Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim Siman 205

Siman 205

Presented here for study, not as a practical ruling. The Shulchan Aruch rules by Sephardi custom, the Rema's glosses by Ashkenazi custom, and the Kitzur follows Ashkenazi custom. For a practical question, ask your rabbi.

א עַל הַיְרָקוֹת מְבָרֵךְ בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה, וַאֲפִלּוּ בִּשְּׁלָם; וְכֵן כָּל פֵּרוֹת וְקִטְנִיּוֹת שֶׁטּוֹבִים חַיִּים וּמְבֻשָּׁלִים, מְבָרֵךְ עֲלֵיהֶם לְאַחַר בִּשּׁוּלָם כְּבִרְכָּתָם הָרְאוּיָה לָהֶם קֹדֶם שֶׁיְּבַשֵּׁל; אֲבָל קָרָא וְסִלְקָא וּכְרוּב וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶם, שֶׁטּוֹבִים מְבֻשָּׁלִים יוֹתֵר מֵחַיִּים, כְּשֶׁהֵם חַיִּים מְבָרֵךְ שֶׁהַכֹּל, וּלְאַחַר בִּשּׁוּלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה; וְתוּמֵי (פי' שׁוּמִים), וְכַרְתִּי (פי' פורט בְּלַעַ"ז) כְּשֶׁהֵם חַיִּים, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה; לְאַחַר שֶׁבִּשְּׁלָם, שֶׁהַכֹּל. הַגָּה: דִּמְחַשְּׁבֵי נִשְׁתַּנּוּ לִגְרִיעוּתָא, אֲפִלּוּ בִּשְּׁלָם עִם בָּשָׂר וְנִשְׁתַּבְּחוּ אֵין הַשֶּׁבַח מִצַּד עַצְמָן אֶלָּא מֵחֲמַת הַבָּשָׂר שֶׁבָּהֶם (הר"י פ' כֵּיצַד מְבָרְכִין).

1 For vegetables, one recites the blessing Borei Pri Ha’adamah (Who creates the fruit of the ground), even if they are raw. Similarly, for all fruits and legumes that are good both raw and cooked, one recites the same blessing after cooking as was appropriate before cooking. However, for gourds, beets, cabbage, and similar vegetables that are better when cooked than when raw, one recites Shehakol (Who creates everything) when they are raw, and Borei Pri Ha’adamah after they are cooked. Garlic and leeks, when raw, require Borei Pri Ha’adamah, but after being cooked, one recites Shehakol. Rema: Since they are considered to have deteriorated through cooking, even if they were cooked with meat and thereby improved, their improvement is not due to their own essence but because of the meat. (R”Y, Chapter Keitzad Mevarchin).

ב עַל הַמַּיִם שֶׁבִּשְּׁלוּ בָּהֶם יְרָקוֹת מְבָרֵךְ הַבְּרָכָה עַצְמָהּ, שֶׁמְּבָרֵךְ עַל הַיְרָקוֹת עַצְמָן, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם אֶלָּא טַעַם הַיָּרָק; וְהָנֵי מִילֵי כְּשֶׁבִּשְּׁלָם בְּלֹא בָּשָׂר, אֲבָל בִּשְּׁלָם עִם בָּשָׂר, מְבָרֵךְ עָלָיו שֶׁהַכֹּל.

2 For the water in which vegetables have been cooked, one recites the same blessing that is recited on the vegetables themselves, even if only the flavor of the vegetable remains. However, this applies when they were cooked without meat; if they were cooked with meat, one recites Shehakol

ג אִם סְחָטָן, אֵינוֹ מְבָרֵךְ עַל אוֹתָם מַשְׁקִין אֶלָּא שֶׁהַכֹּל.

3 If one squeezed out water in which vegetables had cooked, one blesses upon that beverage Through Whose word everything came into being (cheakol)

ד חֲתָכָן לַחֲתִיכוֹת קְטַנּוֹת, לֹא נִשְׁתַּנֵּית בִּרְכָּתָן מִפְּנֵי כָּךְ.

4 If one cut it into small pieces the beracha does not change

ה הַלֶּפֶת, כְּשֶׁהוּא חַי מְבָרֵךְ עָלָיו שֶׁהַכֹּל, אֲבָל אִם הוּא מְבֻשָּׁל אוֹ כָּבוּשׁ בְּחֹמֶץ אוֹ בְּחַרְדָּל, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה.

5 When eating raw turnips one recites Shehakol but if it was cooked or pickled with vinegar or mustard one recites Borei Peri Ha'adamah

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