<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I've noticed in some circles a reluctance to saying shechechiyanu due to fear of brachos l'vatalos. I think it is the same thing. Perhaps also related is our insistence on numerical shiurim for k'zayis, reviis, etc. (R' Belsky said in the OU pre-Peach webcast that the way people figured out a the shiur k'zayis in the past was to "eat what they thought was a k'zayis, and then a little bit more.")<div><br></div><div>Hesitant as I am to argue with contemporary poskim, I agree that it seems that the individual's response to the the specific situation should be the main factor (which is how the Rav here has advised me regarding shechechiyanu), and that if the psak effectively eliminates the bracha from ever being said, then something is not right.<br><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>--</div><div>Daniel M. Israel</div><div><a href="mailto:daniel@kolberamah.org">daniel@kolberamah.org</a></div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></body></html>