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Gemara Brochos: "Shema, Tefillah and Brochos"

Brochos Daf 35


  • Coffee
  • Soup
  • Dessert (just a little :))
  • Forced to Eat


  • Not if it's harmful
  • Not if it's secondary
  • Not if it's just for medicinal purposes
  • Only by a mixture where it's the main ingredient


  • sustenance
  • satiating
  • staple


  • V'asafta deganecha - ein osin retzono shel makom
  • If so, how can it be said: V'hayah im shamo'a?
  • Difference between rabim and yachid
  • One should always be occupied with learning
  • Comparison to keruvim.


  • Gemora Kiddushin 82
  • Rambam Hilchos Shemittah
  • Brisker Rav's explanation


When is it "v'lakachti degani"? When is it "v'asafta deganecha"?


  • What happens when in doubt?
  • Severity of not making a brachah
  • Blessing if one does
  • Why is an oinan exempt?


Otherwise, one would be committing me'ilah - it is stealing from Hashem to benefit from this world without reciting a blessing first.


  • Hillulim
  • Kerem re'vai/neta re'vai
  • Gezeirah shavah
  • Kal vachomer from after one eats to beforehand


Source for making brochos