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| One of the three categories of brachot is birchot hashevach (trans. blessings of praise; Hebrew ברכת השבח). The other categories of brachot are [[Birchot Hamitzvah]], brachot for performing mitzvot, and [[Birchot Hanehenin]], brachot for pleasures such as food.<ref>Rambam Brachot 1:4</ref>
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| ==General Rules of Brachot of Praise==
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| # Brachot of praise that are associated with seeing or listening to some occurrence must be recited after seeing or listening to that event but it must be within a [[toch kedi dibbur]] (2-3 seconds) of that experience.<ref>Ramban Pesachim 7b s.v. vha, Ritva Pesachim 7b s.v. vha dke'amar, and Ran Pesachim 4a s.v. vhay based on Yerushalmi Brachot 9:2. The Ran is cited by Bet Yosef 46:2.</ref> According to most rishonim this isn't the case of [[birchot hashachar]] which are praise for the phenomenon of the world and can be said much after they occur.<ref>Ramban Pesachim 7b s.v. vha, Ran Pesachim 4a s.v. vhay cited by Bet Yosef 46:2 based on Yerushalmi Brachot 9:2</reF>
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| ==Specific Birchot Hashevach==
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| * [[Asher Yatzer]] | | * [[Asher Yatzer]] |
| * [[Birchot HaShachar]] | | * [[Birchot HaShachar]] |
| * [[Birkat HaGomel]] | | * [[Birkat HaGomel]] |
| * [[Bracha for an Unusual Creature]]
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| * [[Bracha for Good or Bad News]]
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| * [[Bracha upon Seeing a Rainbow]]
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| * [[Bracha For Seeing Natural Wonders]]
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| ==Sources==
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| <References/>
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| [[Category:Brachot]] | | [[Category:Brachot]] |