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Just like it is forbidden to benefit from a food without making a [[Bracha Rishona]], it is also forbidden to benefit from a nice smell before making a bracha.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:1</ref> | Just like it is forbidden to benefit from a food without making a [[Bracha Rishona]], it is also forbidden to benefit from a nice smell before making a bracha.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:1. The Ramban Brachot 51b s.v. elu explains that chazal established birchot hanehenin for having an enjoyment that is imbibed into the body, such as a food or smell. Other pleasures, such as a nice breeze, shower, or beautiful sight are not enjoyments for a person's body directly and as such there is no institution of a birchat hanehenin for that pleasure.</ref> | ||
==Havdalah== | ==Havdalah== | ||
# The Ashkenaz minhag is to make Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] (בורא מיני בשמים) which is the general Bracha for nice smells at [[Havdalah]] no matter what’s being used for [[besamim]]. However, according to Sephardim, one should make the appropriate Bracha for that [[besamim]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 297:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 181, chapter 19) </ref> | # The Ashkenaz minhag is to make Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] (בורא מיני בשמים) which is the general Bracha for nice smells at [[Havdalah]] no matter what’s being used for [[besamim]]. However, according to Sephardim, one should make the appropriate Bracha for that [[besamim]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 297:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 181, chapter 19) </ref> | ||
