What does 'chavi'v' (beloved/preferred) mean for purposes of blessing priority — is it what one habitually prefers or what one desires at this particular moment?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that chavi'v means what one habitually prefers (even if one currently desires the other item). The Rambam holds it means what one desires at this specific moment. The Taz and Mishnah Berurah note both views have support.
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When one has multiple foods before him with the same bracha and one is from the Shivat HaMinim (Seven Species), which food should be blessed first?
4 opinions across 3 eras
When brachot differ (one food requires Borei Pri HaEtz, another Shehakol), does the food from the Seven Species still take priority, or can one bless either food first?
4 opinions
When one has both Borei Pri HaEtz and Borei Pri HaAdamah foods before him (with neither being preferred over the other), which bracha takes priority?
4 opinions
Among the Seven Species themselves, when brachot are the same, which species takes priority based on its position in the verse (Devarim 8:8)?
3 opinions
Do wheat and barley (and their species, including spelt, oats, rye) take bracha priority over the other Seven Species when they are eaten raw (koses — chewing raw grains)?
3 opinions across 3 eras
Does the bracha HaMotzi (on bread) take priority over Borei Minei Mezonot (on cooked grain foods), and does Mezonot take priority over wine (Borei Pri HaGafen)?
3 opinions
When a Mezonot food made from spelt, oats, or rye is present alongside grape, fig, and pomegranate (which are explicitly listed in the verse), which takes bracha priority?
3 opinions
What are the rules of bracha ordering when one does not intend to eat both foods — is there any priority obligation?
2 opinions
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