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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 641
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Opens “שאין מברכין שהחיינו על עשיית הסוכה. ובו…”
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<b>שאין מברכין שהחיינו על עשיית הסוכה. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>העושה סוכה בין לעצמו בין לאחר אינו מברך על עשייתה אבל שהחיינו היה ראוי לברך כשעושה אותה לעצמו אלא שאנו סומכין על זמן שאנו אומרים על הכוס של קידוש: הגה ואם לא אכל לילה ראשונה בסוכה אע"פ שבירך זמן בביתו כשאוכל בסוכה צריך לברך זמן משום הסוכה ואם בירך זמן בשעת עשייה סגי ליה [ר"ן פ' לולב וערבה]:
1. The Blessing Shehecheyanu is Not Recited over the Construction of a Sukkah: One who constructs a sukkah, whether for himself or for someone else, does not make a blessing upon its construction. Shehecheyanu is appropriate to be said when one constructs a sukkah for himself. However, we rely on the blessing Shehecheyanu that we recite during Kiddush on the [first] night of Yom-Tov that [is recited] because of the mitzvah of sanctifying the festival, which is also a mitzvah that comes [only] periodically. (The one blessing covers both requirements). RAMA: If one does not eat in the sukkah on the first night, even though he sanctifies the festival in his house, when he does eat in the sukkah he must sanctify the festival due to the sukkah. If he sanctifies the festival at the time of construction of the sukkah, it is sufficient for him [R"an].
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