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==The five grains (wheat, barley…)== | ==The five grains (wheat, barley…)== | ||
# Halacha treats five types of grain as special. They are wheat, spelt, barley, oats, and rye. If any of these grains were ground up and then made into bread, the appropriate Bracha would be HaMotzei. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 102, chapter 12) </ref> | # Halacha treats five types of grain as special. They are wheat, spelt, barley, oats, and rye. If any of these grains were ground up and then made into bread, the appropriate Bracha would be HaMotzei. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 102, chapter 12) </ref> | ||
# If any of the 5 grains were ground up and then made into a cooked dish or a baked good such as cake, the appropriate Bracha would be Mezonot. <Ref>There’s two forms of mezonot: Tavshil Mezonot which requires Mezonot even if one establishes it into a meal (S”A 208:2) and Pas HaBah Bekisnin which requires Mezonot if eaten as a snack and HaMotzei if established as a meal (S”A 168:6; see [[Pas HaBah Bekisnin]]). </ref> | # If any of the 5 grains were ground up and then made into a cooked dish or a baked good such as cake, the appropriate Bracha would be Mezonot. <Ref>There’s two forms of mezonot: Tavshil Mezonot which requires Mezonot even if one establishes it into a meal (S”A 208:2) and Pas HaBah Bekisnin which requires Mezonot if eaten as a snack and HaMotzei if established as a meal (S”A 168:6; see [[Pas HaBah Bekisnin]]). </ref> | ||
## Oatmeal, which is cooked grains has the Bracha of mezonot and is followed by Al Hamichya. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 102, chapter 12) </ref> | ## Oatmeal, which is cooked grains has the Bracha of mezonot and is followed by Al Hamichya. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 102, chapter 12). Halachos of Brachos (Rabbi Pinchas Bodner, pg 532 and Brachos Handbook pg 64) writes that instant oatmeal which is made into a hot cereal is is Mezonot and Al HaMichya (even if one has a shuir keviyut seudah) unless it's made with a lot of water and it's so thin that it has the form of a drink in which case the bracha would be Shehakol and Boreh Nefashot. [This is based on Shulchan Aruch 208:2 regarding daysa.] | ||
This is also the ruling of Vezot HaBracha (pg 107) that oatmeal cereal is mezonot unless it's very thin and pours like a liquid (he adds that if one pushes the grain to one side of the bowl and it remains there as a clump and doesn't spread out right away it's considered a food and not a drink). </ref> | |||
# If the grain remained whole and it was only slightly processed (roasted or toasted) then the Bracha would be Haodoma. <Ref>S”A 208:4 </ref> | # If the grain remained whole and it was only slightly processed (roasted or toasted) then the Bracha would be Haodoma. <Ref>S”A 208:4 </ref> | ||
## Therefore Granola, which are toasted grains, are Ha'adoma. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 67), Vezot HaBracha (pg 103, chapter 12) </ref> | ## Therefore Granola, which are toasted grains, are Ha'adoma. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 67), Vezot HaBracha (pg 103, chapter 12) </ref> | ||
