Halachot and Customs
What Are the Five Grains?
Question
What are the five grains, and what halachic laws are they connected to?
Answer
Hello and blessings
The five grains are wheat, barley, spelt, rye, and oats. These are the grains that are subject to challah, and for which one recites hamotzi, mezonot, and Birkat Hamazon. They are forbidden as chametz on Pesach, and matzah can be made from them. All other grains are not included in any of the above.
With blessings - Binyamin Shmueli
