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# If one saw a friend for the first time in at least 12 months then one should say a beracha of Mechaye Metim instead of Shehecheyanu, but if one had received a letter or heard about how the friend is doing then only Shehecheyanu should be said. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 59:20 </ref> | # If one saw a friend for the first time in at least 12 months then one should say a beracha of Mechaye Metim instead of Shehecheyanu, but if one had received a letter or heard about how the friend is doing then only Shehecheyanu should be said. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 59:20 </ref> | ||
# Some do not have the custom to say Shehecheyanu and Mechaye Metim on friends whom they have not seen in a long time. <ref> BI"H, Ekev, 14 </ref> | # Some do not have the custom to say Shehecheyanu and Mechaye Metim on friends whom they have not seen in a long time. <ref> BI"H, Ekev, 14 </ref> | ||
==Shehechiyanu for Mitzvot== | |||
# Any mitzvah which has a fixed time and only comes irregularly deserves a Shehechiyanu. This includes milah and pidyon haben.<ref>Rambam Brachot 11:9</ref> However, the minhag Ashkenazim isn't to make Shehechiyanu at the milah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama YD 265:7</ref> | |||
# Any mitzvah which has a fixed time every year and isn't common deserves a Shehechiyanu. This includes shofar, sukkah, lulav, chanuka candles, and purim.<ref>Rambam Brachot 11:9</ref> | |||
# Some have the minhag to recite a bracha whenever they do the mitzvah the first time such as lighting Shabbat candles the first time, going to mikveh the first time, or putting on Tefillin the first time. Most poskim disagree with that minhag.<ref>Rashi Menachot 75b s.v. haya explains that a kohen recites shehechiyanu the first time he ever brings a mincha. However, Tosfot 75b s.v. haya explains that shehechiyanu is only for a mitzvah that happens at a certain time during the year. Tosfot Brachot 37b s.v. haya also says this. The Rama YD 28:2 writes that one recites a shehechiyanu when one does the mitzvah of kisuy hadam the first time in one's life. | |||
The Shach 28:5, however, argues that this depends on the dispute between Rashi and Tosfot and we follow Tosfot. [http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/894373/rabbi-hershel-schachter/berachos-69-37b-kedimah-in-berachot-toar-lechem-cheerios-mincha-flour-mishmaros-/ Rav Schachter (Brachot Shiur 69)] explained that we follow the Shach.</ref> | |||
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