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==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> S"A 228:1 </ref> | ||
# One makes 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 make 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 make another bracha even if it's within 30 days. <ref>Halichot Shlomo 23:27 </ref> | |||
# If one lives close to the ocean even if it has been more than 30 days one shouldn't make a bracha on seeing that ocean. <ref>Halichot Shlomo 23:28 </ref> | |||
==Atlantic Ocean== | ==Atlantic Ocean== | ||
# According to Ashkanazim, The bracha for seeing the Atlantic ocean is SheAssa Et HaYam HaGadol. According to Sephardim, this bracha is never made. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 228:1 writes that for all oceans one makes the bracha of Oseh Maaseh Beresheet except for the Mediterrian which you make Oseh HaYam haGadol. However, Mishna Brurah 228:2 argues that really the bracha of Oseh HaYam HaGadol should only be made on the Atlantic ocean and all others (including the Mediterrian) only get the bracha of Oseh Maaseh Beresheet. [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.(VeZot HaBracha pg 154)] For Ashkenazim, the halacha is in accordance with Mishna Brurah as most achronim hold like that opinion; so writes the VeZot HaBracha pg 154 in name of Rav Elyashiv. For Sephardim Yalkut Yosef (Siman 228) writes not to make the bracha of Oseh HaYam HaGadol on anything because of the dispute (I'm not sure if he would hold that a Oseh Maaseh Beresheet is still made for all oceans).</ref> | # According to Ashkanazim, The bracha for seeing the Atlantic ocean is SheAssa Et HaYam HaGadol. According to Sephardim, this bracha is never made. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 228:1 writes that for all oceans one makes the bracha of Oseh Maaseh Beresheet except for the Mediterrian which you make Oseh HaYam haGadol. However, Mishna Brurah 228:2 argues that really the bracha of Oseh HaYam HaGadol should only be made on the Atlantic ocean and all others (including the Mediterrian) only get the bracha of Oseh Maaseh Beresheet. [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.(VeZot HaBracha pg 154)] For Ashkenazim, the halacha is in accordance with Mishna Brurah as most achronim hold like that opinion; so writes the VeZot HaBracha pg 154 in name of Rav Elyashiv. For Sephardim Yalkut Yosef (Siman 228) writes not to make the bracha of Oseh HaYam HaGadol on anything because of the dispute (I'm not sure if he would hold that a Oseh Maaseh Beresheet is still made for all oceans).</ref> | ||
== 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), Halichot Shlomo (Hilchot Tefillah 23:29) </ref> | ||
==Seeing a river== | ==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> | # 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> | ||
