Guide
Rabbinic Blessings before Eating Diverse Foodstuffs
1st–6th Centuries
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Primary Source
The Mishnah on Blessings over Food
m. Berakhot 6:1–4, 8
1. How do they recite a blessing over produce?
Over produce of the tree, one says, [“Blessed be You, O Lord our God,] creator of the fruit of the tree”; except for wine, for…
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The Talmud on Blessings over Food
b. Berakhot 35a–b, 40b
The sages taught: One is forbidden to derive benefit from this world without [reciting] a blessing [beforehand]. And anyone who derives…