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# The Bracha of [[Mezonot]] is only applicable to food that are made from the five grains (which will be enumerated below). The other conditions in order for a food to require [[Mezonot]] are explained below.<ref>Rav and Shmuel in Gemara [[Brachot]] 35b say that [[Mezonot]] is only made upon the five grains. Shulchan Aruch 208:2 codifies this as halacha.</ref> | # The Bracha of [[Mezonot]] is only applicable to food that are made from the five grains (which will be enumerated below). The other conditions in order for a food to require [[Mezonot]] are explained below.<ref>Rav and Shmuel in Gemara [[Brachot]] 35b say that [[Mezonot]] is only made upon the five grains. Shulchan Aruch O.C. 208:2 codifies this as halacha.</ref> | ||
# The five grains which our Rabbis designated as the fundamental grains that provide sustenance to man are wheat, barley, spelt, oat, and rye. <ref> The Gemara Pesachim (35a) identifies the five grains which were distinguished by Chazal as חטים שעורים כוסמין ושיפון ושיבולת שועל. Rambam ([[Brachot]] 3:1-3) writes that these grains are the same five which Chazal choose to be [[Mezonot]] when made in a cooked dish and [[HaMotzei]] when made into bread. Tur 208:1 and Mishna Brurah 208:2 codify this as halacha. [Halacha Brurah (Shaar HaTziyun 208:13) writes that this is accepted by all poskim.] | # The five grains which our Rabbis designated as the fundamental grains that provide sustenance to man are wheat, barley, spelt, oat, and rye. <ref> The Gemara Pesachim (35a) identifies the five grains which were distinguished by Chazal as חטים שעורים כוסמין ושיפון ושיבולת שועל. Rambam ([[Brachot]] 3:1-3) writes that these grains are the same five which Chazal choose to be [[Mezonot]] when made in a cooked dish and [[HaMotzei]] when made into bread. Tur 208:1 and Mishna Brurah 208:2 codify this as halacha. [Halacha Brurah (Shaar HaTziyun 208:13) writes that this is accepted by all poskim.] | ||
* What is the definition of these grains? Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 480, chapter 27) defines the five grains as wheat, barley, spelt, oat, and rye. Vezot HaBracha (chap 12, pg 102) writes that even though some argue that שיפון isn’t rye and שיבולת שועל isn’t oat, nonetheless, he quotes the Mekor Bracha (26:3) who establish that the generally accepted definitions of rye and oat are correct. The Laws of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Forst, chap 8, pg 230) emphasizes this point by stating that these definitions are supported by the Rishonim and are totally accepted as halacha despite the argument of modern scholars who use methods of questionable halachic value. | * What is the definition of these grains? Veten Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner pg 480, chapter 27) defines the five grains as wheat, barley, spelt, oat, and rye. Vezot HaBracha (chap 12, pg 102) writes that even though some argue that שיפון isn’t rye and שיבולת שועל isn’t oat, nonetheless, he quotes the Mekor Bracha (26:3) who establish that the generally accepted definitions of rye and oat are correct. The Laws of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Forst, chap 8, pg 230) emphasizes this point by stating that these definitions are supported by the Rishonim and are totally accepted as halacha despite the argument of modern scholars who use methods of questionable halachic value. Rabbi Efrati (Mesorah v. 10 p. 66) endorses this approaches and addresses the questions about the identification of oats as shibolet shual. | ||
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/759938/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Laws_and_Customs_of_Pesach Rabbi Hershel Schachter] (min 79-82) fundamentally doesn't agree that oats are considered a grain, however, he concludes that since American oats (from which Cherrios | * [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/759938/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Laws_and_Customs_of_Pesach Rabbi Hershel Schachter] (min 79-82) fundamentally doesn't agree that oats are considered a grain, however, he concludes that since American oats (from which Cherrios used to be made) have a significant amount of gluten in them the correct bracha is [[mezonot]]. Rav Willig in Am Mordechai Brachot agrees. | ||
# <div id="brachaonbulgur"></div>Cooked bulgur is one of the five grains and is [[mezonot]]. <ref>Vezot Habracha (pg 105) </ref> | * Are shibolet shual, shifon, and kusmin shivat haminim? This has applications for bikkurim and reciting al peroteha. Yerushalmi Brachot 6:1 at the end and Tosefta Brachot 4 imply that they're not shivat haminim. Hagahot Maimoniyot Brachot 8:300 cited by Bet Yosef 211:6 also implies this. Peni Yehoshua Pesachim 36b s.v. tos s.v. otzey and Brachot 35a s.v ma says so explicitly. Tzlach 36b s.v. tos s.v. otzey agrees. Rabbi Akiva Eiger on Bikkurim 1:3 cites the Peni Yehoshua. Derech Emunah Bikurim 1:19 rules like the Peni Yehoshua. Meromei Sadeh Brachot 44a s.v. vha assumes like the Peni Yehoshua. | ||
* However, Magen Avraham 168:6, Madanei Yom Tov on Rosh Brachot 6:21:300, Aguda Brachot ch. 6 n. 149 all answer that it is indeed part of the shivat haminim but the Tosefta means that it isn't explicit in the pasuk. Those who hold that shibolet shual, shifon, and kusmin are shivat haminim: Tosfot Pesachim 36b according to the Maharsha, Rashash Pesachim 36b s.v. tos s.v. otzey, Or Chadash Pesachim 36b, Tosfot Harash Pesachim 36b s.v. otzey, Tosfot Harosh 36b, Rabbenu Dovid 36b s.v. otzey, Chiddushei Haran 36b s.v. otzey, Yerushalmi Challah 1:1 (according to Maharach Or Zaruah 218 and Peni Moshe s.v. ein) , and Tur OC 208:1. </ref> | |||
# <div id="brachaonbulgur"></div>Cooked bulgur is one of the five grains and is [[mezonot]].<ref>Vezot Habracha (pg 105) </ref> | |||
==General rule== | ==General rule== | ||
