[Avodah] Shehechiyanu: Tallis vs Tefillin

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> Nu, why don't we say "mitzvos lav leihanos nitnu" on a talis (which RSG
> even specifies as "shel mitzvah")?

Because it's a garment, from which one *does* benefit - it does in fact
keep one warm.  A sefer does nothing for one, except allow one to fulfil
the mitzvah of talmud torah, and that doesn't count as a hana'ah because
MLLN.


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