Ask the rabbi: are there different brachot for smelling?

Forgot Tal Umatar

Can One Fix an Unwarranted Beracha on Netilat Yadayim?

I came out of the bathroom and did netilat yadayim for that purpose, but accidentally I recited the beracha of netilat yadayim. I tried to salvage the situation by indeed eating bread as fast as I could. Did that help?

Which of The 7 Species Are Used in Measurement?

What Is The Significance Of The "Sheva Minim" - The 7 Species?

Dessert after Birkat Hamazon

How Much Should the Mezamen Recite Aloud?

Mechayei Hameitim after Long Separation

I will soon see my son-in-law after a more than two year Corona-forced separation. We have been in frequent contact and have seen each other often on Zoom. Should I say the beracha, “… mechayei hameitim”?

Weak Prohibition Vs. Beracha L’vatala

If someone makes a beracha on a milchig food and then realizes that he is fleishig, should he eat a little of it to avoid a beracha l’vatala?

Beracha on Vegetable Soup with Soup Nuts

What beracha/ot do I make on vegetable soup into which I put soup nuts?

Brachos on Good Tidings

What brocha do we recite when it rains? Do we recite a brocha upon hearing of the birth of a new grandson?

Beracha on Hearing Aids

I am excited to be getting hearing aids, which will improve my quality of life greatly, so that it deserves a Shehecheyanu. Considering that my family will find it easier to speak to me, should I recite Hatov V’hameitiv?

Hagomel for One Who Became Bar Mitzva after Flight

Our family will be going to Israel for our son’s bar mitzva. We will arrive a few hours before he becomes halachically bar mitzva, and the next morning, he will get his aliya. Should he recite Hagomel after his aliya?

Bring On The Blessing

A Story of Commitment, Faith and Unexpected Reward will Inspire You to Bring Blessing into Your Own Life through the Power of Bentching.

Do We Need to Make a Bracha on Chewing Gum?

How much must I Bensch?

I mistakenly recited al hamichyah, when I was required to bensch. Am I now required to bensch?

When to Top the Bagel?

I said Hamotzi on a bagel, and after taking a bite, put on cream cheese and lox. A friend corrected me, claiming that Halacha requires that the first bite should be done when it is in its optimal form, so that after the beracha, one should cut open the bagel, put on the toppings, and then eat. Could that be?

“Baruch Hu U’varuch Shemo” in Zimun

It is unclear to me whether one is supposed to say “Baruch hu u’varuch shemo” at the end of zimun and if so, who is supposed to recite it. What is proper?

Believing is Seeing

May I be mekadeish levanah now, although I am indoors, and I am also obviously looking at the moon through a window? The brocha of borei me’orei ha’eish on an electric light - could one do this when a lightbulb must be encased in glass for it to burn? What do the above questions have to do with this week’s parsha?

The Necessity to See the Moon Before Kiddush Levana

Last week clouds covered the moon after some of us began Kiddush Levana. Can the remainder rely on their “testimony” to join the beracha?