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# If one didn’t see the lighting and only heard thunder one should recite SheCocho UGevurato Maaleh Olam. Then, if later one sees lightning one should recite [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]].<Ref>Mishna Brurah 227:5 </ref> | # If one didn’t see the lighting and only heard thunder one should recite SheCocho UGevurato Maaleh Olam. Then, if later one sees lightning one should recite [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]].<Ref>Mishna Brurah 227:5 </ref> | ||
# If the storm cleared up completely and there were no clouds and then another storm came, one can recite another bracha for the lightning and thunder of the next storm, however within one storm one only recites one bracha unless the storm continues into the next day.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 227:2 writes that one shouldn’t recite another Bracha on thunder and lightning unless the storm has cleared up. Mishna Brurah 227:8 emphasizes that it must have completely cleared up unless it continues to the next day in which case a new Bracha is needed in any case. This is also the opinion of Yalkut Yosef (vol 3 pg 622).</ref> If someone recited the bracha during the day and then the storm continues into the night, a new bracha is not recited.<Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 154) quotes Az Nidbaru 6:32 and Rav Moshe Shternbach who hold that one doesn’t recite a new Bracha in the morning unless one slept and the night has passed. Chazon Ovadia (Brachot p. 465) agrees that a new bracha is not recited at night if one already made a bracha that day and it is the same storm.</ref> | # If the storm cleared up completely and there were no clouds and then another storm came, one can recite another bracha for the lightning and thunder of the next storm, however within one storm one only recites one bracha unless the storm continues into the next day.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 227:2 writes that one shouldn’t recite another Bracha on thunder and lightning unless the storm has cleared up. Mishna Brurah 227:8 emphasizes that it must have completely cleared up unless it continues to the next day in which case a new Bracha is needed in any case. This is also the opinion of Yalkut Yosef (vol 3 pg 622).</ref> If someone recited the bracha during the day and then the storm continues into the night, a new bracha is not recited.<Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 154) quotes Az Nidbaru 6:32 and Rav Moshe Shternbach who hold that one doesn’t recite a new Bracha in the morning unless one slept and the night has passed. Chazon Ovadia (Brachot p. 465) agrees that a new bracha is not recited at night if one already made a bracha that day and it is the same storm.</ref> | ||
# The bracha on lightning and thunder must be said within [[Toch Kedi Dibbur]] (2-3 seconds) of seeing the lightning or hearing the thunder.<ref> Yerushalmi, Ran (cited by Bet Yosef 46), Mishna Brurah 227:12, Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:1) </ref> | # The bracha on lightning and thunder must be said within [[Toch Kedi Dibbur]] (2-3 seconds) of seeing the lightning or hearing the thunder.<ref> Yerushalmi, Ran (cited by Bet Yosef 46), Mishna Brurah 227:12, Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:1). Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:9) adds that he may recite the bracha within toch kedi dibbur even if he already said a word (not related to the lightning or thunder) between the lightning or thunder and his bracha. </ref> | ||
# One may recite the bracha even if one only saw the light from the lightning and didn’t see the actual bolt.<Ref> Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo page 287, Sh"t Minchat Shlomo 2:4:34) writes that one may recite the bracha on lightning even if one only saw the flash from the lightning and not the bolt because one really feels Hashem's greatness and the greatness of His creations even without seeing the bolt. This is quoted in Vezot HaBracha (pg 156). Rav Yacov Kamenetsky in Emes Liyaakov (Siman 227 in the footnote), [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=880&st=&pgnum=47 Sh"t Az Nidberu 6:23], Chazon Ovadia ([[Berachot]] page 466), and Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 12:21 agree.</ref> However, some disagree and hold that one should not recite a bracha on lightning unless he saw the actual bold.<ref>Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:5)</ref> | # One may recite the bracha even if one only saw the light from the lightning and didn’t see the actual bolt.<Ref> Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo page 287, Sh"t Minchat Shlomo 2:4:34) writes that one may recite the bracha on lightning even if one only saw the flash from the lightning and not the bolt because one really feels Hashem's greatness and the greatness of His creations even without seeing the bolt. This is quoted in Vezot HaBracha (pg 156). Rav Yacov Kamenetsky in Emes Liyaakov (Siman 227 in the footnote), [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=880&st=&pgnum=47 Sh"t Az Nidberu 6:23], Chazon Ovadia ([[Berachot]] page 466), and Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 12:21 agree.</ref> However, some disagree and hold that one should not recite a bracha on lightning unless he saw the actual bold.<ref>Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:5)</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> | # 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> | ||
