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Beracha upon seeing a friend on a webcam
The Shulchan Aruch (OC 225:1) rules:
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים הלכות ברכת הפירות סימן רכה
הרואה את חבירו
לאחר שלשים יום, אומר: שהחיינו, ואחר י"ב חדש מברך: מחיה
מתים, והוא שחביב עליו הרבה ושמח ...
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Shehecheyanu on sefiras haomer
Why don't we make a shehecheyanu blessing on counting the Omer? It is a mitzvah which we get to do after a very long break (more than 300 days)?
Some arguments I have heard:
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Why is the beracha of Shehechiyanu phrased in the plural?
The Bracha of Shehechiyanu reads as follows:
ברוך...שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה
...that He kept us alive and sustained us and brought us to this time.
Why is Shehechiyanu phrased in the ...
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Shehecheyanu on hand-me-downs?
If someone gets hand-me-down clothing in good condition, of the type that shehecheyanu is generally said when new, should they say it on this new-to-them garment?
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Leishev Basukkah before Shehechiyanu or after?
According to my minhag: on the first night of Sukkos by Kiddush, Leishev Basukkah [לישב בסכה] is said before the bracha of Shehechiyanu [שהחינו]. On the second night, however, Shehechiyanu is said ...
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What is considered "new clothing" for purposes of saying "Shehechiyanu"?
This site says
Authorities dispute whether the berachah of shehecheyahu is entirely
subjective, depending on the subjective joy a person feels, or whether
the berachah includes an objective ...
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Shehecheyanu on new website
If one launches a new website, can he recite Shehecheyanu? Or perhaps Hatov Ve-Hametiv, if others derive benefit from it?
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Kiddush on Sukkos before tzeit?
The first night of Sukkos we make kiddush after tzeit (Rama 639:3). My understanding is that this is purely because of the bracha of לישב בסוכה which you can't say until it's definitely night (Magen ...
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The blessing of Shehechiyanu
Is Bircat Shehechiyanu a bircat shevach (a blessing of praise)? If it is, why sometimes do we make the beracha before the event (or in some cases an action representing an event, such as putting up a ...
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Does the she’hechiyonu brocho apply in any way to getting married?
A man getting married has a new suit to put on, on the day of his wedding. He will make the she’hechiyonu brocho. Should he have the “acquisition” of his wife in mind in addition when he pronounces ...
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Shehechiyanu for baby girl during the 3 weeks / 9 days
Someone recently mentioned to me that a bracha is made when a baby is born. For a boy, the bracha hatov vehameitiv is said, and for a girl the bracha is shehechianu.
Is the shehechianu bracha for a ...
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The blessing שהחינו for a new wrist watch?
If you acquire a new wrist watch, do you make the blessing Sheheheyyanu?
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Do you say Shechiyanu on a used tallis you tied new tzitzis onto?
If you tied new tzitzis on an old beged, do you recite Shehechiyanu on the tallis?
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