by Joel Rich
Iyunim B’Hilchos Brachos 2023
פרק כיצד מברכין
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ihmiDAtSs78H_z0KSVjZ76mzAvcAPEhr/preview
HaRav Asher Weiss 1/1/2023-Psakim In Hilchos Brachos
Kol shyeish bo (5 grains) analysis – R Weiss holds that if it’s added to something for minimal taste, it’s shehakol (eg gefilte fish). Shehakol is best approach when there is a true halachic doubt.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NVJZ89zJycCY1IPTgawAlwrZe7PfPANc/view
HaRav Eli Gersten 1/2/2023-Iyunim B’Piskei HaRav Yisroel Belsky ZT”L In Hilchos Brachos
What is the bracha status of grape juice fully (or partially) reconstituted with water? Then on to hearts of palm, puffed rice, pringles … hen is it a maaseh kdeira? R Moshe’s approach was to leave it in its prior bracha status (adama) unless it’s not a safek (eg clearly a maaseh kdeirah).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DBG8EfJTkRXfvu7-r6basQGau29Ile_Z/view
HaRav Zev Smith 1/2/2023-עיונים בהלכות ברכות – עיקר וטפל
Applications of the rule of the bracha on the ikkar being patir the tafel.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L7ROzBgSZJ5JZNqap1GiWgdmy163nod1/view
HaRav Shraga Kallus 1/3/2023-Practical Issue In Hilchos Brachos
When does bread lose its status of hamotzi? If you break it up into pieces less than a kazait and then apply a process (cook? bake? fry?) it will become mezonot.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12WKg3tmePRxOdl8Rbo6_w1ID7f81jAV3/preview
HaRav Simcha Bunim Londinsky 1/4/2023-עיונים בהלכות ברכות
More on when does bread lose its hamotzi status. Does one piece bigger than when a kzayit in the pot mean everything in the pot is hamotzi?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CWrZPr5D9quUGJbtmVydSa9kvOSoAsny/preview
HaRav Uri Deutsch 1/5/2023-סוגיות בהלכות ברכות
Lomdus on bread crumbs, bishul and tigun – when does the bread lose its identity?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A8TtBSyWJfIPHc2rWkWP0BAerHa-Uo_C/preview
HaRav Asher Weiss 1/8/2023-Yissachar – Zevulan Arrangements
A Yissachar/Zevulun “partnership” means (according to R Weiss) that Zevulun is like a chavruta since Yissachar can learn in an enhanced manner with a settled mind. They both get 100% schar.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1amEZqq2MBdEZ4PmnIh95-W-yzLvRm3Zc/preview
HaRav Nosson Levine 1/9/2023-Binyan Birchas Hamotzi
Lomdus on defining loss of tzurat hapat – varying approaches.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16HLqLr1SxUS14l_0k3RCn5Vhs1Q6JAs8/view
HaRav Simcha Bunim Londinsky 1/10/2023-עיונים בהלכות ברכות
Focus on wheat wraps – mezonot or hamotzi? What kinds of batter is used? Are they used in place of bread for a meal?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L78XhwP07XUkUXDovnsNHfNkbDI5CdBZ/preview
HaRav Shraga Kallus 1/11/2023-Practical Issue In Hilchos Brachos
Are the rules for which dough requires taking challa the same as those for when hamotzi is required? Does the intent and/or the consistency of the batter/dough control (and at what point in time is that measured?)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11FdZxp9GEfbrgdWrA6u78K1JUnFkQsty/preview
HaRav Uri Deutsch 1/12/2023-Sugyos Binyanei Brachos
Lamdus on rashi v tosfot on cooked bread bracha
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mtls4RIcx0T44-H48iOmQwrxwDZlvWRp/preview
HaRav Asher Weiss 1/15/2023-Endangering Oneself In Order To Save Another
When can (should/must/midat chassidut) one put oneself into danger to save another. Applications discussed for kidney and bone marrow donations. (me-did the Radbaz know that his tshuva on sacrificing for another would gain such eternity?)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zPAP3844LftCfEr8tAB2afrSzdVKYLxi/preview
HaRav Simcha Bunim Londinsky 1/17/2023-BRACHOS ON VARIOUS TYPES OF BREADS
When is taking challa and/or the bracha of hamotzi required depending on viscosity of the dough, the type of “cooking”, is one kovea seuda, and the original intent? Applications include pancakes, bagels, waffles and lasagna.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YvfKyCQqKv3QL56ZvsXjWfLxJw7u1M2b/preview
HaRav Shraga Kallus 1/18/2023-IYUNIM B’HILCHOS BRACHOS
How do we analyze a multi-step preparation processes (eg scald then bake)? How much weight do we give the original intent of the batter maker? Implications discussed for brachot on bagels, melba toast and yerushalmi kugel.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jf4sWiDpOIZ1u4vlxmy-xYtm_ePogpus/preview
HaRav Uri Deutsch 1/19/2023-THE BRACHA ON COOKED LECHEM
Challa and/or chiyuv bracha are dependent on: original intent, viscosity of dough and mode of heat application.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HMNjTX6GscLM43g9psFu8Hzp0DlEMY6t/preview
HaRav Simcha Bunim Londinsky 1/24/2023-Inyanei In Hilchos Of Grain-based Foods
See R Deutsch above for basics, here you’ll find suggested workarounds (just stop eating donuts et al?) Then onto an introduction to pat haba bkissin and all its associated issues.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V9yIaao541XiB3lM4ltvl4iMPP1bnmj7/view
HaRav Shraga Kallus 1/25/2023-PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN HILCHOS BRACHOS
It’s not easy to put together a complete conceptual model of how a combination of water and flour becomes either hamotzi or mzonot. It has to included intent, viscosity, heating method and form.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11CEqlAz7jZbglXLiGtyYzao6GaQjp8Lf/view
HaRav Zev Smith 1/26/2023-Pas Habah B’kisnin; Wraps, Bagel Chips etc.
Brachot for flour and water (and yeast) based products are based on the food function (meal v snack). You can’t just “be machmir” since you may make an incorrect bracha (eg hamazon when only al hamichya is appropriate). Applications discussed include wraps, bagel chips, croutons and soft pretzels. (me-defining meal v snack is even more difficult today when “grazing” is more common).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Ms-yRg0fmFeSLqnmwBPpuFEj9Xb2uE8/view
HaRav Simcha Bunim Londinsky 1/31/2023-BRACHOS ON VARIOUS TYPES OF BREADS
Pat haba bkisnin/kovea seuda issues discussed. The amount required to be kovea may differ by class (eg old folks, women) [me-and who determines the granularity of the classes (eg is actuaries over 6’4” a class?)] Why don’t people wash for full blown kiddush with cake? (they should!) Ditto for “mzonot rolls”?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ka8G7E-_2-oGQo-4mQSubSAMxjbQF9gm/preview
HaRav Asher Weiss 1/22/2023-GEZEIROS SHMAD
In cases of being forced by a non-Jew to sin when does hanat atzmo act as a mitigating circumstance? (shaat hashmad, bfarhesia). Discussion of tshuvot from the 1800s (cantonists, dress requirements) presenting different approaches to this question.
