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Beit Midrash
- Jewish Laws and Thoughts
- Jewish Laws and Customs
- Berachot - Blessings
1) Baruch ata…borei atzei b’samin is made on
nice-smelling inedible substances that grow on trees (e.g.roses).
2) Boruch atah...borei isbei b’samim is made on
nice-smelling inedible substances that grow on the ground (e.g. mint).
3) Boruch atah...borei minei b’samim for
nice-smelling substances which don’t grow on
trees or the ground (e.g. cinnamon). It is also a
"catch-all" Bracha for mixtures & cases of doubt
(Ashkenaz Havdala always uses this Bracha).
4) Boruch atah….borei shemen areiv is a special
Bracha for balsam/balsam oil. As it grows
abundantly in Eretz Yisrael it has a special
status & preference over all other smells, giving it its own Bracha.;
5) Boruch atah…..hanosein reiach tov bapeirot
(e.g. fresh-ground coffee) is a special Bracha
for foods which grow on trees or the ground,
smell nice, & are taken with intent to smell.
There is NO after-bracha (achrona) after smelling.
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
