Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

However, what we call colloquially an Onein is a different concept.

That's what the Mishnah talks about in the Sachas Brachos, that Misha Meso Mutalefanov, that if a person still has a relative who has not yet been buried, so that's called Meso Mutalefanov, and such a person is Patef Ramitzvah, as the Mishnah tells us, in Brachos Taf Yudzayin.

And Rashi explains, because he's preoccupied with the burial of his family member,

And similar to Hassan, who was pata from Kriyashma on the night of his wedding.

So even though the Bavli gives the impression that he's pata from mitzvot, but not that he's usher to do mitzvot, and if he were to choose to do mitzvot, it would be perfectly fine, the Yerushalmi is explicit that it is usher for him to do mitzvot.

The Yerushalmi in the third paragraph of Brachos says that he's not allowed to perform mitzvot.

for one of two reasons.

Either because it's just inherently disrespectful to the deceased, when you have Meisul Mutal Afanav, that you're going to be busy doing mitzvot, or it's going to take you away from what you should be busy with, which is taking care of the Tzarche K'vura.

And the Yerushalmi says, Nafka Mina would be if there are other people that are osik with the Meis to be able to take care of him.

So it's not going to take you away from the Tzarche K'vura, but it still might be inherently disrespectful.

The Mechabe writes in Yerudea, Simshimem Aleph Sif Aleph,

that we are makhmir like the Yerushalmi, that an onein is not only pater from all mitzvos, he is not allowed to perform any mitzvos, and like the more makhmir version of the Yerushalmi, that even if there are other people that are Osek, B'tzarch and Meis, he should not be doing mitzvos.

So that's as far as the onein.

The onein does not say brachos.

That's why the onein doesn't say brachos.

Now, what is the concept of Baruch Hashem, K'von Malchusel, the Olem Ve'el?

There is a halacha in Shulchan Aruch, in Aruch Haim, Simireish, Vav, Siv Vav.

You take a fruit in your hand to eat it.

And then you drop it.

You're going to need to say a new bracha on any new fruit that you take in your hand.