranberries are haadama.<Ref>Halachos of Brachos (Teshuvot 203:1) quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman as saying that cranberries are haadama since the stalk is less than 3 tefachim. That is his conclusion on p. 394. Vezot Habracha p. 391 agrees. Rav Elyashiv (cited by Darshu 203:8 from Yisa Yosef 3:50) held it was haetz since they're edible.</ref> | # Cranberries are haadama.<Ref>Halachos of Brachos (Teshuvot 203:1) quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman as saying that cranberries are haadama since the stalk is less than 3 tefachim. That is his conclusion on p. 394. Vezot Habracha p. 391 agrees. Rav Elyashiv (cited by Darshu 203:8 from Yisa Yosef 3:50) held it was haetz since they're edible.</ref> | ||
# Raspberries are haadama.<Ref>Vezot Habracha p. 395 writes that raspberries are haadama. He explains that the branches last three years but only produce fruit in the second year.</ref> | # Raspberries are haadama.<Ref>Taz 204:8 (יאגדי"ש מלונ"ש means raspberries), Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 395, chapter 22), Vezot HaBrachot (p. 401, n. 59). The Bet Yosef 203:2 cites a dispute between the Geonim who say that berries that grow on bushes which die and the branches regenerate each year are haadama and the Maharam who would make Haetz since the branches were woody and lasted for that year. Shulchan Aruch 203:2 rules that the bracha is Haadama. Vezot Habracha p. 395 writes that raspberries are haadama. He explains that the branches last three years but only produce fruit in the second year.</ref> Some, however, consider raspberries to be HaEtz.<ref>Mishna Brurah 203:1 (מאלינע"ס means raspberries), Aruch Hashulchan 203:5, [http://ou.org.s3.amazonaws.com/publications/brachot/default.htm OU Brachot Guide], [http://ph.yhb.org.il/10-08-02/ Peninei Halacha]</ref> | ||
# Bushes which grow within 3 [[Tefachim]] (9 inches) of the ground have the Bracha of HaAdama. Examples of this include cranberries and wild blueberries. <Ref>Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 393, chapter 22)</ref> Accordingly, craisins would be Haadama.<ref> Additionally, Craisins are just dried cranberries. The Laws of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) and Halachos of [[Brachos]] Handbook (p. 39) write that dried fruit is the same as regular fruit for hilchot [[brachos]]. Since cranberries are Haadama (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 393, chapter 22), craisins should be Haadama. [http://www.hakhel.info/archivesCABs/HAKHELCOMMUNITYAWARENESSBULLETIN9.pdf A Community Awareness Bulletin Tishrei 5763] also writes that craisins are the same as cranberries, which according to the Halachos of [[Brachos]] is Haadama.</ref> | |||
==Eating Raw Fruits or Vegetables== | ==Eating Raw Fruits or Vegetables== | ||
# If one eats a fruit or vegetable in a way that is not the usual way it is eaten in that local one should make a [[Shehakol]]. <Ref>S”A 205:1 </ref> | # If one eats a fruit or vegetable in a way that is not the usual way it is eaten in that local one should make a [[Shehakol]]. <Ref>S”A 205:1 </ref> | ||
