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# Examples of shrub products that require Boreh Isbei [[Besamim]]: mint, hyacinth, daffodil (certain types). <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 174, chapter 19) </ref> | # Examples of shrub products that require Boreh Isbei [[Besamim]]: mint, hyacinth, daffodil (certain types). <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 174, chapter 19) </ref> | ||
==HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot== | ==HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot== | ||
# For edible fruits that give off a strong smell (from the fruit and not from the peel) the Bracha required is HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot. <ref> Kitzur | # For edible fruits that give off a strong smell (from the fruit and not from the peel) the Bracha required is HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:2 </ref> The major limitation of this category is that one should only make the Bracha for a strong smell and only if the fruit is taken to smell and not to eat. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref> | ||
# Examples: [[Etrog]] (not on [[Sukkot]]), quince, apple, and melon. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref> | # Examples: [[Etrog]] (not on [[Sukkot]]), quince, apple, and melon. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref> | ||
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==Bore Shemen Arev== | ==Bore Shemen Arev== | ||
# One should make a beracha of Bore Shemen Arev on a persimmon grown in Eretz Yisrael. <ref> Kitzur | # One should make a beracha of Bore Shemen Arev on a persimmon grown in Eretz Yisrael. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:6 </ref> | ||
==A Mixture of Nice Smells== | ==A Mixture of Nice Smells== | ||
# One should make the beracha of Bore Mine Besamim on a mixture of nice smells. <ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 8 </ref> | # One should make the beracha of Bore Mine Besamim on a mixture of nice smells. <ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 8 </ref> | ||
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# If one is unsure whether a product has a nice or strong smell, one may smell it to check, make the Bracha, and then make the Bracha. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 180, chapter 19), [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehalacha.com%2Fattach%2FVolume4%2FIssue11.pdf Halachically Speaking] quoting Ben Ish Chai (VaEtchanan#2). </ref> | # If one is unsure whether a product has a nice or strong smell, one may smell it to check, make the Bracha, and then make the Bracha. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 180, chapter 19), [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehalacha.com%2Fattach%2FVolume4%2FIssue11.pdf Halachically Speaking] quoting Ben Ish Chai (VaEtchanan#2). </ref> | ||
==New Smells== | ==New Smells== | ||
# One should NOT make the beracha of shehecheyanu upon smelling new scents. <ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 1; Kitzur | # One should NOT make the beracha of shehecheyanu upon smelling new scents. <ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 1; Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 59:18 </ref> | ||
==No Bracha== | ==No Bracha== | ||
# It is forbidden to smell a scent made for Avoda Zara and all the more so it is forbidden to make a beracha on it. <ref> Kitzur | # It is forbidden to smell a scent made for Avoda Zara and all the more so it is forbidden to make a beracha on it. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:14 </ref> | ||
# Certain items have no Bracha including: tavak <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]) </ref> | # Certain items have no Bracha including: tavak <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]) </ref> | ||
# No Bracha is made on a smell that was absorbed or rubbed off a nice smelling product, but now there’s no substance of the Basamim existent. Example: perfume bottle, [[etrog]] box, tea leaves. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 180, chapter 19) </ref> | # No Bracha is made on a smell that was absorbed or rubbed off a nice smelling product, but now there’s no substance of the Basamim existent. Example: perfume bottle, [[etrog]] box, tea leaves. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 180, chapter 19) </ref> |