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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>From: Micha Berger <micha@aishdas.org><BR>Another Qitzur SA
question:<BR><BR>In 59:8: Qanahlo talis shel mitzvah ... yevareikh
shehechiyanu....<BR><BR><BR>Nu, why don't we say "mitzvos lav leihanos nitnu" on
a talis (which RSG<BR>even specifies as "shel
mitzvah")?<BR><BR><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>>>>>></DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><BR></FONT><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby
Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2
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