Chapter 52: 10-12 Laws of Ho'eitz,Hadomoh and Shehakol
10. With regard to the seeds from fruit: If they are sweet, the blessing
borey pri hadomoh is recited for them. However, bitter seeds are not
considered significant at all, and no blessing is recited before eating
them. If their flavor is improved by roasting and the like, they require
the blessing shehakol.
11. Bitter almonds, while they are small, are eaten essentially for the
shell, which is not bitter. Should they be planted for that purpose, the
blessing borey pri ho'eitz is recited for them. When they are larger and
are eaten essentially for the nut itself, which is bitter, no blessing is
recited before one partakes of them. However, if they are sweetened by
roasting or through other means, since they are fruit and are planted for
that purpose, they require the blessing borey pri ho'eitz.
The blessing borey pri ho'eitz is recited for almonds coated with sugar,
even though the sugar is the majority. However, with regard to sugared
calamus, the blessing shehakol is recited, because calamus is not a fruit.
12. Fruit which has not fully ripened on the tree - even though it was
cooked or fried in honey and the like, as unripened fruit is customarily
prepared in honey and in sugar - requires the blessing shehakol. However,
and esrog which is cooked in honey or sugar requires the blessing borey pri
ho'eitz.
