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Blessings · Orach Chaim 224

Selecting the Correct Blessing

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Is the blessing upon seeing idolatry (Merkolis etc.) recited in contemporary times?

3 opinions across 2 eras

What blessing is recited upon seeing a place from which idolatry has been eradicated, and does the formula differ between Eretz Yisrael and outside it?

2 opinions

What blessings are recited upon seeing the ruins of Babylon, the house of Nebuchadnezzar, the lion's den, or the fiery furnace?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Historical Sites

What blessing is recited upon seeing a place in Babylon where animals become trapped, and is it recited with God's name and kingship?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Historical Sites

What is recited upon seeing 600,000 Jews gathered together?

1 opinions

What blessing is recited upon seeing a great Torah scholar?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Scholars and Kings

What blessing is recited upon seeing a non-Jewish scholar of secular wisdom, and does this differ from the blessing on a Jewish scholar?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Scholars and Kings

What blessing is recited upon seeing a Jewish king versus a non-Jewish king, and what level of official triggers each blessing?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Scholars and Kings

Is there a mitzvah to see a king, and may one transgress a rabbinic prohibition to do so?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Scholars and Kings

What blessing is recited upon seeing inhabited Jewish homes (or synagogues), and which interpretation of 'beit Yisrael' is accepted in practice?

4 opinions across 3 eras

Buildings and Graves

What is recited upon seeing inhabited non-Jewish homes versus non-Jewish homes in ruin?

2 opinions

Buildings and Graves

What blessing is recited upon seeing Jewish graves, and is the blessing recited on a single grave or only multiple graves?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Buildings and Graves

Does the 30-day rule for sight-blessings apply when seeing a different individual (e.g., a different king or a different grave)?

3 opinions across 2 eras