Blessings on Bread & Cake
Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores when is the blessing for bread (המוציא לחם מן הארץ) required and when do we say the blessing on cake (בורא מיני מזונות)? When is pizza considered like a pie (מזונות) and when is it considered like a piece of bread with topping (לחם)? What is the difference between true bread and “mezonot bread”? When eating matsa, Ashkenazim wash hands and say the blessing on bread (המוציא); Sefaradim say the blessing on cake or crackers (מזונות) when eating matsa. Why? How much cake must one eat for the cake to be considered a meal?
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.