(Hakhel)
Now that we have entered the season of Mashiv HaRuach U’Morid HaGeshem, we present the following Questions and Answers relating the rainy season, as excerpted from the most recent issue of Divrei Siach, which contains the rulings of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, Shlita, as published by Rabbi Yitzchak Goldshtoff, Shlita. Of course, one should ask his own Rav or Posek in his particular circumstance or situation for a final p’sak:
- QUESTION: If one made a bracha over lightning and/or thunder, traveled to another city where the weather was clear, and then came back the same day–would he recite a new bracha on lightning and thunder upon his return?
ANSWER: Since one had a hesech hada’as, he should recite a new bracha.
- QUESTION: If one already recite a Birkas HaMapil and then sees lightning or hears thunder before falling asleep, should he make a bracha?
ANSWER: No
- QUESTION: Should the brachos on lighting and thunder (or other Birkos HaShevach) be recited standing?
ANSWER: I have not heard that this is the Minhag.
- QUESTION: Can one recite a bracha over lightning and thunder seen or heard during Birkas HaMazon?
ANSWER: Only if heard bein haperakim of Birkas HaMazon.
- QUESTION: If one is in the middle of giving a Shiur and sees lightning or hears thunder, should he stop the Shiur in order to make a bracha?
ANSWER: Yes.
- QUESTION: How does one pronounce HaGeshem–with a kamatz or a segol?
ANSWER: We pronounce it with a segol. [This is, of course, a Machlokes Haposkim. HaRav Moshe Feinstein, Z’tl, rules that a kamatz should be used–and it should be pronounced HaGahshem]
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