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#One can make this bracha one time for every rainfall and not again until the rainbow has cleared up completely and then it rains again.<ref>Mishna Brurah 229:2 writes that even within 30 days one can make the bracha again upon seeing another rainbow similar to the laws of seeing lightning and hearing thunder where the original sight has ended. Rav Nevinsal (BeYitzchak Yikra 229:2) writes that the number 30 used by the Mishna Brurah wasn’t specific since it’s possible to make the Bracha more than once in a day. [See Vezot HaBracha (pg 156, chapter 17) who quotes Mishna Brurah as saying that one can make another Bracha as long as one removed one’s mind from the rainbow. However, the language of Mishna Brurah implies that the rainbow must clear up before one can make another Bracha.] Avnei Darech 9:32 writes that one should recite the bracha upon a rainbow each time the clouds scatter and then reform and a new rainbow is seen. He quotes this from Rabbi Zilberstein as well.</ref> | #One can make this bracha one time for every rainfall and not again until the rainbow has cleared up completely and then it rains again.<ref>Mishna Brurah 229:2 writes that even within 30 days one can make the bracha again upon seeing another rainbow similar to the laws of seeing lightning and hearing thunder where the original sight has ended. Rav Nevinsal (BeYitzchak Yikra 229:2) writes that the number 30 used by the Mishna Brurah wasn’t specific since it’s possible to make the Bracha more than once in a day. [See Vezot HaBracha (pg 156, chapter 17) who quotes Mishna Brurah as saying that one can make another Bracha as long as one removed one’s mind from the rainbow. However, the language of Mishna Brurah implies that the rainbow must clear up before one can make another Bracha.] Avnei Darech 9:32 writes that one should recite the bracha upon a rainbow each time the clouds scatter and then reform and a new rainbow is seen. He quotes this from Rabbi Zilberstein as well.</ref> | ||
#Some say that one must see the entire rainbow in order to make the bracha.<ref>Beiur Halacha 229:1 s.v. HaRoeh writes that it’s unclear whether one can make the Bracha for seeing a part of the rainbow or only if one saw the entire semicircle crescent. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 3:76 concludes that therefore, one may not make the blessing on anything less than a full semicircle rainbow | #Some say that one must see the entire rainbow in order to make the bracha.<ref>Beiur Halacha 229:1 s.v. HaRoeh writes that it’s unclear whether one can make the Bracha for seeing a part of the rainbow or only if one saw the entire semicircle crescent. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 3:76 concludes that therefore, one may not make the blessing on anything less than a full semicircle rainbow. </ref> Others, however, hold that there is what to rely on if one makes the bracha upon seeing a part of the rainbow.<ref>Chazon Ovadia ([[Brachot]] p. 473), Halacha Brurah 229:2, Birkat Hashem (v. 4, 4:35). Vezot HaBracha (pg 156, chapter 17) writes that Rav Elyashiv rules that if one saw the entire semicircle one can make the Bracha even if it’s missing a piece. Ashrei Ha'ish 38:12 quotes Rav Elyashiv as holding that Biur Halacha is only unsure whether one can recite a bracha when seeing a rainbow that doesn't appear as a semicircle. But if the rainbow appears as a semicircle he can recite the bracha even though he didn't see all of it.</ref> | ||
#One should not stare at the rainbow, rather one should look at it briefly and then make the bracha.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 229:1, Mishna Brurah 229:5, Aruch HaShulchan 229:2</ref> | #One should not stare at the rainbow, rather one should look at it briefly and then make the bracha.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 229:1, Mishna Brurah 229:5, Aruch HaShulchan 229:2</ref> | ||
#One should not tell one’s friend about the rainbow even if one does it in order that one’s friend is able to make the bracha, as it’s similar to spreading bad news.<ref>[https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/משנה_ברורה_על_אורח_חיים_רכט Mishnah Berurah 229:1], Citing Chayei Adam 63:4.</ref> Similarly, one shouldn’t make the bracha loudly so that one’s friend hears it and recognizes the rainbow.<ref>Rav Nebenzahl in BeYitzchak Yikarei 229:1, although Rav Zilberstein ([http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49710&st=&pgnum=363 Chashukei Chemed to Berachot 59a]) permits hinting to others by asking them what the words of the beracha are.</ref> However, others assume that since it is a mitzvah to recite this bracha one should tell others about the rainbow.<ref>Rabbi Mansour on [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=266 Dailyhalacha.com], Brit Kehunah Ma'arechet Kuf, Ot Gimmel, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef (cited in Yalkut Yosef Orach Chaim 229 footnote 1) and Rabbi Eliezer Melamed ([https://ph.yhb.org.il/10-15-10/ Peninei Halacha Berachot 15:10]).</ref> | #One should not tell one’s friend about the rainbow even if one does it in order that one’s friend is able to make the bracha, as it’s similar to spreading bad news.<ref>[https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/משנה_ברורה_על_אורח_חיים_רכט Mishnah Berurah 229:1], Citing Chayei Adam 63:4.</ref> Similarly, one shouldn’t make the bracha loudly so that one’s friend hears it and recognizes the rainbow.<ref>Rav Nebenzahl in BeYitzchak Yikarei 229:1, although Rav Zilberstein ([http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49710&st=&pgnum=363 Chashukei Chemed to Berachot 59a]) permits hinting to others by asking them what the words of the beracha are.</ref> However, others assume that since it is a mitzvah to recite this bracha one should tell others about the rainbow.<ref>Rabbi Mansour on [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=266 Dailyhalacha.com], Brit Kehunah Ma'arechet Kuf, Ot Gimmel, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef (cited in Yalkut Yosef Orach Chaim 229 footnote 1) and Rabbi Eliezer Melamed ([https://ph.yhb.org.il/10-15-10/ Peninei Halacha Berachot 15:10]).</ref> | ||
