Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

That if a person is not sure if it's Baruch Hashem or Vatalah, he can wait and think about it.

Did I make a mistake?

Did I not make a mistake?

And then if he comes to the conclusion that he made a mistake, then at that point you say Baruch Hashem.

It could be that it depends on what Baruch Hashem is meant to do.

That if you assume that it actually saves you from this Baruch Vatalah, it could be that you have to do it right away in conjunction with the Baruch Vatalah.

But if it's an overall general tikkun of the midah, of lack of quote, that you're trying to make up for, so make up for it whenever you can make up for it.

Another nafkamina might be whether...

whether you need to say, maybe you could say some other shevach, something else nice about HaKadosh Baruch Hu.

So if there's some sort of tikkun, that this takes away the avera, for whatever reason, maybe they were mesachim, that only this takes away the avera.

But if it's just being mesachim, your midos, and the way you treat Shem HaShem,

So it could be you're allowed to say other things as well.

In fact, the Rambam writes, He says, If you say, So you say, Or anything like that.

so that it will not be levatala.

So the Rav makes it sound like, I love this phrase.

It could be any phrase that expresses proper kavod for HaKadosh Baruch Hu.

In fact, in the Masorah of Moshe, they quote from Moshe Feinstein, that you can learn Torah also, because Kol HaTorah Kulish Moshe Shel HaKadosh Baruch Hu, and when you learn Torah, you're showing great kavod for HaKadosh Baruch Hu.

So if it's about just showing kavod, and building up that midah of kavod, Shem Shemaim, so then you've got another nafka minah might be,

If you assume that Baruch Shem K'varmach Salonet is Masech in the Chet, and it's not a bracha levatala, so that might be the best option for a person who says a bracha by accident on a fast day.

They have food in their hand, they say a bracha, uh-oh, it's a fast day.