Questions tagged [smell]
also: odor, scent, fragrance
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Stuffed nose and havdallah
If I have a stuffed nose and cannot smell besamim, can I make havdallah? Do I still say borei minei besamim even though I can't consciously smell them, with the assumption that I'm still benefiting ...
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Do I make a bracha on smelling marijuana?
When we smell a nice plant, we make a blessing on it -- either בורא מיני בשמים, or בורא עשבי בשמים, depending on what kind of plant it is. (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 216)
Ignoring, for the moment, ...
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Bracha on Synthetic Smells
What is or is there a Bracha on Synthetically developed smells in the halachic literature and what is the source as I would Imagine artificial scents are a recent phenomenon?
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Snuff Bracha or lack thereof
Is there or what is the Bracha on Tobacco Snuff especially now that they come with mint and buble gum flavor (at least in Israel)?
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Where can I get "Afarsimon" oil?
The Shulchan Aruch rules in OC 216:4 that there is a special blessing to say upon smelling "Afarsimon" oil. (The blessing is ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם בּוֹרֵא שֶמֶן עָרֵב) The Mishna Berura there, ...
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Is one allowed to spray cologne on shabbos?
Is one allowed to spray cologne on shabbos? Any rules against doing this?
As always, please cite your sources
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Near a bad smell, one might want to do Sh'ma, the Amidah, blessings, study, or think Torah. Is halacha equally strict about all five acts?
"Just as one separates oneself from excreta, urine, a foul odor, a corpse and the sight of nakedness for Kri'at Shema, so too, he should separate himself for Shemoneh Esreh". —Rambam. Hilchos ...
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New blessing on spices (besamim)
After reciting a blessing on spices (besamim), how much time must elapse before a new blessing is required? Or is this not time-dependent, but rather something that depends on one's attention (i.e. ...
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can I smell my esrog?
There is such a concept of something that is 'huktzah l'mitzvasa' (set aside for its mitzvah observance), I was wondering about the smelling of the esrog and how this rule would be applied to it?
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Did the garbage in the teiva (ark) stink?
The verse says that the Ark was to have three floors, and Rashi (based on Sanhedrin 108b) explains this as follows; "the bottom floor" was for waste, the "second" floor for the animals and the "third" ...
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Does one make bracha "borei minei besamim" on incense or spice smoke?
I know that when you smell "raw" spices, you say "borei minei besamim". Can you make this bracha on the smokey smell when these spices are being burned? Some examples:
If you burn an incense stick ...
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Is deodorant allowed on Yom Kippur?
May deodorant be applied on Yom Kippur, or is it a case of anointing which is forbidden?
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Shaliach Tzibbur and passing gas
The Shulchan Aruch 103:2 writes one praying who needs to pass gas should thereafter wait until the smell leaves and then continue praying. If one smells a bad smell should also wait until the smell ...
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Bracha on Lemon with Cloves
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch brings down a minhag to make three Brachos (Eisvay, Minay, Nosson Reiach tov Lapri) on Smell on Yom Kippur to make up for The Hundred bracha a day Obligation and in some ...
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Am I allowed to enjoy the smell emanating from a non-kosher place that cooks using milk and meat mixture?
I know that one cannot gain "Hana'ah" from meat and dairy mixtures. I understood the term "hana'ah" to mean "pleasure" or "benefit".
My neighbor makes wonderful-smelling Italian cooking. The smell ...
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borei menei b’samim, flowers and fresh mowed grass
Someone told me that if one stops to smell the flowers he should remember to make the borei menei b’samim. Where is the source for this in halacha?
Does one make borei menei b’samim if he enjoys the ...
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Can I make a bracha on smelling roses that may be orla?
Roses are considered "Atzei Besamim" so does orla apply to them and if so do I make a bracha on smelling orla roses?
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Why is there no blessing on smelling tasty food that's cooking or baking?
AFAIK, the only "smelly" bracha we make is when smelling spices. good smelling twigs and good smelling fruit. It seems that the bracha should be made on "raw" items, only.
Apparently, the sages ...
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Cologne for men?
The Gemara brochois 43b and rambam daiot 5.9 quoted below writes that a Talmid Chacham should not wear cologne (a scent).
Does this apply nowadays?
I've personally smelled a Rosh Yeshiva's strong ...