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# If one’s hands are unclean from going to the bathroom and not washing yet or for going to sleep at night and not having washed yet, and right then one saw lightning or heard thunder, one can’t recite the Bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 227:11, Vezot HaBracha (pg 154), see there for the case of where one needs to go to the bathroom. </ref>
# If one’s hands are unclean from going to the bathroom and not washing yet or for going to sleep at night and not having washed yet, and right then one saw lightning or heard thunder, one can’t recite the Bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 227:11, Vezot HaBracha (pg 154), see there for the case of where one needs to go to the bathroom. </ref>
# Even one who is in the middle of learning, should stop to recite this bracha. <ref> Sh"t Beer Moshe 2:10 </ref>
# Even one who is in the middle of learning, should stop to recite this bracha. <ref> Sh"t Beer Moshe 2:10 </ref>
# Text of the Bracha on lightning: ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם עושה מעשה בראשית - Baruch Atta Adonay Eloheinu Melech HaOlam [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]]. <ref>S"A 227:1</ref>
# Text of the Bracha on lightning: ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם עושה מעשה בראשית - Baruch Atta Adonay Eloheinu Melech HaOlam [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 227:1</ref>
# Text of the Bracha on thunder:  ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם שכחו וגבורתו מלא עולם - Baruch Atta Adonay Eloheinu Melech HaOlam SheKocho UGevurato Maaleh Olam. <ref>S"A 227:1</ref>
# Text of the Bracha on thunder:  ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם שכחו וגבורתו מלא עולם - Baruch Atta Adonay Eloheinu Melech HaOlam SheKocho UGevurato Maaleh Olam. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 227:1</ref>


==All oceans==
==All oceans==
# The bracha for seeing any ocean is [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]]. <ref> S"A 228:1 </ref>
# The bracha for seeing any ocean is [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 228:1 </ref>
# One recites a [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]] for seeing a sea or ocean that is natural and from the time of creation. Therefore, there’s a Bracha for seeing the Kinneret but no bracha for seeing the Dead sea. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 23:26 (pg 287) writes that one should recite a bracha for seeing the Kinneret but not for seeing the Dead Sea (Yam HaMelech). </ref>
# One recites a [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]] for seeing a sea or ocean that is natural and from the time of creation. Therefore, there’s a Bracha for seeing the Kinneret but no bracha for seeing the Dead sea. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 23:26 (pg 287) writes that one should recite a bracha for seeing the Kinneret but not for seeing the Dead Sea (Yam HaMelech). </ref>
# If one made a bracha upon seeing one ocean and then sees another ocean, one should recite another bracha even if it's within 30 days. <ref>Halichot Shlomo 23:27 </ref>
# If one made a bracha upon seeing one ocean and then sees another ocean, one should recite another bracha even if it's within 30 days. <ref>Halichot Shlomo 23:27 </ref>