The Maimonides Minute

What is the beracha over a lily, or a rose, or rosemary? What beracha is made when several spices are joined together? And if someone works in a perfumer's store, does he make a beracha once a day or multiple times?

What is the beracha on oil that comes from fruit? Why is this different from the beracha upon smelling olive oil? If a person has both a myrtle branch and olive oil, upon which does he make the beracha?

What are the various berachot one says before smelling something fragrant? The Rambam offers several different possibilities.

If a person eats any of the five types of fruit included in the seven species - that is, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, or dates - what is the concluding beracha? What about after drinking wine? What if he has both during a meal - does that require one concluding beracha or two?

If a person isn't sure whether he said a beracha, must he say it just in case? If a person started eating without a beracha, what should he do? And if there are several foods in front of him requiring different berachot, which beracha takes precedence?

If a person says the beracha of haadama on an apple, has he fulfilled his obligation? How about the beracha of haeitz on lettuce? What is the halacha if a person begins the beracha with the correct conclusion in mind, but says the wrong conclusion by mistake - must he repeat the beracha?

What kinds of foods do not require any beracha at all? What about foods that are edible but spoiled, like moldy bread, unripe dates, and vinegar?

What is the proper beracha on sugar - is it haeitz, haadama, or shehakol? The Rambam offers all three possibilities.

A person normally says the beracha of Haeitz before eating fruit, and Ha'adama before eating vegetables. When, however, does a person forgo that beracha and say Shehakol instead?

What beracha does a person make on juice squeezed from a fruit? What kind of olive oil requires the beracha of "Ha'eitz" and what kind requires "Shehakol"?