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# Situations exhibiting an ikar ve’tafel relationship include both when:  
# Situations exhibiting an ikar ve’tafel relationship include both when:  
## Two entities are intermixed and eaten together
## Two entities are intermixed and eaten together
## Two entities are eaten one after another deliberately so that one entity will completely serve the other. <ref> Tur and S"A (212:1). Aruch HaShulchan (212:1-2) discusses two scenarios of ikar ve’tafel: 1) Where the tafel forms one food unit with the ikar, as the two components are eaten in one spoonful. 2) Where the tafel is eaten deliberately subsequent, but proximate to the ikar. </ref>  
## Two entities are eaten one after another deliberately so that one entity will completely serve the other. <ref> Tur and Shulchan Aruch (212:1). Aruch HaShulchan (212:1-2) discusses two scenarios of ikar ve’tafel: 1) Where the tafel forms one food unit with the ikar, as the two components are eaten in one spoonful. 2) Where the tafel is eaten deliberately subsequent, but proximate to the ikar. </ref>  
# In certain cases, the two foods are not considered a mixture and two [[brochot]] are required. If so, one should separate the one which has the more important Bracha (see [[Order of Brochos]] and make the Bracha, then make the other Bracha and eat that food. <Ref> Halachos of Brochos (pg 72, chapter 4, Rabbi Pinchas Bodner) </ref>
# In certain cases, the two foods are not considered a mixture and two [[brochot]] are required. If so, one should separate the one which has the more important Bracha (see [[Order of Brochos]] and make the Bracha, then make the other Bracha and eat that food. <Ref> Halachos of Brochos (pg 72, chapter 4, Rabbi Pinchas Bodner) </ref>
# Once the initial situation of the food was a mixture and the two were eaten together, even if some Tofel remains without the Ikar, no new Bracha is needed. <ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 95, chapter 11), VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 59-60) </ref> However, if one added more Tofel after the Ikar was finished a new Bracha is needed. <ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 59-60) </ref>
# Once the initial situation of the food was a mixture and the two were eaten together, even if some Tofel remains without the Ikar, no new Bracha is needed. <ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 95, chapter 11), VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 59-60) </ref> However, if one added more Tofel after the Ikar was finished a new Bracha is needed. <ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 59-60) </ref>
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In a slightly similar vein, R. Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe 4:43) paskins that for strudel (fruit-filled pastry), one who would enjoy the pastry alone can make a Mezonos on the pastry followed by a Ha’eitz on the fruit. Similarly, for ice-cream wafers, if one would enjoy the wafer alone, one can make a Mezonos followed by a Shehakol. R. Moshe explains that many people enjoy the Mezonos part alone, thereby warranting a separate bracha for those who desire the Mezonos part. Similarly, for cereal and milk, a bracha is also recited upon the milk if one would enjoy it independently of the cereal and drink it separately. Comparably, R. Moshe paskins that chicken soup with k’neidel warrants only a Mezonos unless the chicken soup will be eaten separately from the k’neidel.  </ref>
In a slightly similar vein, R. Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe 4:43) paskins that for strudel (fruit-filled pastry), one who would enjoy the pastry alone can make a Mezonos on the pastry followed by a Ha’eitz on the fruit. Similarly, for ice-cream wafers, if one would enjoy the wafer alone, one can make a Mezonos followed by a Shehakol. R. Moshe explains that many people enjoy the Mezonos part alone, thereby warranting a separate bracha for those who desire the Mezonos part. Similarly, for cereal and milk, a bracha is also recited upon the milk if one would enjoy it independently of the cereal and drink it separately. Comparably, R. Moshe paskins that chicken soup with k’neidel warrants only a Mezonos unless the chicken soup will be eaten separately from the k’neidel.  </ref>
==Foods Made With One of the Five Grains==
==Foods Made With One of the Five Grains==
# Foods made with the five grains are Mezonot since the five grains are objectively more significant than other foods. <ref>Brachos 36b states that anything containing any of the five grains deserves a Mezonos. S"A 208:2 codifies this gemara. Rambam (Hilchos Brachos 3:4-7) understands this principle to be a function of ikar ve’tafel. Accordingly, Tosfos (Brachos 36b s.v. kol she’yaish) write that the flour in a mixture warrants a Mezonos only when the flour serves to satiate, and not merely to hold the components together. While Tosfos do not mention explicitly that this principle is a function of ikar ve’tafel, the Rosh (Brachos 6:7) does, explaining that flour serving as a binder is not considered ikar. However, the Ritva (Brachos 47a s.v. ha’koseis) learns that the five grains are an exception to the typical rules of ikar ve’tafel, warranting a Mezonos even when not assuming the role of ikar in a food.  </ref>
# Foods made with the five grains are Mezonot since the five grains are objectively more significant than other foods. <ref>Brachos 36b states that anything containing any of the five grains deserves a Mezonos. Shulchan Aruch 208:2 codifies this gemara. Rambam (Hilchos Brachos 3:4-7) understands this principle to be a function of ikar ve’tafel. Accordingly, Tosfos (Brachos 36b s.v. kol she’yaish) write that the flour in a mixture warrants a Mezonos only when the flour serves to satiate, and not merely to hold the components together. While Tosfos do not mention explicitly that this principle is a function of ikar ve’tafel, the Rosh (Brachos 6:7) does, explaining that flour serving as a binder is not considered ikar. However, the Ritva (Brachos 47a s.v. ha’koseis) learns that the five grains are an exception to the typical rules of ikar ve’tafel, warranting a Mezonos even when not assuming the role of ikar in a food.  </ref>
==Secondary ingredient serves the primary ingredient==
==Secondary ingredient serves the primary ingredient==
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