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* Chazon Ovadyah ([[Brachot]] pg 388) quotes the Chesed LeAlafim that the Sephardic minhag is not to make the HaTov VeHaMeitiv at the time of the birth but to have the [[Shehecheyanu]] at the [[brit milah]] cover the whole occasion. He also quotes Rav Kapach explains that this is the reason the Rambam didn't quote this halacha. Kaf Hachaim 223:6 and Halacha Brurah 223:1 agree that the minhag is to wait to make [[Shehecheyanu]] at the milah. The Birkat Hashem (Rav Moshe HaLevi, vol 4, 2:61) and [[Brachot]] Shir VeHaShevach (pg 475-6), however, argues with the Chesed LeAlafim and says that it is proper to follow Shulchan Aruch to make the bracha.</ref> | * Chazon Ovadyah ([[Brachot]] pg 388) quotes the Chesed LeAlafim that the Sephardic minhag is not to make the HaTov VeHaMeitiv at the time of the birth but to have the [[Shehecheyanu]] at the [[brit milah]] cover the whole occasion. He also quotes Rav Kapach explains that this is the reason the Rambam didn't quote this halacha. Kaf Hachaim 223:6 and Halacha Brurah 223:1 agree that the minhag is to wait to make [[Shehecheyanu]] at the milah. The Birkat Hashem (Rav Moshe HaLevi, vol 4, 2:61) and [[Brachot]] Shir VeHaShevach (pg 475-6), however, argues with the Chesed LeAlafim and says that it is proper to follow Shulchan Aruch to make the bracha.</ref> | ||
# If one didn't make the bracha right away, one may still say the bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 223:3 writes that even if he didn't make the bracha right away he can still make the bracha because certainly it's still great news.</ref> | # If one didn't make the bracha right away, one may still say the bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 223:3 writes that even if he didn't make the bracha right away he can still make the bracha because certainly it's still great news.</ref> | ||
# If one's wife had a baby girl both the father and mother should make the bracha of [[Shehecheyanu]]. <ref> Mishna Brurah 223:2. See also Piskei Teshuvot 223:1 .</ref> | # If one's wife had a baby girl both the father and mother should make the bracha of [[Shehecheyanu]]. <ref> Mishna Brurah 223:2. See also Piskei Teshuvot 223:1. Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe 5:43:5) writes that even though a person usually has more worries about the finances and difficulty of finding a proper suitor for a daughter than he has for a boy, these concerns don't prevent his joy upon the birth of a girl. Therefore, it is fitting to recite Shehechiyanu.</ref> | ||
===Bracha on Rain=== | ===Bracha on Rain=== | ||
# Chazal established a Bracha for when there’s a drought in [[Israel]] that caused pain or difficulty and then there was enough rain that the water droplets in the puddles splash, one drop towards another drop. Minhag is not to make this Bracha outside [[Israel]]. The lashon of the Bracha is found in the Siddur starting with the words “Modim Anachnu Lach…” if you don’t have a field, however if you have a field (that’s 15 square [[Amot]]) the Bracha is [[Shehecheyanu]]. <Ref>S”A 221:1 codifies this Bracha for when it rains after a drought. The Rama 221:1 writes that nowadays this Bracha isn’t made for lands outside [[Israel]] where there’s usually a lot of rain. Beiur Halacha s.v. Mevarchim explains that S”A holds that if the rain drops splash at one another that’s enough rain to make the Bracha. Piskei Teshuvot 221 specifies that it must be a field of 15 square [[Amot]]. See Piskei Teshuvot (Siman 221 note 3) who writes that he has never heard anyone ever make this Bracha and so one shouldn’t make it with [[Shem UMalchut]]. Birkat Hashem who writes that the minhag is not to make this Bracha nowadays. </ref> | # Chazal established a Bracha for when there’s a drought in [[Israel]] that caused pain or difficulty and then there was enough rain that the water droplets in the puddles splash, one drop towards another drop. Minhag is not to make this Bracha outside [[Israel]]. The lashon of the Bracha is found in the Siddur starting with the words “Modim Anachnu Lach…” if you don’t have a field, however if you have a field (that’s 15 square [[Amot]]) the Bracha is [[Shehecheyanu]]. <Ref>S”A 221:1 codifies this Bracha for when it rains after a drought. The Rama 221:1 writes that nowadays this Bracha isn’t made for lands outside [[Israel]] where there’s usually a lot of rain. Beiur Halacha s.v. Mevarchim explains that S”A holds that if the rain drops splash at one another that’s enough rain to make the Bracha. Piskei Teshuvot 221 specifies that it must be a field of 15 square [[Amot]]. See Piskei Teshuvot (Siman 221 note 3) who writes that he has never heard anyone ever make this Bracha and so one shouldn’t make it with [[Shem UMalchut]]. Birkat Hashem who writes that the minhag is not to make this Bracha nowadays. </ref> | ||
