[Avodah] Aromatherapy

[Saul Mashbaum]

RMB:

>>
There is no berakhah achronah on rei'ach, because the hana'ah from
smells doesn't linger. Unlike food, which makes you feel less hungary and
(hopefully) nourishes after you eat it.
>>

Source?


>>
Given this, why shouldn't a person smelling these aromas for this
purpose (aromatherapy)be chayav to make a berakhah achronah? And if
so, what wouldit be? Borei nefashos, and a poseiq in doubt would
probably add: without
sheim umalkhus?
>>
Borei n'fashot thanks Hashem for creating life-sustaining substances
(... al kol ma shebarata l'hachayot bo nefesh kol chai). I can't see
how this applies to aroma.

A poseq in doubt would *definitely*, not merely *probably*,
say not to say a bracha b'shem umalchut. Safek b'rachot l'hakel.

It seems to me that a poseq would have no doubt at all that no bracha
achrona should be said on aroma under any circumstances.



>
An(other question while on the subject: Why do most people say "asher
nasan rei'ach tov lepeiros?" What other birkhas hanehenin is in lashon
avar?
>
If passive voice counts,  "shehakol n'hiya bidvaro" (according to one version).


Saul Mashbaum
.