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    What is the order of blessings said before food?

    HaMotzi, Mezonot, Pri HaGafen, Pri Ha'Etz, Pri Ha'Adama, Shehakol

    Source: Shulchan Aruch OC 211

    In detail

    When multiple foods are before you, there is a specific order of priority for which blessing to say first: (1) HaMotzi (bread): the most important food blessing, (2) Mezonot (grain products), (3) Pri HaGafen (wine), (4) Pri Ha'Etz (tree fruits), (5) Pri Ha'Adama (ground produce), (6) Shehakol (everything else). Within the tree fruit category, Seven Species fruits take precedence. This order reflects the halachic principle that more specific blessings precede more general ones, and foods of greater importance come first.

    Full study guide: Prayer and Blessings

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