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* Mishna Brurah 212:10 and Biur Halacha D”H VeAyno quotes many achronim who disagree with the Rama and so he concludes to avoid this situation by eating the primary food first. </ref> | * Mishna Brurah 212:10 and Biur Halacha D”H VeAyno quotes many achronim who disagree with the Rama and so he concludes to avoid this situation by eating the primary food first. </ref> | ||
== | ==Secondary ingredients that serve the primary ingredient== | ||
===Definition=== | ===Definition=== | ||
# The first category is if the Tofel serves the Ikar and isn’t eaten for taste but rather | # The first category is if the Tofel serves the Ikar and isn’t eaten for taste but rather it is eaten only to enable one to eat the Ikar. <Ref> S”A 212:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11) </ref> This category includes where the Tofel is to remove a bitter taste, add color, add smell, or make the ingredients stick together. <Ref> S”A 204:12 </ref> | ||
===Rules=== | ===Rules=== | ||
# Even if the two food aren’t eaten together still the Ikar covers the Tofel. <Ref> Shaat HaTzion 212:21, Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11) </ref> | # Even if the two food aren’t eaten together still the Ikar covers the Tofel. <Ref> Shaat HaTzion 212:21, Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11) </ref> | ||
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# If one eats an ice-cream in a cone and one’s intent is only to eat the ice-cream and the cone is only used to hold the ice-cream, one should only make a Shehakol. However, in the usual case where one eats the cone also for a taste, two Brachot are required. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 61), Vezot HaBracha (pg 390), Sh”t Igrot Moshe O”C 4:43 </ref> | # If one eats an ice-cream in a cone and one’s intent is only to eat the ice-cream and the cone is only used to hold the ice-cream, one should only make a Shehakol. However, in the usual case where one eats the cone also for a taste, two Brachot are required. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 61), Vezot HaBracha (pg 390), Sh”t Igrot Moshe O”C 4:43 </ref> | ||
== | ==Secondary ingredient enhances the primary ingredient== | ||
===Definition=== | ===Definition=== | ||
# The second category is if the Tofel is eaten to add taste, yet, one is eating the mixture primarily to eat one of the two foods and that’s called the Ikar. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11) </ref> The primary food and the enhancer is determined according to each individual’s preference. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 59) </ref> | # The second category is if the Tofel is eaten to add taste, yet, one is eating the mixture primarily to eat one of the two foods and that’s called the Ikar. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11) </ref> The primary food and the enhancer is determined according to each individual’s preference. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 59) </ref> | ||
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# The Ikar only covers the Tofel if the two are eaten together (in one spoonful, forkful, or handful). <Ref> Shaar HaTzion 212:21, Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11) </ref> | # The Ikar only covers the Tofel if the two are eaten together (in one spoonful, forkful, or handful). <Ref> Shaar HaTzion 212:21, Vezot HaBracha (pg 89, chapter 11) </ref> | ||
# If also has intent to eat the Tofel because of it’s taste and it’s especially dear or important to oneself, then 2 Brachot are needed. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 90, chapter 11) </ref> | # If also has intent to eat the Tofel because of it’s taste and it’s especially dear or important to oneself, then 2 Brachot are needed. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 90, chapter 11) </ref> | ||
# If mezonot is used as an enhancer and the foods weren’t cooked together, then two Brachot are required. This only applies for mezonot of the five grains and not rice. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 60, 74) </ref> | # If mezonot is used as an enhancer and the foods weren’t cooked together, then two Brachot are required. This only applies for mezonot of the five grains and not rice. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 60, 74) </ref> | ||
===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||
# For crackers with cheese, if one’s primary intent is to eat the cracker, the Bracha is mezonot. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 90, chapter 11), VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 74) </ref> | # For crackers with cheese, if one’s primary intent is to eat the cracker, the Bracha is mezonot. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 90, chapter 11), VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 74) </ref> | ||
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* Boston crème pie is a cake and not a pie (like the name implies). It is made with two layers of sponge cake and is filled with a thick layer of custard or cream. Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 360, pg 385, note 9) explains that one should make two Brachot on Boston crème pie because the filling is not merely an enhancer of the cake (and is similar to Mishna Brurah 168:45). However, Halachos of Brachos Handbook (Rabbi Bodner, pg 15) explains that Boston crème pie is simply a cake and the filling only enhances the cake and so the Bracha should be Mezonot (similar to Mishna Brurah 212:6). [http://www.ou.org/publications/brachot/default.htm OU] also writes Mezonot.</ref> | * Boston crème pie is a cake and not a pie (like the name implies). It is made with two layers of sponge cake and is filled with a thick layer of custard or cream. Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 360, pg 385, note 9) explains that one should make two Brachot on Boston crème pie because the filling is not merely an enhancer of the cake (and is similar to Mishna Brurah 168:45). However, Halachos of Brachos Handbook (Rabbi Bodner, pg 15) explains that Boston crème pie is simply a cake and the filling only enhances the cake and so the Bracha should be Mezonot (similar to Mishna Brurah 212:6). [http://www.ou.org/publications/brachot/default.htm OU] also writes Mezonot.</ref> | ||
== | ==Both ingredients are equally important== | ||
===Definition=== | ===Definition=== | ||
# The third category is where the Tofel is just as important as the Ikar in the eyes of the one who is eating it. In this case, the Ikar is judged by whichever is the majority unless one of them is Mezonot (five grains) in which case the Mezonot is automatically the Ikar. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 90, chapter 11), VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 64-5) </ref> | # The third category is where the Tofel is just as important as the Ikar in the eyes of the one who is eating it. In this case, the Ikar is judged by whichever is the majority unless one of them is Mezonot (five grains) in which case the Mezonot is automatically the Ikar. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 90, chapter 11), VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 64-5) </ref> | ||
