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Bracha on Fire

Why don’t we make a birchas hanehenin on fire?

Answer:

The bracha we make on fire at havdala is generally understood to be a birchas hashevach. Birchas hanehenin is made only on pleasure which enters the body in some way.

Sources:

Magen Avraham O:C 216:1, Ritva Brachos 53b

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