# Brachot On Foods That Start With The Letter F

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| **Food** | **Bracha Rishona** | **Bracha Achrona** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Falafel | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot.¹ |
| Farfel | Mezonot | Al Hamichya² |
| Farina | Mezonot | Al Hamichya³ |
| Fig | Haetz | Al Haetz⁴ |
| Filbert | Haetz | Boreh Nefashot⁵ |
| Fish | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot⁶ |
| Fish Almandine | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot⁷ |
| Fish Balls | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot⁸ |
| Fish Cakes | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot⁹ |
| Flavored water (Raspberry) | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot¹⁰ |
| Fried Fish | If thin coating shehakol; thick coating mezonot | Boreh Nefashot¹¹ |
| Fish Sticks | If thick coating mezonot | If kezayit of coating eaten al hamichya; if not Boreh Nefashot¹² |
| Frankfurter | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot¹³ |
| Franks in Blanks | Mezonot | Al Hamichya if kezayit of crust eaten¹⁴ |
| Franks Soy | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot¹⁵ |
| French Fries | Haadama | Boreh Nefashot¹⁶ |
| Fried Chicken (thin coating) | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot¹⁷ |
| Fried Fish (thin coating) | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot¹⁸ |
| French Toast | Hamotzei | Birkat Hamazon¹⁹ |
| Fried Onion | Haadama | Boreh Nefashot²⁰ |
| Fruit cobbler | If flour added for taste and satiation mezonot; if for a binder haetz | If kezayit of mezonot eaten al hamichya, otherwise Boreh Nefashot²¹ |
| Fruit Cocktail | Bracha on majority ingredient | Boreh Nefashot²² |
| Fruit Compote | If it still has solid pieces haetz; if liquid shehakol | Boreh Nefashot²³ |
| Fruit Juice | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot²⁴ |
| Fruit Leather | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot²⁵ |
| Fruit Jam | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot²⁶ |
| Fruit Seeds that are naturally sweet | HaAdama | Boreh Nefashot²⁷ |
| Fruit Seeds that are bitter and were sweetened | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot²⁸ |
| Fruit Soup | If contains fruit haetz; if liquid shehakol | Boreh Nefashot²⁹ |
| Fudge | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot³⁰ |

## References

¹: Vezot Habrachot writes that falafel is shehakol. Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 41 agrees. However, The Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) argues that falafel is haadama. Yalkut Yosef 204:15 writes that falafel are haadama but the minhag is to recite shehakol.

²: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 41 explains that farfel is like noodles and not Pat Haba Bikisnin.

³: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 explains that farina isn't Pat Haba Bikisnin. He holds that it is a food for bracha achrona since it is eaten as a food.

⁴: Shulchan Aruch 208:1, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42

⁵: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42

⁶: Gemara Brachot 40b, Shulchan Aruch 204:1

⁷: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 explains that the almonds are exempted by the bracha on the fish.

⁸: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 explains that gefillte fish balls are shehakol since the flour used in it is just used as a binder.

⁹: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 compares fish cakes to gefillte fish balls.

¹⁰: Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214)

¹¹: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42 explains that for bracha achrona if it was a thick crust and one recited mezonot if one ate a kezayit of mezonot within a kdei achilat pras one should recite an al hamichya, otherwise one should recite a boreh nefashot.

¹²: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 42

¹³: Gemara Brachot 40b, Shulchan Aruch 204:1, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43

¹⁴: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43. Ikar and Tofel

¹⁵: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43 explains that soy products are shehakol since they are significantly changed from their original state.

¹⁶: Brachot 35a, Shulchan Aruch 203:1, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43

¹⁷: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43

¹⁸: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43

¹⁹: Shulchan Aruch 168:10. Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 43 writes that french toast made with pieces larger than a kezayit are always hamotzei. If made with pieces smaller than kezayit and deep fried it is mezonot. If the pieces are smaller than a kezayit but are pan fried then they are subject to a debate.

²⁰: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 65

²¹: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44

²²: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44 explains that if the pieces are small then the bracha is upon the majority ingredient as per Mishna Brurah 212:1. If the pieces are large and each is eaten on its own spoonful then a separate bracha is made for each category  of bracha as per Aruch Hashulchan 212:2.

²³: Halachos of Brachos p. 409 based on Rama 202:7

²⁴: Shulchan Aruch 202:8, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44

²⁵: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44 explained that the fruit in fruit leather isn’t recognizable.

²⁶: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 44, Rama 202:7

²⁷: Tosfot Brachot 36b s.v. klipei holds that fruit seeds are haetz but the Rashba Brachot 36b s.v. klipei argues that they aren't haetz. Shulchan Aruch 202:3 rule like the Tosfot but the Mishna Brurah 202:23 and Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) conclude that one should recite haadama on fruit seeds that are naturally sweet.

²⁸: Shuchan Aruch 202:3

²⁹: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 45

³⁰: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 46