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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 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> | # 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> | ||
==Boreh Minei Besamim== | ==Boreh Minei Besamim== | ||
# The general Bracha for nice smells is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and is made for non-plant or fruit products, or for items for which there’s an unresolved dispute in the poskim. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175-7, chapter 19) </ref> | # The general Bracha for nice smells is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and is made for non-plant or fruit products, or for items for which there’s an unresolved dispute in the poskim.<ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175-7, chapter 19) </ref> | ||
# Examples: cinnamon, cloves (common for [[Havdalah]]), lemon, hot ground coffee beans (taken to smell), mixture of tree and shrub products. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]). | # Examples: cinnamon, cloves (common for [[Havdalah]]), lemon, hot ground coffee beans (taken to smell), mixture of tree and shrub products.<ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]). | ||
* Shulchan Aruch 212:2 writes that a fruit that is meant to be eaten the bracha is hanoten reyach tov bpeirot. His examples include cloves and cinnamon. The Shaar Hatziyun 212:12 writes that the Chaye Adam and Derech Chaim question Shulchan Aruch since cloves and cinnamon aren't meant to be eaten. The Shaar Hatziyun only accepts their claim regarding cloves but for cinnamon argues that it should be hanoten reyach tov bpeirot because cinnamon is eaten as a spice in foods. Nonetheless, he adds that it could be better to just make borei mini besamim since that cover it in any case. The Vezot Habracha p. 175 concludes that it is preferable to recite mini besamim for this reason.</ref> However, Sephardim hold that if the cinnamon or cloves were designated for smelling and not eating, such as is common for Havdalah, the bracha would be Boreh Atzi Besamim.<ref>Birkat Hashem 3:12:17. See Shulchan Aruch 216:2.</ref> | * Shulchan Aruch 212:2 writes that a fruit that is meant to be eaten the bracha is hanoten reyach tov bpeirot. His examples include cloves and cinnamon. The Shaar Hatziyun 212:12 writes that the Chaye Adam and Derech Chaim question Shulchan Aruch since cloves and cinnamon aren't meant to be eaten. The Shaar Hatziyun only accepts their claim regarding cloves but for cinnamon argues that it should be hanoten reyach tov bpeirot because cinnamon is eaten as a spice in foods. Nonetheless, he adds that it could be better to just make borei mini besamim since that cover it in any case. The Vezot Habracha p. 175 concludes that it is preferable to recite mini besamim for this reason.</ref> However, Sephardim hold that if the cinnamon or cloves were designated for smelling and not eating, such as is common for Havdalah, the bracha would be Boreh Atzi Besamim.<ref>Birkat Hashem 3:12:17. See Shulchan Aruch 216:2.</ref> | ||
# For synthetic smells, as is common in cheap perfumes, some say that the Bracha is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and some say that there’s no Bracha on such a smell. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 182, chapter 19) quotes a dispute between Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg who says that synthetic products have a Bracha, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who holds that no Bracha is made. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2622 Rabbi Eli Mansour] quotes Chacham Benzion Abba Shaul (Sh"t Or Litzion volume 2: pg. 137) as well as Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia [[Berachot]] pg. 313) that a beracha should be recited. He adds that even though Chacham David Yosef (son of Chacham Ovadia) says that he convinced his father that a beracha shouldn't be recited, nevertheless, one may recite a beracha or use it for [[havdalah]]. The The Radiance of Shabbos p. 132 fnt. 17 quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as holding that there is no bracha of besamim for perfumes.</ref> | # For synthetic smells, as is common in cheap perfumes, some say that the Bracha is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and some say that there’s no Bracha on such a smell. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 182, chapter 19) quotes a dispute between Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg who says that synthetic products have a Bracha, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who holds that no Bracha is made. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2622 Rabbi Eli Mansour] quotes Chacham Benzion Abba Shaul (Sh"t Or Litzion volume 2: pg. 137) as well as Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia [[Berachot]] pg. 313) that a beracha should be recited. He adds that even though Chacham David Yosef (son of Chacham Ovadia) says that he convinced his father that a beracha shouldn't be recited, nevertheless, one may recite a beracha or use it for [[havdalah]]. The The Radiance of Shabbos p. 132 fnt. 17 quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as holding that there is no bracha of besamim for perfumes.</ref> | ||
==Bore Shemen Arev== | ==Bore Shemen Arev== | ||
# One should make a beracha of Bore Shemen Arev on a persimmon grown in Eretz Yisrael. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:6 </ref> | # 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> | ||
==Scented Fluids== | ==Scented Fluids== | ||
# One should make the Beracha of Bore Mineh Besamim on scented fluids unless it is clearly rose water. <ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 11 </ref> | # One should make the Beracha of Bore Mineh Besamim on scented fluids unless it is clearly rose water.<ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 11 </ref> | ||
==After the fact== | ==After the fact== | ||
# There’s a dispute whether Bracha of [[Shehakol]] covers any Bracha for a nice smell and because of the dispute, after the fact, one may not make another Bracha. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref> | # There’s a dispute whether Bracha of [[Shehakol]] covers any Bracha for a nice smell and because of the dispute, after the fact, one may not make another Bracha.<ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref> | ||
# The Bracha of Atzei doesn’t cover the products that require Isbei and the Bracha of Isbei doesn't cover products that require Atzei. <Ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:7, Mishna Brurah 216:39, Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref> | # The Bracha of Atzei doesn’t cover the products that require Isbei and the Bracha of Isbei doesn't cover products that require Atzei. <Ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:7, Mishna Brurah 216:39, Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref> | ||
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==New Smells== | ==New Smells== | ||
# One should NOT make the beracha of shehecheyanu upon smelling new scents. <ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 1; Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 59:18 </ref> | # 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 Shulchan Aruch 58:14 </ref> | # 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> | ||
# No Bracha is made of a nice smelling product that was used to remove a bad smell. For example, one does not make a bracha upon smelling the nice smell of an air freshener in a bathroom. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 179, chapter 19) </ref> | # No Bracha is made of a nice smelling product that was used to remove a bad smell. For example, one does not make a bracha upon smelling the nice smell of an air freshener in a bathroom. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 179, chapter 19) </ref> | ||
#The beracha of [[shehecheyanu]] is not recited on a fragrance, even those that are renewed each year. <ref> Mishna Brurah 225:16 </ref> | #The beracha of [[shehecheyanu]] is not recited on a fragrance, even those that are renewed each year.<ref> Mishna Brurah 225:16 </ref> | ||
==List of Brachot== | ==List of Brachot== | ||
