[Avodah] Dirty diapers and brachos

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In a message dated 10/30/2008, micha at aishdas.org writes:

1->> The dirty diaper of a fully nursed baby smells unpleasantly.  It's just
a different unpleasant smell.<<



>>>>
I don't know what the halacha is but as to the  facts -- I totally disagree.  
Clover smells very good to me.  BTW  certain verbs are considered "state of 
being" verbs -- like is, smells, tastes,  feels -- and take adjectives, not 
adverts.  Thus, she is pretty, he smells  unpleasant, the food tastes sweet, 
velvet feels  soft. Confusingly, some of the same verbs can also be regular  
action verbs, in which case they do take adverbs.  Thus, for example, a  child 
might taste her food carefully, or a doctor might feel a lump  expertly, or a 
mother might smell her baby anxiously.  Look to see if the  verb takes an object, 
in which case you do want an adverb.  If OTOH  the verb takes no object, then 
you need an adjective to describe the subject of  the verb.  ("The food tastes 
good" -- no object -- the adjective "good"  modifies the subject of the verb, 
the food.)  To repeat, breast-fed babies'  waste smells good.  Especially to 
their mothers.  Like Esav's  clothes smelled to his mother Rivka.   Like Gan 
Eden.
 


--Toby  Katz
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