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==HaTov VeHaMietiv== | ==HaTov VeHaMietiv== | ||
# For hearing good news from a reliable source which is good for oneself and for others one should make the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv. However, for hearing good new which is only good for oneself, one should make Shehecheyanu. <Ref>S”A 222:1 </ref> | # For hearing good news from a reliable source which is good for oneself and for others one should make the Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv. However, for hearing good new which is only good for oneself, one should make Shehecheyanu. <Ref>S”A 222:1, Kitzur S"A 59:1 </ref> | ||
# Nowadays, we minimize the amount of times these Brachot are said. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 222:1 </ref>In cases where Halacha certainly obligates a Bracha, if one does make the Bracha even if it’s not the minhag, one has done properly. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 222:1 </ref> | # Nowadays, we minimize the amount of times these Brachot are said.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 222:1 </ref> In cases where Halacha certainly obligates a Bracha, if one does make the Bracha even if it’s not the minhag, one has done properly. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 222:1 </ref> | ||
# If one didn't make the Bracha at the time one heard about the good or bad news or saw the event because of one's physical uncleanliness or location's uncleanliness, one may still make the bracha later. <ref>Kitzur S"A 59:1</ref> | |||
===Bracha upon having a baby=== | ===Bracha upon having a baby=== | ||
# According to most ashkenazic authorities, if the father hears or sees that his wife had a baby boy both the father and mother should make a Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv. <Ref> | # According to most ashkenazic authorities, if the father hears or sees that his wife had a baby boy both the father and mother should make a Bracha of HaTov VeHaMeitiv. <Ref> | ||
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# 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. Buir Halacha D”H 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. Buir Halacha D”H 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> | ||
==Dayan HaEmet== | ==Dayan HaEmet== | ||
# For hearing bad news one should make Dayan Emet. This Bracha should be made with the full intent and accepting soul just like one is happy for good news. <Ref>S”A 222:2 </ref> | # For hearing bad news one should make Dayan Emet. This Bracha should be made with the full intent and accepting soul just like one is happy for good news. <Ref>S”A 222:2, Kitzur S"A 59:2 </ref> | ||
## A great loss of money which causes one pain can warrant Dayan HaEmet. <Ref>Biur Halacha D”H Dayan HeEmet </ref> | ## A great loss of money which causes one pain can warrant Dayan HaEmet. <Ref>Biur Halacha 222 D”H Dayan HeEmet </ref> | ||
# One should make Dayan HaEmet with Shem Umalchut upon hearing the passing of a relative which one is obligated to mourn. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 223:8, Piskei Teshuvot 222:2, Yalkut Yosef 222:2 </ref> | # One should make Dayan HaEmet with Shem Umalchut upon hearing the passing of a relative which one is obligated to mourn. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 223:8, Piskei Teshuvot 222:2, Yalkut Yosef 222:2 </ref> | ||
# The minhag is say Baruch Dayan HaEmet without Shem Umalchut upon hearing about the passing of a Talmid Chacham unless he was one's Rebbe Muvhak. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 222:2, Halacha Brurah 223:7</ref> Nonetheless, upon such bad news one should certainly feel a sense of mourning.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 223:8</ref> | # The minhag is say Baruch Dayan HaEmet without Shem Umalchut upon hearing about the passing of a Talmid Chacham unless he was one's Rebbe Muvhak. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 222:2, Halacha Brurah 223:7</ref> Nonetheless, upon such bad news one should certainly feel a sense of mourning.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 223:8</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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