Yerushalmi Berakhot 6:4 ירושלמי ברכות ו׳:ד׳

MISHNAH: If there were many kinds before him¹³⁵He wants to eat of all of them, they all require the same benediction, and he may recite one benediction only., Rebbi Yehudah said, if among them is one of the Seven Kinds¹⁵The Seven Kinds are “the fruits for which the Land of Israel is praised”, enumerated in Deut. 8:8: “A land of wheat and barley, vine and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and (date) honey.” Since in v. 10 it is stated “when you will eat and be satiated, you must praise the Eternal, your God, for the good land that He gave you,” it follows that these kinds need a benediction afterwards that contains praise for food, land, (and Jerusalem.) This is called “one benediction in the kind of three”; the three benedictions are reserved for grain eaten in the form of bread. The benediction before is the applicable one of those mentioned in the Mishnah. that is the one over which he recites the benediction. But the Sages say, on any one that he wishes¹³⁶The Babli (41a) interprets the Sages to mean that the fruit to be chosen for benediction should be the one that he likes best personally. It seems that the Yerushalmi means quite literally “any one that he wants”..

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, Rebbi Yehudah and the rabbis disagree only when he intended afterwards to eat bread¹³⁷If the fruits are eaten as appetizers to be followed by a meal, then the benediction over bread for the main meal is a benediction over one of the Seven Kinds, even over the most important of the Seven Kinds. Hence, a benediction on some other fruit is no slight for the Land of Israel. But if the snack of fruits is not followed by bread and Grace after the meal then the fruits of the Land of Israel take precedence since they require at the end a “benediction imitating three benedictions” whereas other fruits only require the short benediction “Creator of living things” that earlier was considered to be “nothing”., but if he did not intend to eat bread afterwards, everybody agrees that if among them one is of the Seven Kinds, that is the one over which he recites the benediction. Rebbi Abba said, he has to recite a benediction at the end¹³⁸Even if Grace is recited afterwards.. Rebbi Yose said, the statement of Rebbi Abba disagrees with Rebbi Joshua ben Levi since Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, Rebbi Yehudah and the rabbis disagree only when he intended afterwards to eat bread, but if he did not intend to eat bread afterwards everybody agrees that if among them is one of the Seven Kinds, that is the one over which he recites the benediction; but Rebbi Abba said, he has to recite a benediction at the end. If he did not recite a benediction at the end it¹³⁹The fruit eaten as appetizer. became an accessory and we have stated there (Mishna 7): “In every situation where there is a main course and side dishes, one recites the benediction for the main course and thereby frees the side dishes.¹⁴⁰Hence, bread being the most important food and requiring recitation of full Grace, any fruit eaten beforehand becomes a side dish for the bread and should be covered by Grace. The Yerushalmi takes Mishnah 7 to apply also to benedictions after the meal, not only before the meal.”

Garizmata¹⁴¹The exact meaning of the word, its vocalization and etymology are unknown. It is clear from Midrashim (Lev. rabba 9, Thr. rabba introduction) that it refers to a dessert. The Arukh translates the word by Italian קוציאי which Perles misread as guscio “trestle; shell, hull”. Even coccio “potsherd” does not make much sense. The older commentaries to the Yerushalmi were misled by a scribal “correction” in the Arukh that identified gryzmth with lupines, which refers to the next word in the text. Levy’s dictionary, following Perles, derives the word from a non-existing Greek word γαρίσμη [but compare γαρισκός, ὁ, “an unknown fish”, γάρος, ὁ “paste of brine and small fish”, γάρον, τὸ “fish sauce”.] Jastrow considers the word as Par‘el from (Hebrew and Arabic) גזם “to cut in pieces”. From the usage in the next Halakhah it seems that one speaks of baked, in contrast to cooked, goods. It is possible to connect the word with Arabic جردو, גרדם “to devour voraciously” (said of worms and other pests.)
The background of the remark is that this kind of dessert at a formal dinner, being extraordinary and not part of a regular meal, is not covered by the benediction over the bread at the start of the meal and, hence, needs its own benediction.. Rebbi Jeremiah in the name of Rebbi Ammi, he recites the benediction over the lupine¹⁴²He may make the benediction even on lupines even though they probably are the cheapest dish on the plate.. Rebbi Levi said, because of (Prov. 22:22) “do not rob a poor one¹⁴³Of its benediction. because he is poor.”

That is if it is his intention to eat bread¹⁴⁴One returns to the opinion of the Sages in the Mishnah and the interpretation given by R. Joshua ben Levi.. But if it is not his intention to eat bread, that does not apply. (Rabban) Gamliel the twin¹⁴⁵The name of his twin brother was Hillel. He was an Amora of the third generation who usually appears asking questions from his contemporaries, not formulating his own rules. The title “Rabban” was given to him here by a thoughtless scribe; everywhere else his name appears without title. went to those of the house of Rebbi Yannai. He saw them eat an olive¹⁴⁶As an appetizer before a meal with bread. and recite the benediction before and afterwards. He said to them: Does one do that? Rebbi Zeïra sent and asked Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman. Rebbi Cahana¹⁴⁷Rebbi Cohen at other places in the Talmud. in the name of Rebbi Avina¹⁴⁸A student of Ganiva, also of Rav Huna and Rav Yehudah, who immigrated into Israel and was ordained in the Yeshivah of Rebbi Ammi.: Everybody agrees that if among them was one of the Seven Kinds, that is the one over which he recites the benediction. Rebbi Zeïra said, that must be correct, since we see the rabbis assembling for the proclamation of the New Moon and eat grapes but they do not recite a benediction afterwards. That is because it is his¹⁴⁹It is their intention to have a full meal after the formal proclamation of the New Moon. intention to eat bread.

If there were before him of the Seven Kinds, on which one does he recite the benediction? There¹⁵⁰In Babylonia; Babli 41a. they say: Everything that has precedence in the verse has precedence for benediction and everything that is close to “the Land” has precedence over everything else¹⁵¹Hence, the orders of preference are (Deut. 8:6): “A land of (1) wheat and (2) barley, (3) grapes, and (4) figs, and (5) pomegranates; a land of (1) oil olives and (2) date honey..