Halacha is
In Honor Of
Sarina Eshet Menahem Cohen Bat Moshe & Grazia
""Mum you are always in our heart, may this
dedication bring an Aliyah to your Neshama Amen"
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Dedicated By Nily Schwartz Samy Cohen & Shula Kanzen
The Minimum Quantity Requiring a Beracha Aharona in Some Common Foods
A person who ate a Ke'zayit of food is required to recite a "Beracha Aharona" after eating. This quantity is determined by volume, and not by weight; a volume of food capable of displacing 1 oz. of water constitutes a Ke'zayit. Therefore, one cannot determine whether a certain amount constitutes a Ke'zayit by weighing it; one must ascertain the volume of the food in order to determine its status vis-à-vis "Beracha Aharona."
We list here a number of common foods and the amount of each that requires one to recite a "Beracha Aharona." This list is taken from Rabbi Yisroel Pinchos Bodner's work "Halachos of K'zayis."
1) 1/6th of an apple 2) A bit less than half a banana 3) ¼ cup of blueberries 4) 3 baby carrots 5) 4 cherries 6) 30 chickpeas 7) 2.5 sections of an orange 8) 3 sections of a tangerine 9) 1/3 cup of raisins, or approximately 92 raisins 10) 1 2/3 slices of American cheese 11) ¼ cup of cheerios, or 60 cheerios 12) 1/3 cup of cornflakes, or 70 flakes 13) One-half of an egg 14) A bit more than 1 granola bar (it should be emphasized that over granola bars one recites "Bore Peri Ha'adama" before eating and "Bore Nefashot" after eating) 15) 1/3 cup of rice 16) 1/3 of a rice cake (over a rice cake one recites "Bore Peri Ha'adama" before eating and "Bore Nefashot" after eating) 17) 25 almonds 18) 12 "Dipsy Doodles," or 2/3 of a small bag 19) 8 onion rings 20) 30 peanuts 21) 1/3 cup of popcorn 22) 5 pretzel nuggets 23) ¾ of a standard "Dutch" hard pretzel
