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Brocha Achrona
1. To recite a
brocha after eating
bread or cake one
must have eaten a
k’zayis. This is the
equivalent of the
volume of
displacement of an
olive in liquid. The
sforim suggest this
to be an ounce or
ounce and a half of
solid food or a half
a slice of regular
bread.
2. The Mishna Brura
points out that it
has become the
custom to include in
this measurement all
the spices, etc. and
not just the dough
portion. He leans
more to the idea of
just measuring the
amount of dough.
3. In siman 210,
however, he quotes
an opinion that if
one had less than a
k’zayis of bread but
dipped it into wine
in which the
absorbed wine
completes the
k’zayis, this is
considered a full
measure. It would
seem that the
previous case is
referring to dough
which has an
abundance of spices,
etc. and for this
reason he suggests
that we only measure
the dough.
4. In any event, if
we were to only
measure the dough
portion, the
following Halacha
could result. Since
one of the
ingredients in the
dough is flour, the
first brocha is
mezonos or hamotzi.
However, since the
total amount of
dough eaten is not a
k’zayis, the brocha
achrona is not
required. However,
since in total a
k’zayis is eaten of
flour, sugar,
spices, etc. a borei
nefashos would be
said.
5. A similar case
could be the
following: One eats
cholent with not a
great deal of barley
in it. However,
since the brocha of
mezonos on the
barley takes
precedence, no
brocha is recited on
the beans, potatoes
and meat. However,
if one does not eat
a k’zayis of barley
but in total eats a
k’zayis of the food
he would say borei
nefashos.
6. Likewise, if one
ate pie with a small
amount of crust, he
would recite mezonos
since this takes
precedence, but
afterwards if he did
not eat a k’zayis of
crust, he would say
borei nefashos.
7. In light of the
halacha that if one
eats a piece of
bread to temper the
extreme saltiness of
a certain food he
need only say a
brocha on the food
item and the bread
would be exempt, R’
Moshe ‘z”l adds that
if between the two
there is one k’zayis,
one would say a
borei nefashos. This
is in keeping with
our previous
rulings.
8. Another
controversial issue
in brocha achrona is
the amount of time
in which one needs
to drink a hot
liquid such as tea
in order to be
required to say a
brocha achrona. One
opinion equates the
time allotment to
the time one has to
eat solid foods. If
so, then one would
have, at least, a
few minutes to do
this. Others,
however, are of the
opinion that one
should drink the
approximately four
ounces in one or two
gulps.
9. The Mishna Brura
does not seem to
render a final
decision. He does
suggest, however,
that one could allow
the necessary amount
of tea to cool,
which could then be
swallowed quickly,
and by doing so
avoid all problems.
Some of the Sifrei
Brochos suggest that
if one does not do
this, a brocha
achrona is dispensed
with. The Sefer
Tshuvos ViHanhagos
feels that even the
Chofetz Chaim would
require a brocha
achrona. In the
Mishna Brura he is
just suggesting a
path to avoid the
controversy.
10. It would seem
the custom of most
people is to recite
a brocha achrona
after coffee and
tea.
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