Berakhot 37A

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קא משמע לן ⁠— ״כל שיש בו״. ואי אשמעינן ״כל שיש בו״ הוה אמינא כל שיש בו חמשת המינים ⁠— אין, אבל אורז ודוחן ⁠— לא, משום דעל ידי תערובת. אבל איתיה בעיניה ⁠— נימא אפילו אורז ודוחן נמי מברכין עליו ״בורא מיני מזונות״. קא משמע לן ⁠— כל שהוא מחמשת המינים הוא דמברכין עליו בורא מיני מזונות, לאפוקי אורז ודוחן, דאפילו איתיה בעיניה לא מברכינן ״בורא מיני מזונות״.

Therefore, he teaches us: Anything that has of the 5 species of grain in it, even if it is in the context of a mixture with other ingredients. And had he taught us only: Anything that has of the 5 species of grain in it, I would have said that specifically over anything that has of the 5 species of grain in it, yes, one recites: Who creates the various kinds of nourishment, even if it is in the context of a mixture with other ingredients. However, over anything that has rice and millet in it, no, one does not recite: Who creates the various kinds of nourishment, because one is eating it in the context of a mixture. However, if the rice or millet is in its pure, unadulterated form, say that even over rice and millet one recites: Who creates the various kinds of nourishment, because they, too, are types of grain. Therefore, he teaches us specifically: Anything that is from the 5 species of grain, one recites over it: Who creates the various kinds of nourishment, to the exclusion of rice and millet, over which, even in its pure, unadulterated form, one does not recite: Who creates the various kinds of nourishment.

ואורז ודוחן לא מברכינן ״בורא מיני מזונות״? והתניא: הביאו לפניו פת אורז ופת דוחן ⁠— מברך עליו תחלה וסוף כמעשה קדרה. וגבי מעשה קדרה תניא: בתחלה מברך עליו ״בורא מיני מזונות״, ולבסוף מברך עליו ברכה אחת מעין שלש.

With regard to the previous conclusion, the Talmud asks: And over rice and millet we do not recite: Who creates the various kinds of nourishment? But wasn’t it taught in a baraita: If they brought before him rice bread or millet bread, he recites the blessing over it both before and after, as he would recite the blessing over a cooked dish containing dough from the 5 species of the grain. And with regard to a cooked dish, it was taught in a baraita: At the start, one recites: Who creates the various kinds of nourishment, and at the end, one recites one blessing abridged from the 3 blessings of Grace after Meals [al hamiḥya]. Apparently, one recites: Who creates the various kinds of nourishment, over rice and millet.

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