עברית
Halachot and Customs
What blessing is recited on a croissant?
Question
Hello and greetings,
According to the Sephardim.
My brother-in-law told me that Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said that for a chocolate-filled croissant, one recites the blessing of Hamotzi, is that correct and what is the reason?
N.B: My brother-in-law also mentioned, "I don't understand the reason behind Hamotzi, so I recite Mezonot. Is this how one should act according to Halacha, 'as long as I don't understand the reason, I won't accept/I won't do'?
I look forward to your answer, Ephraim (:
Answer
Greetings,
It is the custom of the world to recite the Mezonot blessing on a croissant, and one may rely on this (see V'Zot HaBerachah page 406, note 124, citing Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt"l).
I have not heard that Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, shlit"a, instructed otherwise. If it is clear to your brother-in-law, may he live, that this is indeed what he ruled, and he follows him in all Halachic matters, he should also act accordingly even when he does not understand.
Best regards,
Hillel Meirs
