Kitzur Shulchan Arukh Siman 53
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כָּל הַפֵּרוֹת וִירָקוֹת שֶׁסְּחָטָן וְהוֹצִיא מֵהֶן מַשְׁקִין, מְבָרֵךְ עַל הַמַּשְׁקִין שֶׁהַכֹּל. וְכֵן דְּבַשׁ הַזָּב מִן הַתְּמָרִים, כִּי אֵין שׁוּם מַשְׁקֶה נִקְרָא פְּרִי, רַק הַיַּיִן וְשֶׁמֶן זַיִת. וְהַיַּיִן שֶׁהוּא חָשׁוּב מְאֹד, קָבְעוּ לוֹ בְּרָכָה מְיֻחֶדֶת, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן. וְשֶׁמֶן זַיִת שֶׁהוּא גַּם כֵּן חָשׁוּב, אִם נֶהֱנֶה מִמֶּנּוּ, בְּעִנְיָן שֶׁהוּא צָרִיךְ לְבָרֵךְ עָלָיו, מְבָרְכִין עָלָיו בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָעֵץ (כְּדִלְקַמָּן סִימָן נ"ד סָעִיף ח')
When fruits and vegetables are squeezed and juice extracted from them, you should say Shehakol over the juice. The same is true of honey that is extracted from dates; because the only juice that is called fruit is wine and olive oil. Because wine is highly regarded a special berachah, Borei peri hagafen, was designated for it. Olive oil is also held in high esteem, and if you enjoy it in such a manner that you would have to say a berachah over it, you recite the berachah, Borei peri ha'eitz.
פֵּרוֹת שֶׁאֵין דַּרְכָּן לְבִשּׁוּל אֶלָּא לְאָכְלָן חַיִּין, אִם בִּשְּׁלָן, מְבָרֵךְ עַל הָרֹטֶב שֶׁהַכֹּל. אֲבָל פֵּרוֹת שֶׁדַּרְכָּן לְיַבְּשָׁן וּלְבַשְּׁלָן וְהֵן שְׁכִיחִים לָרֹב וְנָטְעֵי לְהוּ אַדַּעְתָּא דְּהָכִי, אִם בִּשְּׁלָן כְּדֵי לֶאֱכֹל הַפֵּרוֹת וְגַם לִשְׁתּוֹת אֶת הָרֹטֶב מְבָרֵךְ עַל הָרֹטֶב בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָעֵץ, וַאֲפִלּוּ אֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל מִן הַפֵּרוֹת. וְכֵן קִטְנִיּוֹת וִירָקוֹת, בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁדַּרְכָּן לְבַשְּׁלָם, לְאָכְלָם וְגַם לִשְׁתּוֹת הָרֹטֶב, מְבָרֵךְ עַל הָרֹטֶב בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה, וַאֲפִלּוּ אֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל מִן הַמַּאֲכָל (וְהַחִלּוּק שֶׁבֵּין זֶה לְמַה שֶּׁכָּתַבְתִּי בְּסָעִיף א', יֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים מִשּׁוּם דְּהָתָם אֵין דַּרְכָּן בְּכָךְ לִסְחוֹט אֶת הַפֵּרוֹת אוֹ יְרָקוֹת לְהוֹצִיא מֵימֵיהֶן, וְהָכָא דַּרְכָּן בְּכָךְ. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, מִשּׁוּם דְּיוֹתֵר נִכְנָס טַעַם הַפְּרִי וְהַיֶרֶק בְּמַיִם שֶׁמְבַשְּׁלִין אוֹתָן בָּהֶם, מֵאֲשֶׁר הוּא בְּמַשְׁקֶה שֶׁזָב מֵהֶן). אֲבָל אִם אֵין כַּוָּנַת הַבִּשּׁוּל רַק בִּשְׁבִיל הַפֵּרוֹת אוֹ הַיְרָקוֹת, אֲזַי כְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל מִן הַפֵּרוֹת וְהַיְרָקוֹת אֶלָּא שׁוֹתֶה אֶת הָרֹטֶב לְבַד, מְבָרֵךְ שֶׁהַכֹּל. וְאִם בִּשְּׁלָן עִם בָּשָׂר בְּיַחַד, אֲפִלּוּ אִם כַּוָּנַת הַבִּשּׁול גַּם בִּשְׁבִיל הָרֹטֶב, לְעוֹלָם מְבָרֵךְ עַל הָרֹטֶב שֶׁהַכֹּל, כִּי הַבָּשָׂר הוּא הָעִקָּר (ר"ב ר"ה).
When you cook fruits that are usually eaten in their raw state, you say the berachah, Shehakol, over the sauce. However, fruits which are usually dried first and then cooked, —if they are plentiful, and [also] grown for that purpose, ¹. (Mishnah Berurah 202: 52) this is the halachah: if they were cooked in order to eat the fruit, and to drink the juice, you recite Borei peri ha'eitz, over the juice even if you do not eat the [pieces of] fruit. Likewise, in the case of legumes and vegetables, which are eaten after they are cooked, when the soup is also eaten, this is the halachah: over the soup you say the berachah, Borei peri ha'adamah, even if you do not eat the solid food. (Now the difference between this case and the case discussed in paragraph 1, [can be attributed], according to some authorities, to the fact that in the case mentioned in par. 1, it is not customary to squeeze the fruits or the vegetable in order to extract liquid from them, whereas in this case, [cooking] is the accepted method [to obtain the liquid]. (Other authorities suggest [as an alternative reason], [that in the case discussed in this paragraph] there is a greater input of the flavor of the fruit or the vegetable into the water in which they are cooked than in the juice that is squeezed out of them.) But if they are only cooked for the sake of the fruit or the vegetables, then, if you do not eat any of the fruit or the vegetables but only drink the juice, you recite the berachah Shehakol. If they are cooked with meat, although the cooking was done also for the sake of the soup, you still say Shehakol over the soup,² over the vegetables, because the soup takes second place to the vegetables. The vegetables do not take second place to the meat, since they provide nourishment and help to satisfy your hunger. (Mishnah Berurah 205: 13) because the meat is the main part [of the dish].
footnotes: ¹ Most plums are grown to be dried and become prunes. Therefore, the berachah over prune juice is Borei peri ha’eitz ² But if you eat the vegetables together with the soup, then you say only Borei peri ha’adamah
פֵּרוֹת שֶׁשְּׁרָאָן אוֹ בִּשְּׁלָן רַק בִּשְׁבִיל הָרֹטֶב, מְבָרֵךְ עָלָיו שֶׁהַכֹּל, וְלָכֵן מְבָרְכִין עַל קַאפֶע וְעַל טֵה שֶׁהַכֹּל. וְכֵן עַל הַשֵּׁכָר, בֵּין שֶׁהוּא מִתְּמָרִים בֵּין שֶׁהוּא מִשְּׂעוֹרִים.
If you soak or cook fruits exclusively for the sake of their juice, you say the berachah, Shehakol [over the juice]. Consequently, the berachah you should say over coffee or tea is Shehakol. Also over beer, whether made from dates or from barley, [you should recite the berachah Shehakol].
יְרָקוֹת אוֹ פֵּרוֹת שֶׁכּוֹבְשִׁין אוֹתָן בְּמַיִם שֶׁיִּתְחַמְּצוּ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁדַּרְכָּן בְּכָךְ, כְּגוֹן [קִשּׁוּאִים, מְלָפְפוֹנִים, סֶלֶק, כְּרוּב] גורקען, אוגרקיס, ראהטע ריבען, צוויקעל, בוראקיס קרויטס. מִכָּל מָקוֹם, אֵין מְבָרְכִין עַל הָרֹטֶב, כִּי אִם שֶׁהַכֹּל. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁטַּעַם הַיֶּרֶק וְהַפְּרִי בָּרֹטֶב, מִכָּל מָקוֹם, הוֹאִיל וְאֵין עִקַּר הַכְּבִישָׁה בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁיִּתְּנוּ טַעַם בַּמַּיִם, אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁגַּם הֵמָּה בְּעַצְמָם יְתֻקְּנוּ עַל יְדֵי הַכְּבִישָׁה, לָכֵן מְבָרְכִין רַק שֶׁהַכֹּל. וּמִכָּל מָקוֹם אִם אָכַל תְּחִלָּה אֶת הַיֶּרֶק וּבֵרַךְ בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ רוֹצֶה לִשְׁתֹּת גַּם הָרֹטֶב, יֵשׁ סָפֵק אִם צָרִיךְ לְבָרֵךְ עַל הָרֹטֶב, כִּי שֶׁמָּא יֵצֵא בְּבִרְכַּת בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה, גַּם עַל הָרֹטֶב. לָכֵן לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה כֵּן.
If vegetables or fruits are preserved in water for the purpose of pickling although they are usually processed that way, (as, for example, cucumbers, squash, beets, and cabbage) nevertheless, over their juice you say only the berachah, Shehakol. Although the juice has the same flavor as the vegetables or the fruit, nevertheless, since the purpose of the pickling is not to flavor the water, but in order that their own [quality and taste] be improved by the pickling, you only say the berachah, Shehakol. Nevertheless, if you first ate the vegetables and said Borei peri ha'adamah, and afterwards you wanted to drink the juice, it is questionable if you have to say a berachah over it, for perhaps the berachah Borei peri ha'adamah exempted the juice also. Therefore, do not partake of juice in this manner.
וְכֵן פֵּרוֹת וִירָקוֹת וְקִטְנִיּוֹת וְכַדּוֹמֶה, שֶׁבִּשְׁלָן בְּמַשְׁקֶה, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ טַעַם בְּעַצְמוּתוֹ, כְּגוֹן בְּחֹמֶץ אוֹ בַּחֲמִיצָה (בָּארְשְׁט) אוֹ בֶּחָלָב, מְבָרְכִין עַל הָרֹטֶב שֶׁהַכֹּל. וְאִם אָכַל תְּחִלָּה אֶת הַמַּאֲכָל, יֵשׁ סָפֵק אִם אֵין הָרֹטֶב נִפְטְרָה בִּבְרָכָה זֹאת (שם).
Likewise, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and the like which are cooked in a liquid that has a taste of its own, as, for instance, [when they are cooked] in vinegar, borscht (beet soup), or milk, you say the berachah, Shehakol.³ over borscht (beet soup), Borei peri ha’adamah is said. Possibly Kitzur Shulchan Aruch refers to the borscht that is made of flour and bran, (mentioned in Mishnah Berurah 205: 8), which does require Shehakol. (Mishnah Berurah 205: 12) over the liquid. But if you first ate the fruit, [and said the berachah] it is questionable whether or not the liquid is exempt with the recitation of this berachah.
footnotes: ³ According to Mishnah Berurah
צִמּוּקִין שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶן לַחְלוּחִית כָּל כָּךְ, שֶׁאִם הָיוּ דּוֹרְכִין אוֹתָן יָצָא מֵהֶן דִּבְשָׁן, אִם כְּתָשָׁן וְשָׁרָה אוֹתָן בְּמַיִם לְצֹרֶךְ שְׁתִיָּה וְלֹא לְצֹרֶךְ אֲכִילַת הַצִּמּוּקִין, אִם שָׁרָה שְׁלשָׁה יָמִים וְתוֹסֵס, וּלְאַחַר שְׁלשָׁה יָמִים עֵרָה מֵהֶם אֶת הַמַּשְׁקֶה לִכְלִי אַחֵר, הֲרֵי מַשְׁקֶה זֶה יַיִן גָּמוּר מְבָרְכִין עָלָיו בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן, וּלְאַחֲרָיו בְּרָכָה מֵעֵין שָׁלֹשׁ. וּבְכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁצְּרִיכִין כּוֹס יַיִן יוֹצְאִין בּוֹ. וּצְרִיכִין לִרְאוֹת שֶׁיִּהְיוּ הַצִּמּוּקִין יוֹתֵר מֵחֵלֶק שִׁשִּׁית שֶׁבַּמַּיִם, וּמְשַׁעֲרִים אֶת הַצִּמּוּקִין כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיוּ בְּלַחוּתָן קֹדֶם שֶׁנִּתְיַבְּשׁוּ (עין שע"ת סִימָּן ר"ד סָעִיף ה'). וְדַוְקָא כְּשֶׁנַּעֲשֶֹה עַל יְדֵי שְׁרִיָּה כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתַבְתִּי, אֲבָל אִם בִּשֵּׁל אֶת הַצִמּוּקִין בְּמַיִם, אֵינוֹ נַעֲשֶׂה יַיִן עַל יְדֵי הַבִּשּׁוּל (כֵּן כָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר הַחַיִּים וּדְלֹא כְּמוֹ שֶכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר חַיֵּי אָדָם הִלְכוֹת שַׁבָּת כְּלָל ו' סָעִיף ו'). (וְאִם שָׁרָה אוֹ בִּשֵּׁל אֶת הַצִּמּוּקִין עַל דַּעַת לֶאֱכוֹל גַּם אֶת הַצִּמּוּקִין, יֵשׁ כַּמָּה סְפֵקוֹת בַּבְּרָכָה שֶׁעַל הַמַּשְׁקֶה) (ר"ב ר"ד).
Some raisins have so much juice that when they are pressed juice will ooze out. If they were crushed and soaked in water for the purpose of making a beverage out of them, and not for eating the raisins, and they were soaked for three days and began to ferment, and after the three days the liquid is poured into another vessel, such liquid is considered real wine. Its berachah is Borei peri hagafen, and the after-berachah is the "three-faceted berachah." On all occasions where a cup of wine is required, you may fulfill your obligation [with this beverage]. You must see to it, however, that the raisins comprise more than one sixth part of the water. Now when you estimate [the volume] of the raisins, consider them as though they were fresh before they were dried. These guidelines only apply to wine made by soaking raisins as indicated above; but if the raisins were boiled in water, the boiling does not turn them into wine.⁴ holds that if raisins are boiled in water and allowed to ferment for three days, the resultant liquid is real wine which may be used for kiddush and all other functions requiring wine. (Mishnah Berurah 272: 22) (Soaking or boiling the raisins, for the purpose of eating the raisins as well, raises many questions as to the proper berachah to be said over the liquid.)
footnotes: ⁴ Mishnah Berurah