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#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. Ideally, one should use a besamim spice that is indeed minei besamim, such as cloves.<ref>Mishna Brurah 297:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 181, chapter 19), The Radiance of Shabbos p. 131 </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. Ideally, one should use a besamim spice that is indeed minei besamim, such as cloves.<ref>Mishna Brurah 297:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 181, chapter 19), The Radiance of Shabbos p. 131 </ref> | ||
#According to Sephardim, one should make the appropriate Bracha for that besamim.<ref>Mishna Brurah 297:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 181, chapter 19) </ref> | #According to Sephardim, one should make the appropriate Bracha for that besamim.<ref>Mishna Brurah 297:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 181, chapter 19) </ref> There is a Sephardic practice to use hadasim when possible.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 297:4</ref> | ||
# Someone who can't smell should not recite Besamim unless he is fulfilling the obligation of someone who can smell.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 297:5, The Radiance of Shabbos p. 131 </ref> | # Someone who can't smell should not recite Besamim unless he is fulfilling the obligation of someone who can smell.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 297:5, The Radiance of Shabbos p. 131 </ref> | ||
# If someone doesn't have fragrant spices for besamim one doesn't have to go out of his way to get them and can recite havdalah without them.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 297:1, The Radiance of Shabbos p. 130</ref> | # If someone doesn't have fragrant spices for besamim one doesn't have to go out of his way to get them and can recite havdalah without them.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 297:1, The Radiance of Shabbos p. 130</ref> | ||
# If someone made havdalah without spices and gets spices later on Motzei Shabbat he can recite the bracha of besamim on them at that point.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 299:5 rules that the mitzvah of besamim is only on Motzei Shabbat. The Radiance of Shabbos p. 131 adds that if it was omitted in havdalah it can be recited afterwards until Olot Hashachar based on the Eshel Avraham.</ref> | # If someone made havdalah without spices and gets spices later on Motzei Shabbat he can recite the bracha of besamim on them at that point.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 299:5 rules that the mitzvah of besamim is only on Motzei Shabbat. The Radiance of Shabbos p. 131 adds that if it was omitted in havdalah it can be recited afterwards until Olot Hashachar based on the Eshel Avraham.</ref> | ||
# If one isn't sure if the spice has a smell may smell it in advance without a bracha.<ref>The Radiance of Shabbos p. 132 citing Kaf Hachaim 216:3. He adds that this was the practice of Rav Moshe Feinstein to smell the besamim before the havdalah to check if it smelled. </ref> | # If one isn't sure if the spice has a smell may smell it in advance without a bracha.<ref>The Radiance of Shabbos p. 132 citing Kaf Hachaim 216:3. He adds that this was the practice of Rav Moshe Feinstein to smell the besamim before the havdalah to check if it smelled. </ref> If the spice container is old and in fact doesn't smell and one only realizes after the bracha, the bracha he recited is invalid and the hagefen was also interrupted. Therefore, he should recite another hagefen and a new besamim on another spice if it is available.<Ref>The Radiance of Shabbos p. 133 </ref> | ||
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