Prayer and Blessings

Choosing the Blessing for Bread Products

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Question

If I am not sure whether the blessing for the bagel is mezonot or hamotzi, which should I prefer to recite?

Answer

Greetings and blessings.

A bagel—being a type of bread—typically requires the blessing of hamotzi.

However, pretzels are considered mezonot.

With blessings,

Benjamin Shamali


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