1) When reading the Megilah on Purim eve, three Brachos are recited before the reading commences. The three Brachos are:
1) Baruch Ata... Al Mikra Megilah.
2) Baruch Ata... SheAsah Nisim L'Avoseinu...
3) Baruch Ata...SheHechiyanu V'KiYemanu...
These three blessings are recited regardless if the Megilah is being read with a minyan, in Shul or if it is being read by one individual by himself at home.
2) When reading the Megilah again on Purim day, most who follow Ashkenazic customs repeat all 3 Brachos. (as per the Rama Siman 692:1)
Those who follow the Sephardic customs, as well as those who follow the Gaon of Vilna, do not repeat the third Bracha of "SheHechiyanu" at the day reading. (As per the Shulchan Aruch ibid. and Gr"a in Ma'aseh Rav)
Even those who do say the "SheHechiyanu" again, should have in mind when doing so that the Bracha should go on the other Mitzvos of Purim [i.e. Mishloach Manos, Matanos L'Evyonim and the Seudas Purim] as well as on the re-reading of the Megilah.
In many Shuls, indeed, the custom is for the Rabbi or the Gabbai to announce that everyone have this intent when hearing the bracha of SheHechiyanu. (See Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Siman 141:12)
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Can a person use whipped cream on Shabbos from the bottles that make it from a liquid to a solid when it gets sprayed out?
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According to many Poskim it is indeed prohibited to discharge this whip cream from the bottle as doing so changes the liquid into a solid and thus violates "Molid", the prohibition to create a new entity on Shabbos. (Psak quoted in "The Shabbos Kitchen" by Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen Shlita in the name of the Debreciner Rav Zatzal, Rav Yechezkel Roth shlita, Rav Menashe Klein Shlita and Rav Shmuel Felder Shlita)
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