[Avodah] Aromatherapy

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 04:51:24PM -0500, Yitzhak Grossman wrote:
: This is actually a thorny problem with regard to Berachah Rishonah,
: too; at what point is a new one required?  The Poskim discuss this in
: the context of the custom to repeatedly smell Besamim on Yom
: Ha'Kippurim to complete the Hundred Berachos.

According to the QSA (48:10), WRT a mugmar, the berakhah is made when
the heat makes smoke rise, even if it's before you smell anything.
The issues already raised in defining a shiur, or when one is done
smelling, seem compelling.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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