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Igrot Kodesh · Letter 2068 — Faith & Bitachon

Volume 7 · Letter 203

B'ezras Hashem*,

11 Nissan 5713,

You[1] ask me about the brachah* recited over the sun.[2] In my opinion, in accordance with the majority opinion of the later Sages, one must indeed recite it, with the help of Hashem*.[3]

Its text is as follows: "Baruch*… She'asah ma'aseh bereishis*" and not "She'asah bereishis." Such is the opinion of the Alter Rebbe*, regarding the brachah* recited over thunder,[4] as he states in his Hilchos Berachos*.

Notes

[1] This letter is addressed to Rav Eliyahu Chaim Roitblatt, of New York.

[2] A brachah that is recited once every twenty-eight years, in Nissan, on a Wednesday morning, when the sun returns to the precise location where it was at the time of its creation. The question posed here is the following: Should this brachah be recited?

[3] It was to be recited in 5713, and was then recited in 5741.

[4] Which has the same text.

ב'סח

ב"ה, י"א ניסן, תשי"ג
... במענה על שאלתו אודות ברכת החמה, הנה בדעתי וכדעת רוב המכריע של האחרונים, לברכה בעזה"י ובנוסח - עושה מעשה בראשית (ולא עושה בראשית) כיון שכן הוא דעת רבינו הזקן בענין ברכת הרעמים וכמ"ש בברכת הנהנין.

ב'סח
נדפסה בלקו"ש ח"י ע' 187 והושלמה ע"פ העתק המזכירות. והיא אל מוה"ר אלי' חיים שי' רויטבלאט.

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