[Avodah] Shehecheyanu on Matza

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 10/18/2015 04:50 PM, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:

> My question concerned the situation where one is omitting Asher
> Ga'alanu because he has neither any kind of wine nor any kind of
> chamar medinah, and is saying Kiddush directly on the matzah.

By "omitting" I assume you mean "saying it later".


> This is in sharp contrast to the *first* night of Sukkos, where we
> say Hagafen, Kiddush, Layshev, and finally Shehecheyanu at the very
> end, specifically to insure that the Shehecheyanu is not merely on
> the holiday, but on the sukkah too.

I see where you've misunderstood.   The shehechayanu on the first
night is also on the *sukkah*, not on the mitzvah of sitting in it.
Rather than say shehecheyanu when we build the sukkah, we wait until
the first time we use it and include it in the shehecheyanu we're
saying then anyway.

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