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==Basics==
==Basics==


#The text of this blessing as appears in the Talmud reads: Blessed are you God.. Who renews the months, etc.<ref>Sanhedrin, ibid. Shulchan Aruch 426:1 </ref> This blessing is to be recited with great intent and devotion.
#The text of this blessing as appears in the Talmud reads: Blessed are you God.. Who with his utterance created the heavens.. Who renews the months, etc.<ref>Sanhedrin, ibid. Shulchan Aruch 426:1 </ref> In this blessing we express our recognition of God awesome power over the universe. As such, one should be vigilant to recite this blessing with full intent, devotion and elation.
#The bracha is made while standing.<ref>Gemara Sanhedrin 42a, Rama 426:1</ref>
#The bracha is made while standing.<ref>Gemara Sanhedrin 42a, Rama 426:1</ref>
#The bracha is made immediately upon seeing the moon and during the bracha and afterwards some say that one shouldn't look at the moon.<ref>Mishna Brurah 425:13 citing the Magen Avraham</ref>
#The bracha is made immediately upon seeing the moon and during the bracha and afterwards some say that one shouldn't look at the moon.<ref>Mishna Brurah 425:13 citing the Magen Avraham</ref>
#For the Ashkenazic text [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tefila.org%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Fbirkon%2Flevana-e1.pdf click here (from Tefilah.org)]. For the Sephardic text [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tefila.org%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Fbirkon%2Flevana-s1.pdf click here (from Tefilah.org)].


==When It Should Be Said==
==When It Should Be Said==
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