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Brachot on Mitzvot

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There are certain things that we do because we have been commanded to, and the bracha on these mitzvot includes the phrase "asher kidishanu" indicating that Hashem commanded us to perform these mitzvot.

Why then do we not have such brachot for

  1. Making motzi (since the bread defines the se'udah and we are commanded to make a se'udah on holidays)

  2. being mekadesh the day (shabbat and yom tov) -- if kiddush is an obligation, why not say so in our kiddush?

  3. bentching -- isn't this a Torah level obligation? If so, why do we not say that Hashem commanded us?

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posted 3 months ago
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Evening kiddush does include "asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav" (re #2). (4 comments)
Evening kiddush does include "asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav" (re #2).
Monica Cellio‭ wrote 3 months ago
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Evening kiddush does include "asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav" (re #2).

rosends‭ wrote 3 months ago
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sort of -- I was thinking of the borei pri hagafen (or one on whatever one is making kiddush on) as being the thing through which we are being mekadeish the day, I would have thought that it would come after or as part of the construction of the bracha that mentions the mitzvah, not fully before it.

Monica Cellio‭ wrote 3 months ago
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We have borei pri hagafen at the beginning, the chatimah at the end, and other text including asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav in the middle. I've never thought about whether only a subset of that makes it "official", so to speak. Hmm.

rosends‭ wrote 3 months ago
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effectively, aren't the kiddush and the mekadeish part separate brachot? Though it also makes me wonder why, at the seder, hamotzi is said BEFORE we say the asher kidishanu on the mitzvah of matzah (not even raising whether it is a safeik).