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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: "Prof. Levine" <A href="mailto:Larry.Levine@stevens.edu">Larry.Levine@stevens.edu</A><BR><BR>>>
I really do not know about kashering meat, but there are mitzvos that <BR>one
does not make a bracha on. Tzadakah is one comes to <BR>mind. Hachnosos
Orchim is another mitzva that one does not make a <BR>bracha on. I am sure that
there are others that people can come up with.<BR><BR>Indeed, I would be
interested in a list of mitzvos that have no <BR>bracha associated with
them.<<<BR><BR><BR>YL</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I don't think it's an exhaustive list, but there is a list you say every
morning in Shacharis:</DIV>
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<DIV>"Elu hadevarim she'ein lahem shiur: hape'ah vehabikurim veharei'ayon
ugemilus chasadim... " IIANM you don't make a bracha for any of those.
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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).</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><BR></FONT><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby
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