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== Mediterranean Ocean== | == Mediterranean Ocean== | ||
#It's preferable, when making the bracha on the Mediterrain to say Oseh Maaseh Beresheet and then add the words Sh'Asah Et HaYam HaGadol within 2-3 seconds. <ref> VeZot HaBracha pg 154 </ref> | #It's preferable, when making the bracha on the Mediterrain to say Oseh Maaseh Beresheet and then add the words Sh'Asah Et HaYam HaGadol within 2-3 seconds. <ref> VeZot HaBracha pg 154 </ref> | ||
==Seeing a river== | |||
# Upon seeing a natural large river one should make the Bracha of Oseh Maaseh Beresheet, however if there was any human intervention in the building of the river, from that point in the river and on, no Bracha is made. If one is in doubt whether a river was improved or changed with human intervention one shouldn’t make the Bracha. Most rivers are natural and not changed by man, however, it’s unclear whether one can rely on this assumption. <Ref>S”A 228:2 writes that the Bracha for seeing the four rivers mentioned in the pesukim such as Chidekel and Parat one should make the Bracha Oseh Maaseh Beresheet. Mishna Brurah 228:4 explains that one should make the Bracha on any large river that one knows is totally natural and wasn’t changed by man. Mishna Brurah 229:5 adds that if one is in doubt one shouldn’t make the Bracha, but in Shaar HaTzion 229:8 he adds that in general rivers are natural but concludes that the practicability is unclear. So rules Vezot HaBracha (pg 155).</ref> | |||
# There’s no Bracha upon seeing a waterfall unless it’s part of a large river that’s natural (as above). <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 155) in name of Rav Chaim Kanievsky </ref> | |||
==Seeing a mountain== | |||
# Upon seeing mountains that are abnormal and through them one recognizes the strength of Hashem, the Creator, one should make the Bracha of Oseh Maaseh Beresheet. <Ref>S”A 228:3. Orchot Rabbenu (vol 1 pg 94) writes that the Steipler made this Bracha the first time he saw the mountains surrounding Yerushalyim, but stopped afterwards because it didn’t have an impression on him anymore. Piskei Teshuvot 228:4 writes thaht it’s really dependant on the viewer but on universally accepted unique mountains anyone can make the Bracha. </ref> For example, one can make the Bracha upon seeing the Chermon mountains <Ref>Or Letzion 46:62, and Vezot HaBracha (pg 155) in name of Rav Chaim Kanievsky (see there) </ref>, Mount Everest <Ref>Birkot Eliyahu (pg 296) </ref>, Ararat, or the Alps. <Ref>Aruch HaShulchan 228:1, Piskei Teshuvot 228:4, Vezot HaBracha (pg 155) </ref> | |||
# If there’s a doubt whether a mountain is considered unique one should make the Bracha without Shem UMalchut. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 155) </ref> | |||
==Seeing a desert== | |||
# Upon seeing a desert one should make the Bracha of Oseh Maaseh Beresheet. <Ref>S”A 228:1 </ref> This Bracha is only made on deserts that people refrain from traveling through because of wild animals and other dangers and this is uncommon except in the very large deserts far from settlement. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 228:4, Vezot HaBracha (pg 155) in name of Rav Moshe Shternbach</ref> | |||
==Comit or Earthquake== | ==Comit or Earthquake== | ||
# For seeing a comet or experiencing an earthquake one should make the Bracha Oseh מעשה Beresheet. <Ref>S”A 257:1 says that for seeing a comet or experiencing an earthquake one should make Oseh Maaseh Beresheet and if one wants one can make the Bracha SheCocho UGevurato Maaleh Olam instead. Mishna Brurah 227:6 is clear that it’s either one Bracha or the other but not both. So rules Vezot HaBracha (pg 155, chapter 17). Artscroll Siddur just quotes the more primary Bracha quoted in S”A, Oseh מעשה Beresheet. </ref> | # For seeing a comet or experiencing an earthquake one should make the Bracha Oseh מעשה Beresheet. <Ref>S”A 257:1 says that for seeing a comet or experiencing an earthquake one should make Oseh Maaseh Beresheet and if one wants one can make the Bracha SheCocho UGevurato Maaleh Olam instead. Mishna Brurah 227:6 is clear that it’s either one Bracha or the other but not both. So rules Vezot HaBracha (pg 155, chapter 17). Artscroll Siddur just quotes the more primary Bracha quoted in S”A, Oseh מעשה Beresheet. </ref> | ||
