Do foods eaten after the meal but before Birkat HaMazon (the post-meal period) require blessings?

Do foods typically eaten to accompany bread (e.g., meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, cheese) require a separate blessing when eaten during a meal, even without bread?

3 opinions

Do non-meal foods (e.g., fruits, desserts) eaten during the meal require a blessing beforehand?

4 opinions

When non-meal foods (e.g., fruits) are eaten first with bread and again with bread at the end of the meal, do they require a blessing when eaten without bread in between?

4 opinions across 3 eras

When someone makes fruits the primary accompaniment to their bread (kovea seudah on fruit), are those fruits exempt from a blessing even before eating?

4 opinions across 3 eras

If meal-accompaniment foods were not present when HaMotzi was recited, are they still exempt from a blessing when brought later?

2 opinions

If after reciting HaMotzi someone from another household sends a food gift that the person had not anticipated, does that food require a blessing?

4 opinions

Do Ashkenazi flour-based fried foods (e.g., blintzes, kreplach, pancakes) eaten during a meal require a blessing?

1 opinions

Do sweet pastries and cakes (lekach, torten) eaten during a meal require a blessing?

1 opinions