Smelling Spices on Yom Kippur
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Question
Is it permitted to smell spices on Yom Kippur to complete one hundred blessings, or is it prohibited?
Answer
It is a mitzvah to smell spices on Yom Kippur to complete one hundred blessings.
Source
The opinion of Knesset HaGedolah is that it is forbidden to smell spices on Yom Kippur. However, see Magen Avraham, Siman 612, Subparagraph 4, who disagrees and holds that it is clearly permitted and good to do so. This is also the opinion of Eliyah Rabbah, Pri Megadim, Mateh Ephraim, and the Gaon Rabbi Zalman. See also Mishnah Berurah, Subparagraph 18.
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