When whole and broken bread of the same type are present, which should one recite the blessing on?

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Synopsis

The whole bread takes precedence over broken pieces, even if the pieces are larger or higher quality, because wholeness is a hiddur mitzvah.

Late Acharonim
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Strict
Lesser cited
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