Reply To: What would you say? – Hilchos Brochos

Does the brocha acharona cut off the food or does it cut off the brocha rishona?

I think those would be the two tzdadim

That’s definitely the first shailah that comes to mind. I find it a huge chiddush to suggest that the bracha acharona cuts off the brocha rishona; as far as I understand, the two are entirely unrelated. If you don’t make a brocho rishona for whatever reason, you still make a brocho achroina. Every achila is mechayav a beracha both before and after.

I’m wondering if even if it cuts off the food (I would prefer the loshon cuts off the ‘achila’ – it would cut off the action, not the item) whether it’s possible to say you need another brocho. I’ll post more when I have a chance.