Does shehakol fulfill the obligation if said on any food, even bread or wine?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that if one said shehakol on any food — even bread or wine — one has fulfilled the obligation b'dieved. The Mishnah Berurah, Taz, and others clarify this is only b'dieved; l'chatchila one must say the specific bracha.
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