[Avodah] Shehechiyanu: Tallis vs Tefillin

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:
> 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?

1) Does that pleasure count as hana'ah (benefit)?
2) Even if so, the pleasure from sefarim is from the learning, which
is a mitzvah, and MLNN.  OTOH if it's a beautiful and expensive sefer
which gives one pleasure simply from owning it and looking at it,
unrelated to its contents or to the prospect of learning them, then
maybe one would say shehecheyanu.


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