Brachos 44-Healthy foods, Shehakol Borei Nefashos on Water, Sweet Fruits and salty food with Bread, - a podcast by Eran Netkin

1. The fruits of Genosar
The Gemara wants to know an example of the Mishnah’s case where bread would be considered
secondary (טפל (to a salty food which would be considered primary (עיקר .(It answers that fruits of
Genosar were extremely sweet and delicious that they needed to be eaten with salt. These fruits
were so exceptional that when eaten with bread the fruits were considered primary )עיקר )and the
bread that was eaten with them was considered secondary )טפל )to them.
The Gemara describes how delicious they were:
- Rav Yochanan would eat vast quantities and swear that he had not satisfied his hunger.
- Reish Lakish would eat them until he became delirious and needed others to bring him home.
2. The beracha of שלש מעין
The Gemara discusses the text of the berachah of שלש מעין when recited on fruits of the שבעת
.המינים
- In Eretz Yisroel the conclusion of the berachah for fruits is על פירותיה .
- In the Diaspora the berachah concludes with הפרות על .
בורא נפשות .3
The Gemara discusses which foods require a Borei Nefashos as an after-berachah:
- Rav Yitzchak bar Avdimi said in the name of Rav: On eggs and meat but not on vegetables.
- Rebbe Yitzchak: Even on vegetables but not on water.
- Rav Pappa: Even on drinking water.
Siman – Mud
The Jew in chutz l’aretz had just concluded his berachah of שלש מעין with the words הפרות עלwhen
he began to reminisce fondly about trekking through the mud in Eretz Yisroel to eat the fruits of genosar

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