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Midrash for Berakhot 6:1

כֵּיצַד מְבָרְכִין עַל הַפֵּרוֹת. עַל פֵּרוֹת הָאִילָן אוֹמֵר, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָעֵץ, חוּץ מִן הַיַּיִן, שֶׁעַל הַיַּיִן אוֹמֵר בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן. וְעַל פֵּרוֹת הָאָרֶץ אוֹמֵר בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה, חוּץ מִן הַפַּת, שֶׁעַל הַפַּת הוּא אוֹמֵר הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ. וְעַל הַיְרָקוֹת אוֹמֵר בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, בּוֹרֵא מִינֵי דְשָׁאִים:

What blessing does one make over fruits? On the fruits of the tree he says: "Who creates the fruit of the tree" — with the exception of wine [(because of whose distinctiveness, they assigned it a special blessing, as they did with bread)], over which he says: "Who creates the fruit of the vine." On the fruits of the earth he says: "Who creates the fruit of the earth" — with the exception of bread, over which he says: "Who brings forth bread from the earth." On vegetables he says: "Who creates the fruit of the earth." R. Yehudah says: "Who creates varieties of herbiage." [For there are among the fruits of the earth grasses and seeds, such as pulse, and R. Yehudah requires a distinctive blessing for each species. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah. As to our learning that one says "Who creates the fruit of the earth" for vegetables, this applies to vegetables that are generally eaten raw and are eaten raw, or that are generally cooked and are eaten cooked. But for those which are generally eaten raw and are eaten cooked, or which are generally eaten cooked and are eaten raw, he says only "shehakol." And for vegetables which are eaten either raw or cooked, one says "Who creates the fruit of the earth" whether he eats them raw or cooked.]

Midrash Tanchuma

And Isaac trembled very exceedingly (Gen. 27:33). May it please our master to teach us the blessing one pronounces upon tasting oil. Thus do our masters teach us: One who tastes oil should say: “Blessed be He who hath created the fruit of the tree.” R. Yosé the son of Zevid said (that) the Mishnah states: This blessing is pronounced over the fruit of every tree but one. Over wine one offers the blessing: “Blessed be He who hath created the fruit of the vine.”8Mishnah Berakhot 6:1. Why is wine blessed differently than other beverages? Because wine was used as a libation on the altar,9Wine was used as part of the ritual of the offering (Num. 28:14). and Jacob received his blessing on account of it.
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