Food Brachot
ב״סד

Blessings After a Meal #

A S ( W ( l o N i Y l o n e H i ) e s a d ? ) m ? i c h y a h ( ( Y N e o s ) ) B F o l r o F e u ( r ( i r N u N - o i o N b ) t ) e a ? f s a e s d h ? o t ( Y e s ( ) Y e s ) " 5 s B p r ( e ( e N c N a o i o d ) e ) ? s " ? ( Y e ( s Y ) e s A ) l H a B m i i r c k h a y t a h H a m a z o n

Blessings Before Eating #

B S ( W ( o o N i Y r l o n e e i ) e s i d ? ) ? P r i H a g ( a Y f e e s n ) ( N o ) F l o u r V - e b F g a ( r ( e ( s N u N t N e o i o a o d ) t ) b ) , ? l e r s i ? c S e h ? e ( h Y a e k s ( o ) Y l e ( s Y ) e s ) B o r e B i o r B P e r ( r i e N i a o P d ) H r ? a i ' e H t a z ' A B d ( o a Y r m e e a s i h ) M i n e i H M a e m z o o t n z o i t

Bread? #

  • Made from the five species of grains identified by our sages (wheat, barley, rye, spelt or oat),1
  • the liquid ingredient has to be primarily water and it has to be baked, that is
    • dough that uses more oil or fruit juice than water (like pastries) is not regarded as “bread,”
    • dough that is fried or cooked (like pasta) is not regarded as “bread.”

TBA: rice (1), buckwheat (1, 2).

Flour-based? #

Food that is made from grain (wheat, barley, rye, spelt or oat) but is not bread. This includes cakes and pastries, most crackers and cereals, pasta and other cooked grain products like farfel and couscous.2

Fruit? #

In Jewish law, a fruit is defined as something growing from a perennial tree that does not renew its stem and does not grow too close to the ground. Thus, apples, grapes, nuts (except peanuts) and figs are fruit, but strawberries, watermelon and bananas are not.3

Other Foods Eaten With Bread #

  • When eating a meal that includes bread, both before- and after-meal bread blessing will “cover” everything (except for dessert and wine). So only make Hamotzi blessing (after washing) and then eat a piece of bread first. After the meal, recite Birkat Hamazon.1

  1. chabad.org ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. chabad.org ↩︎

  3. chabad.org ↩︎

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