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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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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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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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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Cinnamon for Bisamim
Can you use cinnamon for Bisamim at havdalah? Which is better: ground cinnamon or whole sticks?
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If someone has BO and can't smell themselves, may they say blessings?
At hashkafah.com, the user named "critic" asks:
If someone has body odor (BO) and they can't smell themselves, would they be able to make a bracha?
Also, may they say words of Torah?
[Edit: I ...
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Besamim Motzei Shabbos Chol HaMoed
Update: After speaking to the person who originally asked the shailo I have since updated the question to reflect what their original kavana was.
When Yom Tov comes out Motzei Shabbos when we make ...
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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 is the Balm in Gilead?
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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Michvar goats' sneezing from Jerusalem incense?
Tamid chapter 3 says (in my own free translation):
One could smell from Y'richo the scent of the blend[1] of the k'tores. Rabbi Eliezer b. Diglay said, "Father's house had goats on Mt. Michvar ...
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Difference between leaving place of eating and place of smelling besamim
We learn in Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 178 the laws if one leaves the place where they were eating if a new bracha has to be made or not when they come back (or if they change to a different place.) ...
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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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Making bracha when passing by a bakery
I've heard before that one should make a bracha when passing by a bakery that has a pleasant smell of what's being baked. What is the source for this halacha? What is the custom in this, do we yes ...
