THE HAKHEL COMMUNITY AWARENESS BULLETIN
Reviewed by HaRav Yisroel Belsky, Shlita Volume III, Number 3
Sivan 5763
The purpose of this Bulletin is to alert the public regarding important issues, so that the informed
g. Wraps Over the course of the last year or so, a new food item has become popularized in
and then baking it. Typically, the Wrap is then filled with food, much like a pita. The question that arises is what is the brocha rishona, and by extension what is the brocha achrona on a Wrap? Is the brocha an
absolute borei minei mezonos (akin to a very thin liquid batter dough – see Mishne Berurah, Orach Chayim
168, seif katan 38), or is the Wrap to be treated like Pas HaBa’ah B’Kisnin (akin to the flat bread referred to
in Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 168:7) and would accordingly follows those rules? Or, notwithstanding
that it does not have the typical form or shape of bread, is the brocha always a Hamotzi? In Eretz Yisroel,
where Wraps have not yet been popularized, many Poskim have never seen or heard of a Wrap. Rabbi
Moshe Shternbuch, Shlita, however, who was shown a Wrap, poskened that it should be treated like Pas
HaBa’ah B’Kisnin. Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, Shlita, poskens that the brocha is always Hamotzi, because it is
baked in the same manner as bread, tastes and feels like bread, is made of a heavy, bread-like dough and
serves to fill and satisfy, just as bread does . A person is advised to consult his Rav before partaking of a
Wrap.