Brachos 43-Brachos on Good smells, Bracha on Trees, How a Talmid Chacham Should Act, Don't Embarass - a podcast by Eran Netkin

1. Berachos on fragrances
The Gemara discusses the appropriate berachos to recite when smelling various fragrances:
.spices overבורא מיני בשמים •
.plants overבורא עשבי בשמים •
• בשמים עצי בוראover the scent of wood.
• ערב שמן בוראover the sweet scent of balsam oil.
.esrog an overשנתן ריח טוב בפירות •
One who sees a fruit tree in blossom during Nissan recites: בריות בו וברא כלום בעולמו חיסר שלא ברוך
אדם בני בהן להתנאות טובות ואילנות טובות ,Blessed [are you, Hashem,…] Who did not leave anything lacking
in His universe and created in it good creatures and good trees, to give pleasure to mankind.
2. Tamar not embarrassing Yehuda
Tamar’s willingness to be executed rather than cause shame to Yehudah teaches us that it is preferable to
cast oneself into a fiery furnace rather than shame one’s fellow in public. כבשן לתוך עצמו שיפיל לאדם לו נוח
.האש ואל ילבין פני חברו ברבים
3. Behaviors unbecoming to a talmid chacham
The Rabbanan teach that six behaviors are unbecoming for a talmid chacham:
1. Going into the street with perfumed clothes, in a place where people are suspected of homosexuality.
2. Going out alone at night, lest he be suspected of inappropriate behavior.
3. Going outside with patched shoes.
4. Conversing with a woman in the market.
5. Dining with הארץ עמי) unlearned people), lest he be drawn after them.
6. Being the last to enter the beis midrash, lest people consider him lazy.
Siman - Magazine
The frum scratch and sniff spice magazine spring edition featured articles on how talmidei chachamim can
avoid getting perfume on their clothes so they don’t get embarrassed in public, as well as where to find
blossoming trees in the month of Nissan.
Key Words – fragrances, perfume on clothes, embarrassment

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