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# If [[mezonot]] is used as an absolute tofel, the [[mezonot]] is covered by the Ikar. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 108, chapter 12), VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 61) </ref>
# If [[mezonot]] is used as an absolute tofel, the [[mezonot]] is covered by the Ikar. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 108, chapter 12), VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 61) </ref>
===Examples===
===Examples===
# For example, one who drank bitter liquor and wants to remove the bad taste with bread should make a Bracha on the liquor and no Bracha is needed for the bread. <Ref> S”A 212:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11) </ref> However, since it’s difficult to determine whether one is eating the bread just in order to remove the bitter taste or also for the satiation in brings independently, one should avoid having bread or [[mezonot]] just to remove a bitter taste. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 212:5 in name of the Shlah, Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11), Halachos of Brochos (pg 57, chapter 11) </ref>
# For example, one who drank bitter liquor and wants to remove the bad taste by eating bread should make a Bracha on the liquor and no Bracha is needed for the bread. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch O.C. 212:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11) </ref> However, since it’s difficult to determine whether one is eating the bread just in order to remove the bitter taste or also for the satiation in brings independently, one should avoid having bread or [[mezonot]] just to remove a bitter taste. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 212:5 in name of the Shlah, Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11), Halachos of Brochos (pg 57, chapter 11) </ref>
# If a person has bread with olive oil and the olive oil is considered ancillary the Bracha on the bread covers the olive oil. However, if one has a little bread with a lot of olive oil (which one is having in order to soothe one’s throat) which is one’s primary interest the Bracha on the olive oil (HaEtz) and it exempts the Bracha on the bread. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 202:28 </ref>
# If a person has bread with olive oil and the olive oil is considered ancillary the Bracha on the bread covers the olive oil. However, if one has a little bread with a lot of olive oil (which one is having in order to soothe one’s throat) which is one’s primary interest the Bracha on the olive oil (HaEtz) and it exempts the Bracha on the bread. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 202:28 </ref>
# If one eats pickles or olives in order to whet one’s apittite for a meal (that’s one is not having bread), the main food such as meat is Ikar and the olive and pickles are Tofel. To avoid a dispute, one should eat a little of the meat first in order that it cover the pickles or olives. <Ref> Halachos of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Pinchas Bodner, chapter 4, pg 56) </ref>
# If one eats pickles or olives in order to whet one’s apittite for a meal (that’s one is not having bread), the main food such as meat is Ikar and the olive and pickles are Tofel. To avoid a dispute, one should eat a little of the meat first in order that it cover the pickles or olives. <Ref> Halachos of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Pinchas Bodner, chapter 4, pg 56) </ref>