Brachos 36- Disagreements about Brachos of Caperberries, Hearts of Palm, Flour, Peppercorn, Orlah - a podcast by Eran Netkin

1. Beracha over wheat flour
There is a machlokes concerning the berachah recited over wheat flour )דחיטי קמחא:)
- Rav Yehuda says that one recites a ha’adamah, since it is likened to eating wheat
kernels. The fact that the flour is ground does not change its status.
- Rav Nachman says that one recites a shehakol, because the ground flour is no
longer in its original state of wheat kernels, which would require a ha’adamah, but has
not yet reached its final state of bread, which would require a hamotzi.
2. Husks of Caper Bush
The Gemara asks why the husks of a caper bush are not subject to the orlah restriction,
given that a shomer (protective covering) of an orlah fruit is considered orlah. Rava
teaches that something is only considered a fruit’s shomer if without it the fruit would
die. Caper bush husks are not needed to keep the berries alive, so they do not attain the
status of shomer and are not subject to orlah.
3. Foods that contain one of the five grains
Rav and Shmuel teach that one recites a borei minei mezonos on any food that contains
one of the five species of grain, even if the grain is not the primary ingredient. Tosafos
adds that this is only when the grain is there to enhance the dish, rather than merely to
serve as a binder.
Siman - Lulav
The lulav that was covered in fine white wheat flour and was sprouting caper bush
husks out of its top was sitting in a bowl of porridge.
Key words –flour, husks, porridge

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