[Avodah] Shehechiyanu: Tallis vs Tefillin

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From: Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org>
Another Qitzur SA  question:

In 59:8: Qanahlo talis shel mitzvah ... yevareikh  shehechiyanu....


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




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The tallis is an article of clothing.  You make a shehechiyanu on  a new 
garment -- especially if it is a really nice tallis with a silver  border.
 
IIANM you do not make a shehechiyanu on a tallis katan.  And you don't  make 
a shehechiyanu on new tzitzis-strings that you attach to your old  tallis.
 
I believe that he specifies "tallis shel mitzva" because a tallis can also  
mean a cloak or garment without strings attached.  You might say that it's  
obvious you would make a shehechiyanu on a cloak or cape, but perhaps a tallis  
which you are wearing not for its garment-ness but for its mitzva-ness does not 
 need a shehechiyanu.  Therefore we have to know that even if you are  
wearing the tallis only for its mitva-ness (its tzitis) it is still a  garment.
 

--Toby  Katz
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