Brachot On Foods That Start With The Letter G
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| Food | Bracha Rishona | Bracha Achrona |
|---|---|---|
| Garlic Bread | Hamotzei | Birkat Hamazon¹ |
| Gefilte Fish | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot² |
| Gooseberry | Haetz | Boreh Nefashot³ |
| Goulash | If meat and vegetables are both primary bracha on majority ingredient | Boreh Nefashot⁴ |
| Graham Crackers | Mezonot | Al Hamichya⁵ |
| Granola Bar | Some poskim haadama; some poskim mezonot | Boreh Nefashot; Al Hamichya⁶ |
| Granola Cereal | Haadama | Boreh Nefashot⁷ |
| Grape | Haetz | Al Haetz⁸ |
| Grape Juice | Hagefen | Al Hagefen⁹ |
| Grape Juice Diluted | One should make hagefen on undiluted grape juice¹⁰ | |
| Grape Leaves Plain | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot¹¹ |
| Grape Leaves Stuffed | Bracha on the stuffing¹² | |
| Grape Soda | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot¹³ |
| Grapefruit | Haetz | Boreh Nefashot¹⁴ |
| Grapefruit Juice | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot¹⁵ |
| Green Beans | Haadama | Boreh Nefashot¹⁶ |
| Green Peas | Haadama | Boreh Nefashot¹⁷ |
| Green Pepper | Haadama | Boreh Nefashot¹⁸ |
| Griddle Cake | Mezonot | Al Hamichya¹⁹ |
| Grilled Cheese | Hamotzei | Birkat Hamazon²⁰ |
| Haetz | Boreh Nefashot²¹ | None | None |
| Mezonot | Al Hamichya²² | None | None |
| Guava | Haetz | Boreh Nefashot²³ |
| Guava Nectar | Shehakol | Boreh Nefashot²⁴ |
| Gum | Shehakol | No bracha²⁵ |
References
¹: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 46
²: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 46 explains that gelifte fish is shehakol since the bread crumbs are only added to make it thicker and not to give it a substantial taste.
³: Halachos of Brachos p. 46
⁴: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 46
⁵: Shulchan Aruch OC 168:7, Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 46
⁶: Granola Bars
⁷: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 46
⁸: Shulchan Aruch OC 202:1, 208:1
⁹: Halachos of Brachos Handbook p. 47
¹⁰: Halachos of Brachos p. 449 cites Minchat Shlomo 4 who writes that grape juice that is diluted even a little bit might not be hagefen and so one should avoid this and if he wants to drink diluted grape juice he should first recite hagefen on undiluted grape juice and then drink the diluted grape juice.
¹¹: din.org.il explains that the bracha on the grape leaves are shehakol since the grape vines aren't planted so that the leaves should be eaten.
¹²: din.org.il
¹³: Halachos of Brachos p. 47
¹⁴: Halachos of Brachos p. 47
¹⁵: Halachos of Brachos p. 47
¹⁶: Halachos of Brachos p. 47
¹⁷: Halachos of Brachos p. 48
¹⁸: Halachos of Brachos p. 48
¹⁹: Halachos of Brachos p. 48 explains that if they're fried and not deep fried there is a dispute whether they are considered Pat Haba Bikisnin.
²⁰: Halachos of Brachos p. 48
²¹: Piskei Teshuvot (Siman 202 note 87, pg 691) writes that guacamole is Shehakol since it is mixed in with other ingredients such as onions. Shaarei Habracha ch. 23 p. 630 writes that if the gaucamole is blended completely it is shehakol but if it has piecse of avocado it is haetz. Peni Hashulchan 202:7:1 p. 83 writes that gaucamole is haetz. See the full discussion here: www.berachot.org
²²: See Ikar and Tofel
²³: Halachos of Brachos p. 48
²⁴: Halachos of Brachos p. 48
²⁵: Halachos of Brachos p. 48, Yalkut Yosef (Klalei Sefer Brachot pg 208-214)