[Avodah] New Brachos

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Simon:
> A stronger question might be, how can each ole make two berachot
> (as opposed to "poteah" making the beracha rishona and "hotem" making
> theberacha aharona on the whole reading as Hazal specify).

IIRC the Talmud itself changed this from the Mishnah.

> However, I think that Sephardim accept "lo omrim 'safek berachot lehakel'
> bimkom minhag" at least where there is no specific ruling against the
> beracha in the SA. I believe that ROY uses this principle in a teshuva
> somewhere, but I don't remember the exact reference.

The Both Ben Ish Chay and Kaf Hachayyim state this in several places -
that bimqom minhag, s'feiq brachos l'haqeil does NOT apply. And those
Pos'qim are quite tolerant of the Ashk'nazic position.

HOWEVER, those S'phardim who protest Ashk'nazim for brachah on Hallel
b'dilug, or for women benching lulav etc. Would lich'ora reject that
position. And it is to those "kitzonim" that I had addressed my question.

KT
RRW
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