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# 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> | # 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> | # If multiple sightings are seen in one night, the beracha is only recited once. <ref> Mishna Berura 227:2 </ref> | ||
# There is no bracha upon seeing a lunar or solar eclipse.<ref>Rabbi Tendler in Moreshet Moshe v. 2 p. 51 quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as explaining that there’s no bracha for seeing a solar or lunar eclipse and in fact it is a negative sign. </ref> | # There is no bracha upon seeing a lunar or solar eclipse.<ref>Rabbi Tendler in Moreshet Moshe v. 2 p. 51 quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as explaining that there’s no bracha for seeing a solar or lunar eclipse and in fact it is a negative sign. Sh"t Aseh Lecha Rav 150 agrees that a beracha should not be recited because no such beracha is mentioned in the Gemara. see further [http://www.hakirah.org/vol23brown.pdf The Great American Eclipse of 2017: Halachic and Philosophical Aspects] </ref> | ||
==Strong winds== | ==Strong winds== | ||
