When one buys a new article of clothing that a shechayanu would technically be made on, at what point is the bracha made? When the person purchases it? Or when they wear it for the first time?
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http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/14348/the-blessing-of-shehechiyanu – Double AA Jul 04 '13 at 21:12
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Rishonim (see Sh.O. O.H. 223:3-4) rule that the brocha should be done when the person purchases the clothes, but achronim (Ben Ish Hai,Rav Ovadya Yosef [in his Shiurim he said this]) say one should recite the brocha only when he actually wears it.
Here is an article exactly about this question.
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@Yehoshua There are sources in the article I've linked, I'll add them to the answer. – jutky Jul 04 '13 at 21:10
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@DoubleAA Maybe because now we buy things more frequently and we are really happy only when we start use them. – jutky Jul 04 '13 at 21:11
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@jutky And that socio-economic transition happened coincidentally at the same time as the religo-historical switch from Rishonim to Achronim? – Double AA Jul 06 '13 at 21:43
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@DoubleAA do you say it for each machlokes between rishonim and ahronim? – jutky Jul 07 '13 at 10:24
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@DoubleAA no, do you ask about coincidence? My previous comment tries to explain the "why" and in the answer you have "when". – jutky Jul 07 '13 at 11:16
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If it's all rishonim vs all achronim, then yes I ask if that is a switch based on external historical reasons or not. Not sure what you're getting at here. – Double AA Jul 07 '13 at 11:18
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@DoubleAA I'm not aware of any historical reasons. Anyway, that's not something the questioner was interested in. – jutky Jul 07 '13 at 11:21