Three Main Categories of Blessings
There are three main categories of blessings:
- Enjoyment (birchot nehenin), such as on foods and scents.
- Praise and Thanks to God (shevach v'hoda'a), such as when saying she'hecheyanu, on seeing mountains and the sea, or when good happens to us.
- Commandments/Mitzvot (birchot mitzva), such as reading the Torah, using the lulav, or lighting Shabbat candles.
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