Sukkah 46a Part 3/6

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does Chanukah alone have a bracha for someone who only sees the mitzvah? The commentary at the bottom of the page answers that no new bracha was made for the onlooker, who is lent She'asa Nissim from the one lighting. The Maharshal explains why a Shehecheyanu on the sukkah cannot be lent the same way: a Shehecheyanu on a mitzvah never stands alone. The Gemara on pidyon haben and a Rashi on the second night of Chanukah are then read in this light.

Key points

• The commentary's first reason: the nes is so beloved that even one who only sees gets a bracha.
• In the commentary's third reason, the onlooker gets no new bracha, only a borrowed She'asa Nissim.
• The Maharshal explains that a Shehecheyanu on a mitzvah always comes coupled with a birchas hamitzvah.
• A Shehecheyanu on a new suit can stand alone, unlike one made on a mitzvah.
• One reading: the pidyon haben Gemara states the father's bracha first, so his Shehecheyanu can join it.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Review: birchas haro'eh on Chanukah
2. 3:33The third reason on the page
3. 6:27Why no Shehecheyanu for the sukkah onlooker
4. 7:23The Maharshal on Shehecheyanu
5. 14:26Two kinds of Shehecheyanu
6. 18:10Is She'asa Nissim a birchas hamitzvah
7. 20:55The Gemara on pidyon haben
8. 26:25Rashi on the second night's brachos

Topics

• Ner Chanukah
• Shehecheyanu
• Pidyon HaBen