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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
* The gemara [[Brachot]] 37a | * The gemara [[Brachot]] 37a states that the bracha for raw grain is HaAdama. | ||
* What is considered raw grain? Tosfot (37a s.v. HaKoses) writes that if it | * What is considered raw grain? Tosfot (37a s.v. HaKoses) writes that a kernel of grain is considered raw even if it is cooked or roasted whole and the Bracha is HaAdama. Rabbenu Yonah ([[Brachot]] 25b s.v. Chavitz), Rosh ([[Brachot]] 6:9), and Rambam ([[Brachot]] 3:2) agree. The idea of Tosfot is codified by the Tur and S”A 208:4. | ||
* When | * When are grains considered [[Mezonot]]? (1) Tosfot (37a s.v. HaKoses) explains that if it the grain was thoroughly crushed in the process of [[cooking]] it is [[Mezonot]]. (2) Rabbenu Yonah ([[Brachot]] 25b s.v. Chavitz) adds that the Bracha is only [[Mezonot]] if the kernels are crushed and stick together. (3) Rambam ([[Brachot]] 3:4) writes that grain is only mezonot if it was crushed and then cooked. In essence, he agrees with Tosfot, however, the Magen Avraham 208:2 posits that the Rambam would consider grain that was dehusked and then cooked to be mezonot, whereas others (cited by Shaar Hatziyun 208:20) disagree with this conclusion. | ||
* What’s the halacha? (1) The S”A 208:2 rules | * What’s the halacha? (1) The S”A 208:2 rules like the Rambam that grain which was crushed and cooked is [[Mezonot]]. Mishna Brurah 208:3 adds that even if the grain started out whole but was crushed in the [[cooking]] process the Bracha is [[Mezonot]]. (2) The Mishna Brurah 208:15 writes that if one removed the shell and then cooked it, it is a halachic doubt. Shaar HaTziyun 208:9 writes that if the shell was removed and the grain stuck together the Bracha is [[Mezonot]]. | ||
==Bracha Rishona== | ==Bracha Rishona== | ||
===If the grain isn’t whole=== | ===If the grain isn’t whole=== | ||
