[Avodah] mitzvos with no bracha [was: kosher cabbage]

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From: "Prof. Levine" _Larry.Levine at stevens.edu_ 
(mailto:Larry.Levine at stevens.edu) 

>>  I really do not know about kashering meat, but there are mitzvos that 
one  does not make a bracha on. Tzadakah is one comes to 
mind.  Hachnosos  Orchim is another mitzva that one does not make a 
bracha on. I am sure that  there are others that people can come up with.

Indeed, I would be  interested in a list of mitzvos that have no 
bracha associated with  them.<<


YL

 
 
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I don't think it's an exhaustive list, but there is a list you say every  
morning in Shacharis:
 
"Elu hadevarim she'ein lahem shiur: hape'ah vehabikurim veharei'ayon  
ugemilus chasadim... " IIANM you don't make a bracha for any of those.  
 
 
It goes on: "...vehakeren kayemes lo le'olam haba...kibud av ve'em,  
ugemilus chasadim, vehashkamas bais hamidrash Shacharis ve'Arvis [there are  
brachos that are part of Shacharis and Ma'ariv but for the mitzva of "getting to  
shul early" there is no specific bracha], vehachnasas orchim, uvikur 
cholim,  vehachnasas kallah vehalva'yas hameis [related:  I'm on the chevra 
kadisha  and we don't make a bracha when we do a tahara even though it is 
obviously a  mitzva] ve'iyun tefillah vehava'as sholom bein adam lachaveiro vesalmud 
 Torah...."  Well, OK you make birchos haTorah once a day but not every 
time  you sit down to learn.
 
As I said, this is not an exhaustive list but it suggests one criterion for 
 mitzvos that generally don't have a bracha:  they have no set shiur, no  
particular time or amount that must be done (e.g., bikur cholim).
 
 

--Toby  Katz
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