Commentary for Berakhot 69:16
מה לשבעת המינין שכן חייבין בבכורים ועוד התינח לאחריו לפניו מנין
But why do "the seven species" [require a benediction]? Because they are under the obligation of first-fruits. And further, it is right [that a benediction is necessary] after partaking of them, but whence is it [that a benediction is necessary] before partaking of them ?
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Cf. Deut. viii. 8.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
From the common use of "land" in Deut. viii. 8 and ibid: xxvi. 2 it is deduced that the law of first-fruit applies only to the "seven species" (see Menahot 84 b). Therefore the necessity for a benediction with things outside this category has still to be proved.
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