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# For seeing a person who has very unusual body features with which he was born, one can make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. <Ref> S”A 225:8-9 </ref> | # For seeing a person who has very unusual body features with which he was born, one can make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. <Ref> S”A 225:8-9 </ref> | ||
## S”A 225:8-9 writes that for seeing a person with a dark, albino red, or white complexion, a person who is bent over because of obesity, a midget, a person with a lot of warts, a person with hair that’s attached should make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. | ## S”A 225:8-9 writes that for seeing a person with a dark, albino red, or white complexion, a person who is bent over because of obesity, a midget, a person with a lot of warts, a person with hair that’s attached should make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. | ||
## Kitzur S"A 60:13-14 says to say Meshaneh HaBriyot on a black person, ginger, albino, midget, extremely tall person, retard, amputee, blind person, and a person with boils. | |||
## Mishna Brurah 225:20 explains one of the above terms differently and adds the case of a person who is too tall to support his own weight. | ## Mishna Brurah 225:20 explains one of the above terms differently and adds the case of a person who is too tall to support his own weight. | ||
## Piskei Teshuvot 225:20 in name of Sh”t Shevut Yacov 1:4 writes that the case of Siamese twins is a reason for this Bracha. | ## Piskei Teshuvot 225:20 in name of Sh”t Shevut Yacov 1:4 writes that the case of Siamese twins is a reason for this Bracha. | ||
