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# 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. | # 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> | 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> | ||
# On the day of the Bar or Bat Mitzvah a person should try to get a new fruit in order to recite a Shechiyanu and have in mind to exempt the fact that today he is entering into the yoke of mitzvot.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 225:12 citing Ben Ish Chai Reeh 17</ref> | |||
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