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LH2-08-Birkhas HaReyach/ הלכות ברכת הריח

2021-03-08 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaReyach 3 – Para. 2b-7 – Bitul – Satisfaction from Food Is Received by Saying After-Blessings – Fragrance During Havdallah – Why There Is No Bracha Achrona on Fragrance

Birkhas HaReyach 3 – Bitul – Satisfaction from Food Is Received by Saying After-Blessings – Fragrance During Havdallah – Why There Is No Bracha Achrona on Fragrance – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. (Recorded in the U.S.)

  • 00:00 PARAGRAPH 2b. Satisfaction from eating and drinking is achieved through making after-blessings.
  • 03:43 אֵין־טוֹב בָּאָדָם שֶׁיֹּאכַל וְשָׁתָה וְהֶרְאָה אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ – “Is it not good for a man that he eat and drink and show himself enjoyment…” (Koheles 2:24).
  • 06:11 Eating the mohn – manna.
  • 10:07 PARAGRAPH 3. Achieving bitul – self-nullification – through saying the after-blessings for eating and drinking.
  • 13:31 PARAGRAPH 4. The blessing on fragrance that’s made during Havdallah after Shabbos.
  • 18:45 PARAGRAPH 5.
  • 20:59 Why there is no bracha achrona on fragrance.
  • 27:27 Q&R about using essential oils to lift a person’s spirit.
  • 30:11 Q&R about the practical application of bitul.
  • 34:16 Q&R about returning to regular life after being in a state of bitul.
  • 35:45 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about Rabbi Michel Dorfman zal on achieving bitul at chatzos and connecting it to the Torah.
  • 36:29 Q&R about “grounding” after bitul by doing a mitzvah.
  • 37:52 PARAGRAPH 6. Blessings about Eretz Yisrael after eating food.
  • 39:10 The main application of bitul is during tefilah .
  • 39:28 Eretz Yisrael. The first city the Bnei Yisrael entered in Eretz Yisrael was Yericho – alluding to the “good fragrance” of the Land. The city was named after the fragrance of afarsimon – persimmon – that was raised in this area.
  • 44:43 PARAGRAPH 7. On Shabbos, all forces of Din are banished. Ketores – the incense offering in the Beis HaMikdash.
  • 49:51 The anointing oil.
  • 52:04 Q&R about the custom of learning halakha after tefilah.
Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel.

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