Cake, Cookies & Birkat HaMazon
Usually, when one eats cake or cookies the correct bracha would be “borei minei mezonot.” However, there are instances when it may be correct to wash hands, say “ha-motzi” and “birkat hamazon” on such desserts or snacks. Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he examines how much cake or cookies one must eat to constitute a halachic meal requiring the latter.
Cake, Cookies & Birkat HaMazon: Cake, Cookies & Birkat Ha-Mazon
When does eating cake, biscuits, or pie require ritual washing of the hands, ha-motsie, and full birkat ha-mazon?
A source sheet with the opinions of the principal posekim is available both in WORD format and pdf through the links. In class, we will translate and explain these sources.
Cake, Cookies & Birkat HaMazon: Cake, Cookies & Birkat Ha-Mazon
What to do when there is a divergence of opinions, some posekim calling for “ha-motsi” and others calling for “mezonot“?
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.