# Brachot On Foods That Start With The Letter L

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| **Food** | **Bracha Rishona** | **Bracha Achrona** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lachmagin (dough with meat on top) | Mezonot | Al Hamichya¹ |
| Lady Fingers | If has no flour Shehakol; Otherwise mezonot | Boreh Nefashot; Al Hamichya² |
| Lasagna | Mezonot | Al Hamichya³ |
| Latke | | |
| Matzo Meal (Chremzel) | Mezonot | Al Hamichya⁴ |
| Potato | | |
| Made From Grated Potatoes | HaAdama | Borei Nefashos⁵ |
| Made From Potato Puree | Shehakol | Borei Nefashos⁶ |
| Leben (Including Flavored) | Shehakol | Borei Nefashos⁷ |
| Leek | HaAdama | Borei Nefashos⁸ |
| Leek Soup | HaAdama | Borei Nefashos⁹ |
| Lemon | Shehakol | Borei Nefashos¹⁰ |
| Lemon Meringue Pie | Mezonot | Al Hamichya¹¹ |
| Lemonade | Shehakol | Borei Nefashos¹² |
| Lemon Juice | Shehakol | No Bracha¹³ |
| Lentil Soup | HaAdama | Borei Nefashos¹⁴ |
| Lentils | HaAdama | Borei Nefashos¹⁵ |
| Lettuce | HaAdama | Borei Nefashos¹⁶ |
| Licorice (candy) | Shehakol | Borei Nefashos¹⁷ |
| Licorice Drink | Shehakol |¹⁸ |
| Life (Cereal) | Mezonot | Al Hamichya¹⁹ |
| Lima Beans | HaAdama | Borei Nefashos²⁰ |
| Lime | Shehakol | Borei Nefashos²¹ |
| Limeade | Shehakol | Borei Nefashos²² |
| Lime Juice | Shehakol | No Bracha²³ |
| Liqueur | Shehakol | No Bracha²⁴ |
| Liver | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot²⁵ |
| Liverwurst | Shehakol | Borei Nefashos²⁶ |
| Lokshon (Noodles) | Mezonot | Al Hamichya²⁷ |
| Lokshon Kugel (Noodle Pudding) | Mezonot | Al Hamichya²⁸ |
| Lokshon Soup (Noodle Soup) | Mezonot | Al Hamichya²⁹ |
| Lokshon Soup (With Only Few Noodles) | | |
| On Soup | Shehakol |³⁰ |
| On Noodles | Mezonot | Al Hamichya³¹ |
| Lollipop | Shehakol | No Bracha³² |
| Loquat | Haetz | Boreh Nefashot³³ |
| Lox | Shehakol | Borei Nefashos³⁴ |
| Lychee Nuts | HaEtz | Boreh Nefashot³⁵ |

## References

¹: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 54 writes that lachmejene is mezonot. However, Or Letzion 2:12:5 and Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) write that lachmajene which they describe as a meat pizza is hamotzei. The English Edition of Yalkut Yosef comments that this only refers to a meat pie on bread that is hamotzei but the common lachmejene in America is crunchy and oily and therefore mezonot.

²: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 54

³: Rama 168:13, Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 55

⁴: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

⁵: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214)

⁶: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

⁷: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 55

⁸: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 55

⁹: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

¹⁰: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 55. Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214) writes that sweet lemons are haetz. Yabia Omer 8:22-23 agrees and adds that inedible lemons have no beracha.

¹¹: Shulchan Aruch 168:7, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 55

¹²: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 55

¹³: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

¹⁴: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

¹⁵: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 55

¹⁶: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214)

¹⁷: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 55. Even though there's flour in it it is a binder.

¹⁸: Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214)

¹⁹: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

²⁰: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 56

²¹: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

²²: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

²³: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384) explains that there's no bracha achrona on lime juice only one has a reviyit of a drink in a kdei shitiyat reviyit.

²⁴: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214)

²⁵: Gemara Brachot 40b, Shulchan Aruch 204:1, Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214)

²⁶: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

²⁷: Rama 168:13, Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

²⁸: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384). Vezot HaBracha (Chapter 4, pg 26) writes that noodle kugel according to most poskim isn't Pat Haba Bkisnin but Rav Elyashiv held it became pat haba bkisnin.

²⁹: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

³⁰: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

³¹: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384)

³²: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 56

³³: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 56

³⁴: Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 56

³⁵: Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214), Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 56