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	Ose Ma’ase Bereishis
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

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[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.