Timeline for What bracha should be made when smelling soap?
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| Nov 23, 2018 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackJudaism/status/1065938148042162182 | ||
| Nov 23, 2018 at 6:09 | comment | added | chacham Nisan | @Oliver Hi, we do bless on mugmar; just not when it's absorbed into something else or for the purpose of adding a scent onto clothes(like detergent). See Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 216:12. | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 6:06 | comment | added | chacham Nisan | There has to be an ikar(an actual herb) in the soap and it has to be made for smelling; an added ingredient that's tafel(say lavender; for example) to the main product(soap) wouldn't require a bracha. See Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 216:6 and Ba'er Heitev 13 there and 217:2. | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 4:29 | comment | added | mbloch | related: Bracha on Synthetic Smells | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 4:28 | comment | added | mbloch | I learned there was no bracha on artificial smells, only on natural ones, i.e., no bracha on perfume for instance, see also here and there | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 3:28 | comment | added | Oliver | I’d compare your quote from סעיף א to your first paragraph. OTOH when you soap/lather to be clean and to be redolent of its fragrance my impression is that it’s closer to scented detergent. | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 3:02 | comment | added | DanF | @Oliver I am unfamiliar with that term. However, the end of the paragraph says ולא על שמן העשוי להעביר את הזוהמא - Not on oil made to remove sweat. Soap is similar. So I think this may answer the question. You probably should post that as an answer, unless you're uncertain. | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 2:52 | comment | added | Oliver | Probably akin to a brachah on mugmar which a brachah isn’t made (OC 217:3). | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 2:32 | history | asked | DanF | CC BY-SA 4.0 |