1200 – Birchos Hodaah – (Klal 62 Siman 5-7) – Shehecheyanu -8 -Mitzvos Lav Lehanos Nitnu; Seeing a Lost Friend
We finished siman 5. The Chayei Adam applied the concept of mitzvos lav le’henos nitnu (mitzvos were not given for us to gain material benefit, therefore any perceived material benefit is not halachically considered benefit) to seforim, writing that one does not make a shehecheyanu on acquiring a new sefer. He also brought an opinion, […]
