Wheat and Grain Products: Difference between revisions
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==Licorice== | ==Licorice== | ||
# If the grain is mixed into the food in order to bind the ingredients together the Bracha is not [[Mezonot]]. <Ref>S”A 208:3 </ref> | # If the grain is mixed into the food in order to bind the ingredients together the Bracha is not [[Mezonot]]. <Ref>S”A 208:3 </ref> | ||
# Licorice is Shehakol because even though it contains flour, the flour is only used as a binding agent. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 108, chapter 12), [http://www.ou.org/torah/tt/5759/eikev59/specialfeatures.htm OU.org]</ref> | # Licorice is Shehakol because even though it contains flour, the flour is only used as a binding agent. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 108, chapter 12), [http://www.ou.org/torah/tt/5759/eikev59/specialfeatures.htm An article on OU.org]. Rav Yisrael Belsky in Shulchan HaLevi (3:14, p. 37) writes that licorice is Shehakol since the flour in only added for texture. </ref> | ||
==Raw Grains== | ==Raw Grains== | ||
For the bracha on raw, roasted, and puffed grains, see the [[Raw or roasted grain]] page. A common example of this category is granola. See that page for details. | For the bracha on raw, roasted, and puffed grains, see the [[Raw or roasted grain]] page. A common example of this category is granola. See that page for details. |