Quickly learn גמרא דף מו. “ואף רב סבר (seven lines before the wide lines) until “ת”ר העושה סוכה לעצמו” (fifth wide line)
Sugya: Bracha of Shehecheyanu
Learn גמרא דף מו. “ת”ר העושה סוכה לעצמו (fifth wide line) until ת”ר
Question:
Does installing a wall of the Sukkah constitute a chidush to be able make be a Bracha of Shehecheyanu?
See ריטב”א
https://www.sefaria.org/Ritva_on_Sukkah.46a.5?lang=bi
And משנה ברורה ס’ תרמ”א ס”ק ג
Learn תוספת “העושה
Question:
Why can one not make the Bracha of Shehecheyanu when building someone else’s Sukkah?
Learn ביאור הלכה ס’ תרמ”א “לעצמו
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=221
Learn next תוספת “העושה
Learn ר”ן
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=627&hilite=
Learn תוספת “נכנס
Questions:
What points does the ר”ן differ with Tosfos?
Why is bris milah not considered a mitzvah that comes in a certain time period?
See רש”ש טויבש in back of the Gemara for an answer
Learn רמב״ם הלכות מילה פרק ג הלכה ג who argues on Tosfos and the Ran and says a bracha of Shehecheyanu is made for the Mitzvah of bris milah
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58957&st=&pgnum=311
Learn הגהות מיימוניות אות ד who says our minhag is not to recite Shehecheyanu and brings three reasons to explain the minhag.
Learn רמב״ם הלכות ברכות פרק יא הלכה ט-י
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58957&st=&pgnum=303
What is the criteria according to the Rambam to recite the bracha of Shechiyanu?
Clarify whether Shechiyanu is said and why or why not for
Pidyon Haben
Milah
Megillah
Hallel
Sefiras Haomer (see ר”ן סוף מסכת פסחים )