Pat Haba Bikisnin: Difference between revisions

==What is Pas Haba Bikisnin?==

The Shulchan Aruch (168:7) rules that there are three definitions of [[Pas Haba Bikisnin]]. The S”A 168:8 rules all three opinions.

One therefore makes a [[Mezonot]] when eating an item that falls into one of the three categories:

# The dough itself is sweetened with fruit juice, oil, sugar, honey, margarine, etc. <ref> Rambam Hil. Brachot 3:9, Rashi ([[Brachot]] 42b s.v. Pas) explains that [[Pas HaBah Bekisnin]] is a cake which was made from a dough that was kneaded with spices.</ref>

# The bread is filled with a sweet filler such as: chocolate, nuts, fruit, etc.<ref>Rabbenu Yonah (29a s.v. Shein) quoting Rabbenu Chananel, Aruch (Brachot 42b s.v. Kesen) and Rashba cited in Beit Yosef 168:8 </ref>

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# The following foods are called Pas HaBah BeKisnin and if one eats a Shiur Seuda one must make a [[HaMotzei]]: Borekas, Hotdog in pastry, cake, cookies, pretzels, and crackers. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 26, chapter 3). see also Rabbi Forst, The Laws of Brachos p. 235 </ref>

# According to Ashkenazim, if there’s a majority (51%) of sweeteners such as fruit juice, oil, egg, margarine, sugar, honey, or the like in comparison to the amount of water added to the flour, then the Bracha is [[mezonot]]. <Ref> Rama 168:7, Mishna Brurah 168:33 writes that such is the minhag of Ashkenazim. </ref>However, water mixed into the sweeteners such as diluted fruited juice or margarine (usually 15% water) isn’t included in the calculations of sweeteners to water. <Ref>VeZot HaBracha (pg 17) in name of [[Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach]] and Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 9:44 </ref>

# According to Sephardim, if the taste of the sweeteners is recognizable in the dough, then the Bracha is [[mezonot]]. <Ref>S”A 168:7, Yalkut Yosef ([[Brachot]] pg 129, Kitzur S”A 168:7) </ref>

# Dough which is filled with sweeteners such as nuts, chocolate, or the like and is cooked together with the dough, and the taste is recognizable, the bracha is [[Mezonot]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 168:7, Mishna Brurah 168:33, Vezot HaBracha (pg 19, chapter 3) </ref>

# # To be considered pat habaa bikisnin, the filling must not be a “meal” food, for example meat, fish, cheese, or vegetables (unless the pastry is clearly made to be eaten as a snack). <ref> S”A O.C. 168:17 </ref>

# If the dough is cooked into a food that's hard and crumbles the bracha is [[Mezonot]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 168:7. Vezot HaBracha (pg 19, chapter 3) points out that the Mishna Brurah (168:35) writes that it must be that it's usual to be eaten as a snack. </ref>