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י"ח אדר ב’ התשפ"ד

Thursday
י"ח אדר ב’ התשפ"ד

חיפוש בארכיון

The Laws of Blessings which apply during the Rainy Period (17)

1) One who sees a rainbow makes the blessing “Baruch attah Hashem Elokeinu melech ha’olom zocher habris vene’eman bivriso vekayam bema’amano!” (Blessed are you Hashem our G-d King of the world, who remembers the promise and is faithful in His promise and keeps His word!”). (Shulchan Aruch and Mishne Berurah 229)

 

2) The explanation of this is that even though the wicked people have increased and really they would deserve for Hashem to bring a flood, nevertheless Hashem is faithful in the covenant that He made with the children of Adam that he would never again bring a flood to the world. And we say “And He keeps His word!” to say that even if He would not have made a covenant about it since He had said that He would no longer bring a flood, He would have kept His word. (Mishne Berurah)

 

“Moshe established for Yisrael, that they should inquire and teach the issue of the day, the halachos of Pesach on Pesach, the halachos of Atzeres on Atzeres, the halachos of chag on the chag” (Megilla 32)