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אבל היכא דכי שקלת ליה לפירי ליתיה לגווזא דהדר מפיק, לא מברכינן עליה ״בורא פרי העץ״ אלא ״בורא פרי האדמה״.
However, in a situation where, when you take the fruit, the branch does not remain and again produce fruit, we do not recite the blessing: Who creates fruit of the tree, but rather: Who creates fruit of the ground.
ועל כולן אם אמר ״שהכל״ וכו׳. אתמר. רב הונא אמר: חוץ מן הפת ומן היין. ורבי יוחנן אמר: אפילו פת ויין.
We learned in the Mishnah: And on all food items, if he recited: By whose word all things came to be, he fulfilled his obligation. It was stated that the amora’im disputed the precise explanation of the Mishnah. Rav Huna said: This halakha applies to all foods except for bread and wine. Since they have special blessings, one does not fulfill his obligation by reciting the general blessing: By whose word all things came to be. And R' Yoḥanan said: One fulfills his obligation with the blessing: By whose word all things came to be, even over bread and wine.
נימא כתנאי: ראה פת ואמר: ״כמה נאה פת זו, ברוך המקום שבראה״ — יצא. ראה תאנה ואמר ״כמה נאה תאנה זו, ברוך המקום שבראה״ — יצא, דברי רבי מאיר. רבי יוסי אומר: כל המשנה ממטבע שטבעו חכמים בברכות — לא יצא ידי חובתו. נימא רב הונא דאמר כרבי יוסי, ורבי יוחנן דאמר כרבי מאיר?!
The Talmud remarks: Let us say that this dispute is parallel to a tannaitic dispute found elsewhere, as it was taught in a Tosefta: One who saw bread and said: How pleasant is this bread, blessed is God Who created it, fulfilled his obligation to recite a blessing. One who saw a fig and said: How pleasant is this fig, blessed is God Who created it, fulfilled his obligation. This is the statement of R' Meir. R' Yosei says: One who deviates from the formula coined by the rabbis in blessings, did not fulfill his obligation. If so, let us say that Rav Huna, who said that one who recites: By whose word all things came to be, over bread or wine, did not fulfill his obligation, holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei; and R' Yoḥanan, who said that one who recites: By whose word all things came to be, over bread or wine fulfills his obligation, holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir.