Shehakol: Difference between revisions

# The Bracha on meat, chicken, fish, eggs, milk, and cheese is Shehakol since these don't grow from the ground. <Ref>Gemara [[Brachot]] 40b, S"A 204:1 </ref>

# The Bracha for most candies is Shehakol because of the sugar unless there is a majority ingredient of a fruit or nut. <ref>S"A 202:15 rules that sugar is Shehakol. Therefore, Halachos of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Bodner, chap 25, pg 455) writes that on candy the bracha is Shehakol unless there is a majority ingredient of a fruit or nut. </ref>

# The Bracha on coffee and tea is Shehakol. <ref>Kitzur S"A 53:3 and Vezot HaBracha (pg 396-7) write that the bracha for coffee and tea is Shehakol. See the whole explanation [[Bracha on Coffee and Tea|here]]. </ref> Read the [[Bracha on Coffee and Tea|whole story about the bracha on coffee and tea here]].  

# The Bracha on fruit juices are Shehakol. <ref>S"A 202:8 </ref>

# The Bracha on beer is Shehakol. <ref>S"A 204:1 </ref>

# One only makes a Shehakol before drinking water and [[Boreh Nefashot]] after drinking if one drinks to quench one's thirst or assist digestion. <ref> S"A 204:7 writes only if one drinks water for one's thirst does one make a bracha. The source is found in Gemara [[Brachot]] 44a and Rambam ([[Brachot]] 8:1). Beiur Halacha 204:7 s.v. HaShoteh writes that drinking water in order to assist digestion is equivlant to dirnking for thirst. The [[Bracha Achrona]] on water also depnds on whether one is thirsty or not as rules the S"A 204:7 (see Sh"t Shevet HaLevi 9:42 who writes that the Ashel Avraham who writes that one always makes a [[Bracha Achrona]] is error.) </ref>

:* to clear one's throat <ref> S"A 204:7 and Mishna Brurah 204:40 </ref>

# If one doesn't know the bracha of a food, then one should say Shehakol, and after the fact it fulfills one's obligation of the bracha. <ref>S"A 204:13, Rama 202:18</ref> However, this only applies is one has learned the halachot of [[Brachot]], however, if one hasn't one should ask a Rabbi what the proper bracha is (either call your local Rabbi or [mailto:ask@halachipedia.com email us at ask@halachipedia.com].<ref>Mishna Brurah 202:84 quoting Gemara [[Brachot]] 35a writes that if one hasn't learned the halachot of [[Brachot]] one shouldn't just make Shehakol on a food one doesn't know the bracha for. Similarly, the Kitzur S"A 50:2 writes that it is appropriate to make Shehakol if one can't figure out what type of food it is or if it is a food about which there is an unresolved dispute in the poskim. </ref>

# Additionally, if it is a food which can be exempted in the meal, it's preferable to have it in a meal, rather than just make a bracha of Shehakol. <ref>Mishna Brurah 204:60 quoting the Magen Avraham, Kitzur S"A 50:2</ref>