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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: Isaac Balbin <A href="mailto:Isaac.Balbin@rmit.edu.au">Isaac.Balbin@rmit.edu.au</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><BR>> Do we shift all the questions of okhel vs refu'ah to scents
as well?<BR>> If someone smells something only for refu'ah, does he make
a<BR>> berakhah? [--RMB]<BR><BR><BR>I'm not sure I understand. Isn't it a
Birchas HaNehenin (unlike Me'orey H'oeish which is Shvach)<BR>Are you implying
that there is only Hano-oh if it has a nice smell but if that<BR>smell also
makes me feel better I don't have Hano-oh?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Smelling salts revive you on a fast day but I don't think most people would
make a borei minei besamim on smelling salts. And what about sniffing
Vicks-infused steam or one of those menthol-scented tubes for a
stuffed nose? Maybe some people would make a bracha but I don't see
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><BR></FONT><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby
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