[Avodah] Shehechiyanu: Tallis vs Tefillin

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 09:32:27AM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
: 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.

Ever get hana'ah from solving a crossword puzzle or sudoku? Or from
finally getting peshat in a technical article?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha