Blessings · Orach Chaim 221

Blessing on New Clothes

7 questions · 20 opinions

When is the blessing over rain (birkat hageshamim) recited — is it only after a drought or whenever rain falls?

4 opinions across 2 eras

What is the minimum rainfall threshold required before reciting the rain blessing?

2 opinions across 2 eras

What blessing does someone without a field recite upon hearing that rain fell after a drought?

3 opinions across 2 eras

What blessing does someone with a field exclusively his own (no partner) recite when rain falls?

3 opinions across 2 eras

What blessing does someone with a field held in partnership recite when rain falls?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Does someone who hears (but does not see) that rain fell on his field recite a blessing, and if so which one?

4 opinions across 3 eras

Does seeing the Nile at flood stage trigger a blessing, and which one?

2 opinions