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==Seeing a desert== | ==Seeing a desert== | ||
# Upon seeing a desert one should recite 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> | # Upon seeing a desert one should recite 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> | ||
==Comet or Earthquake== | ==Comet, Meteor or Earthquake== | ||
# For seeing a comet or experiencing an earthquake one should recite the Bracha Oseh | # For seeing a comet, or experiencing an earthquake one should recite the Bracha of Oseh Maaseh Beresheet. <Ref>S”A 257:1 says that for seeing a comet or experiencing an earthquake one should recite [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]] and if one wants one can recite 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. This is also the opinion of Vezot HaBracha (pg 155, chapter 17). Artscroll Siddur just quotes the more primary Bracha quoted in S”A, Oseh מעשה Beresheet. </ref> | ||
# If there was a break between one earthquake and the next, another Bracha is required. <Ref>Shaarei Teshuva 227:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 157) </ref> | # If there was a break between one earthquake and the next, another Bracha is required. <Ref>Shaarei Teshuva 227:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 157) </ref> | ||
==Meteor/Shooting Star== | |||
# Upon seeing a shooting star one recites the beracha of Oseh Maaseh Bereishit. <ref> Mishna Berura 227:1, [http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1269829/jewish/Is-There-a-Blessing-for-Seeing-a-Meteor-Shower.htm Chabad.org] </ref> | |||
# If multiple sightings are seen in one night, the beracha is only recited once. <ref> Mishna Berura 227:2 </ref> | |||
==Strong winds== | ==Strong winds== | ||
# For a strong wind as in a hurricane or tornado one should recite the Bracha of [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]]. <Ref>S”A 227:1, Mishna Brurah 227:4 writes that any wind which is uncommon is sufficient for a Bracha of [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]] but it would have to another type of wind to recite SheKocho UGevurato Maleh Olam and it's better to always recite [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]]. Halacha Brurah 227:6 agrees with Mishna Brurah and gives hurricanes and tornadoes as examples. See also Vezot HaBracha (pg 156) who writes that it must be a very strong wind. </ref> | # For a strong wind as in a hurricane or tornado one should recite the Bracha of [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]]. <Ref>S”A 227:1, Mishna Brurah 227:4 writes that any wind which is uncommon is sufficient for a Bracha of [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]] but it would have to another type of wind to recite SheKocho UGevurato Maleh Olam and it's better to always recite [[Oseh Maaseh Beresheet]]. Halacha Brurah 227:6 agrees with Mishna Brurah and gives hurricanes and tornadoes as examples. See also Vezot HaBracha (pg 156) who writes that it must be a very strong wind. </ref> | ||
