Brachos 41-Shivas Haminim, Preference in Order, Fruit during a Meal - a podcast by Eran Netkin

דף מא – 41 Daf
מין שבעה עדיף או מין חביב עדיף? .1
Rebbe Yehuda and the Rabbonon debate in the Mishna on :מ דף ,regarding which food
one recites a berachah on first when several foods are in front of him:
a. Rebbe Yehuda says that if one of the foods are one of the seven species , then that
.)מין שבעה עדיף( precedence takes food
b. The Rabbonon say that the food that he prefers takes precedence (עדיף חביב.(
The Amoraim dispute the parameters of the debate:
- One Amora states that they disagree only when the different foods share the same
berachah, such as an apple and an olive. In a case where they have different berachos,
such as a potato and an olive, then both Tannaim in the Mishna will agree that one recites
the beracha first on the food that he prefers (עדיף חביב.(
- The other Amora states that the same disagreement also applies when the berachos
are different . The disagreement then would be in regards to which of the two berachos is
recited first.
2. The seven species list
There is a machlokes regarding what can be learned from the pasuk which lists the seven
:)"ארץ חטה ושעורה וגפן ותאנה ורמון ארץ זית שמן ודבש") species
- Rav Yosef teaches that the order of foods listed in the pasuk indicate which foods attain
precedence in berachos. The closer the food is to the term “ארץ ,“the greater the
precedence.
- Rav Chanan teaches that the purpose of the pasuk is to teach the measurements for
different halachos, with each food item representing a different unit of measure.

3. Making berachos on foods during the meal
Rav Pappa stated the following rulings regarding the berachos recited on foods eaten in
the course of the meal:
- Foods that are eaten together with bread, which are eaten during the meal, do not
require a berachah either before or after eating them.
- Foods that are not eaten together with bread, which are eaten during the meal,
require a berachah before eating them but not after.
- Foods that are usually eaten after the meal, such as dessert, even when eaten
during the meal, require a blessing both before and after eating them.
Siman – Ma (Grandma)
The grandma couldn’t decide which fruit to make the berachah on, the apple or the
pomegranate, so she used her 7 species ruler to measure which was berachah on it during the course o her meal.

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