אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל כל הנהנה מן העוה"ז בלא ברכה כאילו נהנה מקדשי שמים שנא' (תהלים כד, א) לה' הארץ ומלואה ר' לוי רמי כתיב לה' הארץ ומלואה וכתיב (תהלים קטו, טז) השמים שמים לה' והארץ נתן לבני אדם לא קשיא כאן קודם ברכה
Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel : Whoever enjoys anything of this world without a benediction is as though he had partaken of the holy things of Heaven ; as it is said, "The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof" (Ps. xxiv. 1). R. Levi asked : t is written, "The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof," and it is written, "The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, but the earth hath He given to the children of men" (ibid. cxv. 16) ! There is no contradiction ; the former passage referring [[fol. 35 b.]] to before the benediction [has been uttered],
Sefer HaChinukh
It is from the roots of the commandment [that it is] since the main nourishment of the creatures is from grains. And therefore it is fitting to offer from them a sacrifice to God who gave them, before the creatures benefit from them. And [it is] similar to that which they, may their memory be blessed, said about [something] resembling this (Berakhot 35a), "Anyone who benefits from this world without a blessing has misappropriated." And all of this is to prepare ourselves that we should be fitting to receive from His goodness - and as I wrote in this book many times. And at the time of the [Temple], on the sixteenth of Nissan, we would offer the sacrifice of the omer from the new grain barley grain, since it is the grain that comes out first [before] the wheat. And it permits [us to benefit from] all of the grains.
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