Blessings Before Eating Food
Birhot Hanehenin
Before eating cooked or baked foods (excluding bread) made from any of the 5 grains (wheat, barley, spelt, oats, and rye) and before eating rice, recite:
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam, borei minei mezonot.Halacha ↗️
Before eating fruits that grow on trees, recite:
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam, borei pri ha-aitz.Halacha ↗️
Before eating fruits or vegetables that grow on the ground, recite:
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam, borei pri ha-adamah.Halacha ↗️
Before drinking wine or grape juice, recite:
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam, borei pri hagafen.Halacha ↗️
Before eating bread, recite:
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam, hamotzi lehem min ha-aretz.Halacha ↗️
Before eating foods that do not grow neither from the ground nor on trees (e.g., meat, fish, milk products, eggs), and before drinking all beverages except wine, recite:
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam, shehakol nihiyah bed’varo.Halacha ↗️