Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 6.2

משנה: בֵּירַךְ עַל פֵּירוֹת הָאִילָן בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה יָצָא. עַל פֵּירוֹת הָאֲדָמָה בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָעֵץ לֹא יָצָא. וְעַל כּוּלָּם אִם אָמַר שֶׁהַכֹּל יָצָא.

MISHNAH: If he pronounced the benediction “Creator of the fruit of the soil” on fruits of the tree, he has fulfilled his obligation, on fruits of the soil “Creator of the fruit of the tree”, he has not fulfilled his obligation. On all of them if he pronounced “everything was created”, he has fulfilled his obligation.

הלכה: רִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אָחָא דְּרִבִּי יוּדָה הִיא דְּרִבִּי יוּדָא עֲבִיד אֶת הָאִילָנוֹת כְּקַשִּׁים. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל הִיא פֵּירוֹת הָאִילָן בִּכְלַל פֵּירוֹת הָאֲדָמָה. וְאֵין פֵּירוֹת הָאֲדָמָה בִּכְלַל פֵּירוֹת הָעֵץ. רַב הוּנָא אָמַר חוּץ מִן הַיַּיִן וּמִן הַפַּת. מַתְנִיתָא אָמְרָה כֵן חוּץ מִן הַיַּיִן שֶׁעַל הַיַּיִן הוּא אוֹמֵר בּוֹרֵא פְרִי הַגֶּפֶן. חוּץ מִן הַפַּת שֶׁעַל הַפַּת הוּא אוֹמֵר הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ.

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Ḥizqiah in the name of Rebbi Jacob bar Aḥa: This is Rebbi Yehuda’s since Rebbi Yehudah makes trees like straws. Rebbi Yose said, it is everybody’s opinion since fruits of a tree are also fruits of the soil but fruits of the soil are not fruits of the tree. Rav Huna said, except for bread and wine. The Mishnah (6:1) says so: Except for wine because on wine one says “Creator of the fruit of the vine;” except for bread because on bread one says “He Who produces bread from the earth.”

תַּנִּי רִבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר כָּל הַמְּשַׁנֶּה עַל הַמַּטְבֵּעַ שֶׁטָּבְעוּ חַכָמִים לֹא יָצָא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ. רִבִּי יוּדָה אוֹמֵר כָּל שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּנֶּה מִבְּרִיָיתוֹ וְלֹא שִׁינָּה בִּרְכָתוֹ לֹא יָצָא. רִבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר אֲפִילוּ אָמַר בָּרוּךְ שֶׁבָּרָא הַחֵפֶץ הַזֶּה. מַה נָאֶה הוּא זֶה יָצָא. רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אָחָא בְּשֵׁם שְׁמוּאֵל הֲלָכָה כְּרִבִּי מֵאִיר. מִילְתֵיהּ דְּרַב אָמְרָה כֵן. חַד פַּרְסוֹי אָתָא לְגַבֵּי רַב בְּגִין דַּאֲנָא אֲכַל פִּיסָּתִי וְלָא אֲנָא חֲכִים מְבָרְכָא עָלֵיהּ וַאֲנָא אֲמַר בָּרוּךְ דְּבָרָא הָדֵין פִּסָּא נְפִיק אֲנָא יְדֵי חוֹבָתִי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ אִין.

It has been stated: Rebbi Yose says, anyone who changes the formula established by the Sages did not fulfill his duty. Rebbi Yehudah says, everything that has been changed from the way it was created but one did not change its benediction, he did not fulfill his duty. Rebbi Meïr says, even if he says: “Praised be He Who created this property, how beautiful it is,” he has fulfilled his duty. Rebbi Jacob bar Aḥa in the name of Samuel: practice follows Rebbi Meïr. The words of Rav also say so. A Persian came before Rav: “Since I am eating my piece of bread, but I do not know how to recite the benediction over it, I use to say: ‘Praise to Him Who created this piece of bread,’ did I fulfill my duty?” He said to him: yes.

רַב יְהוּדָה בְשֵׁם אַבָּא בַּר בַּר חָנָה בַּר קַפָּרָא וּתְרֵין תַּלְמִידוֹי נִתְאָרְחוּ אֵצֶל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת בְּהָדֵין פּוּנְדָקָא דְּבִרְכָתָא אַפִּיק קוֹמֵיהוֹן פְּרָגִן וְאַחְוָנִיָיא וְקֵפַלוֹטִין. אָמְרֵי נְבָרֵךְ עַל קֵפַלוֹטָה דּוּ פָטַר אַחְוָנִיתָא וְלֹא פָטַר פְּרָגִיתָא. נְבָרֵךְ עַל אַחְוָנִיָיתָא לָא פָטַר לָא דֵין וְלָא דֵין. קָפַץ חַד וּבֵירַךְ עַל פְּרָגִיתָא שֶׁהַכֹּל נִהְיֶה בִּדְבָרוֹ. גָּחִיךְ לֵיהּ חַבְרֵיהּ. אָמַר לֵיהּ בַּר קַפָּרָא לֹא לְזֶה גוֹרְגְּרָן אֶלָּא לָךְ לוֹגְלְגָן. זֶה עָשָׂה בְּגַרְגְּרָנוּתוֹ אַתָּה לָמָּה לִגְלַגְתָּה. וְלָזֶה אָמַר חָכָם אֵין כַּאן זָקֵן אֵין כַּאן. אָמְרוּ לֹא יָצְאָה שְׁנָתָן עַד שֶׁמֵּתוּ. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי הָא אָזְלִינָן תְּרֵין וְלֹא שְׁמָעִינָן מִינָהּ כְּלוּם. מַיי כְדֵין מִסְתַּבְּרָא מְבָרֵךְ עַל הַקֶּפַלוֹט שֶׁהַכֹּל נִהְיֶה בִּדְבָרוֹ טְפֵילָה לְיֶרֶק .

Rav Yehudah in the name of Abba bar bar Ḥana: Bar Qappara and two of his students were with the innkeeper at the “inn of blessings”. He brought before them partridge, orach, and leeks. They said, if we recite the benediction on leeks, it will serve also for orach but not for the partridge. If we recite on orach, it will not serve for anything else. One of them jumped the gun and recited “by Whose word everything was created” on the partridge. His colleague laughed at him. Bar Qappara said to that one, not about that glutton but about you scoffer. This one acted in his gluttony, why did you laugh? And to the other one he said, is there no rabbi here, is there no old man here? They said, within a year they both died. Rebbi Yose said, there two are gone and we did not learn anything from the incident. What is it? It is reasonable that one recites the benediction on leeks because “By Whose word everything was created” is secondary for vegetables.