Sunday 7 May 2017

Birkot Re'iyyah

From RRW

Natural Wonders

Aurora Polaris (Polar / North light)[1]

Beautiful looking  animals  birds fish moths

Manitoba Canada, Alaska & Norway
Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)

Shekacha Lo Beolamo (short)
Comet (כוכב שביט)

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis
Coral Reefs

Shekacha Lo Be’olamo (short Bracha)
Craters (Machteshim)
Israel
Some – no Bracha[2], some Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)
Earthquake[3]

 Ose Ma’ase Bereishis OR Shekocho Ugevuraso Maleh Olam [4]
Erupting volcano

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis, some short Bracha[5]
Fjords[6]

Falling Stars

The required Bracha on the sea, and on outstanding  cliffs Ose Ma’ase Bereishis)
Ose Ma’ase Breishis
Geyser

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis and some say the short Bracha
Glacier
Lightning
Lightning (result of heat)                               

 Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha),
Ose Ma’ase Bereishis[7]
No Bracha some say Ose Maase Breishis (short Bracha)
Lunar eclipse

No Bracha some  Ose Ma’ase Bereishis – short Bracha
Meteor

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis
Rainbow over waterfall

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha), [8]
Solar eclipse

No Bracha some opine Ose Ma’ase Bereishis – short Bracha)
Stalactite & stalagmite cave

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis \  some  OMB (short Bracha)
Storm of at least 60 km/h
Trees changing colors -fall
Thunder

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis
Shekacha  Lo Beolamo (short)
Shekocho Ugevuraso Malei Olam[9]

Tornado

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis OR Shekocho Ugevuraso Maleh Olam
Tsunami waves

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis / Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)[10]
Typhoon

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis OR Shekocho Ugevuraso Maleh Olam
Waterfall

Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)[11]
Very tall trees (eucalyptus trees)

Shekacha Lo Be’olamo (short Bracha), some say full Bracha
Outstandingly  beautiful  birds  ex peacock parrot  and fish

Shekacha Lo Be’olamo (short Bracha), some say full Bracha







Sites

Adelsberg  (Postojna) caverns  
Yugoslavia -Slovenia
On the stalagmites and stalactites - Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
On the stalagmites and stalactites, water falls, lakes - Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)
Grand Canyon
Arizona USA
On the crater - Ose Ma’ase Bereishis
Grand Teton National Park
 Wyoming USA
On the Grand Teton mountain - Ose Ma’ase Bereishis, on the waterfalls - short Bracha
Niagara Falls
USA / Canad
Plitvice National Park
Croatia
On the waterfalls and lakes - Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)
Rose Valley
Bulgaria
Shekacha Lo Be’olamo (short Bracha)
Sequoia National Park
California USA
On the big Sequoia trees - Shekacha Lo Be’olamo (short Bracha)
Triglav mountain (cliff)
Yugoslavia
Ose Ma’ase Bereishis
Yellowstone National Park
USA
On the lake - Ose Ma’ase Bereishis, on the waterfalls, river, cliffs, geysers –short Bracha
Yosemite National Park
California USA
On the strange shaped cliffs (such as the Half Dome and El Capitan) and on the lakes - Ose Ma’ase Bereishis, but on the waterfalls the short Bracha, on the Sequoia groves - Shekacha Lo Be’olamo (short Bracha)
Stalagmites (Me’arat HaNetifim)
Israel
Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)
Banias waterfall
Israel
Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)
Karst Phenomena
Yugoslavia
On the Stalactites - Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)
Norwegian Fjords

The required Bracha on the sea, and on the cliffs Ose Ma’ase Bereishis (short Bracha)
Great Barrier Reef – Beautiful fish
Australia
Shekacha Lo Be’olamo – some short Bracha, some full Bracha
Uluru  - outstanding rock formation
Central Australia
Ose Ma’ase Bereishis
Blue Mountains
Australia
Ose Ma’ase Bereishis
Great Australian  Bight (Outstanding rock formations, cliffs)
Australia
Ose Ma’ase Bereishis



[1] Aurora Polaris (Polar / North light) - A wind electrically charged brings particles to earth in form of various colors.
[2] Sha’ar Ha’ayin pg. 485.
[3] Sha’ar Ha’ayin pg  72, 486.
[4] When the object moves one may recite either of the brachosbut if the object is stationary only Ose Maase Breishis recited
[5] Sha’ar Ha’ayin pg. 485.
[6] Sha’ar Ha’ayin pg. 487 see details especially in Norway.
[7] If says Shekocho ugevuraso malei Olam has fulfilled obligation
[8] Sha’ar Ha’ayin pg 487.
[9] If says OMB he has fulfilled his obligation
[10] Sha’ar Ha’ayin pg. 485.
[11] Sha’ar Ha’ayin pg. 486.

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