The Bracha over Pizza
Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores the rules for deciding when to wash and say ha-motsi and when to say boreh minei mezonot over pizza.
The Bracha over Pizza: The Bracha over Pizza
Does pizza call for ritual washing of the hands, ha-motsi, and birkat ha-mazon?
Or does pizza require borei minei mezonot and al ha-michya?
Understanding the underlying sources and principles will lead to some clarity regarding the correct procedure when eating various forms of pizza.
A source sheet is available both in WORD format and pdf through the links. In class we will translate and explain the sources in the source sheet.
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.