[Avodah] soup

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' David Riceman wrote:

> RAM suggested that the bracha of bread covers soup because soup
> is meizan zayyin.  This is the opinion of the Mahzor Vitri cited
> in the Bach ad. loc., and revived by several aharonim.  The
> problem is that the rishonim (and the Bach) view the SA's first
> opinion and the Mahzor Vitri's opinion as contradictory: they
> claim that we cannot say both "meizan zayyin" and "ain derech
> le'echol b'lo shtiyah" are reasons to cover drinks under bread,
> since they are contradictory explanations of a gemara.

(For those trying to follow along inside, "the Bach ad. loc." is in siman 174, "v'al".)

It is difficult for me to follow that Bach, and even more difficult for me to follow your questions on it. Would it be possible to start with a simpler topic, and go from there to the more complicated question of soup?

Specifically: Would you say a bracha on Coca Cola during a meal? If not, what is your reasoning, and why wouldn't it apply to soup?

Akiva Miller

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