Rif Brachot 25b

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25b

{Brachot 36a}
Rav Yehuda cited Rav: A caper bush which is orlah {in its first three years}, one throws away the berries and may eat the buds.

Ravina found Mar bar Rav Ashi throwing away caper-berries and eating the buds. {of orlah}

And the halacha is so, that one throws away the berries and may eat the buds. {of orlah}

{Brachot 36b}
And that which by orlah is not considered a fruit is also not a fruit as regards blessings, and so we do not bless over it Borei Peri HaEtz but rather Borei Peri HaAdama.

Moist pepper is Borei Peri HaAdama, and dry pepper has nothing {no blessing}, for it is not a food.
And so too, moist ginger is Borei Peri HaAdama, and dry pepper, nothing.

Chavitz {a mixture of flour, honey, and oil} {boiled} in a pot, and also pounded grain which is like chavitz in a pot, such that there is in it honey, Rav Yehuda said: Shehakol and Rav said: Borei Minei Mezonot.

Rav Yosef took that {the opinion} of Rav Kahana in his hand, for Rav and Shmuel