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==Meshaneh HaBriyot== | ==Meshaneh HaBriyot== | ||
# For seeing a person who has very unusual body features with which he was born, one can make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. <Ref> | # For seeing a person who has very unusual body features with which he was born, one can make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch O.C. 225:8-9 | ||
## S”A 225:8-9 writes that for seeing a person with a dark, albino red, or white complexion, a person who is bent over because of obesity, a midget, a person with a lot of warts, a person with hair that’s attached should make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. | ## S”A 225:8-9 writes that for seeing a person with a dark, albino red, or white complexion, a person who is bent over because of obesity, a midget, a person with a lot of warts, a person with hair that’s attached should make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. | ||
## Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 60:13-14 says to say Meshaneh HaBriyot on a black person, a ginger, an albino, a midget, an extremely tall person, a retard, an amputee, a blind person, a person with boils, a monkey and an elephant. | ## Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 60:13-14 says to say Meshaneh HaBriyot on a black person, a ginger, an albino, a midget, an extremely tall person, a retard, an amputee, a blind person, a person with boils, a monkey and an elephant. | ||
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## The Chaye Adam (Vol 1, chapter 63:1) writes that our minhag is not to make the Bracha on seeing a person of dark complexion or a midget since we see these are common sight for us. | ## The Chaye Adam (Vol 1, chapter 63:1) writes that our minhag is not to make the Bracha on seeing a person of dark complexion or a midget since we see these are common sight for us. | ||
## Orchot Rabbenu (Vol 1 pg 94) writes that the Steipler made a Bracha on seeing a midget. | ## Orchot Rabbenu (Vol 1 pg 94) writes that the Steipler made a Bracha on seeing a midget. | ||
## Piskei Teshuvot 225:20 concludes that the Bracha should only be made for seeing a person who has a very significant change. | ## Piskei Teshuvot 225:20 concludes that the Bracha should only be made for seeing a person who has a very significant change. </ref> | ||
==Going to the Zoo== | |||
# For seeing a monkey or elephant for the first time one should make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. However, if one sees another monkey or elephant, one can not make the Bracha again with [[Shem UMalchut]], however, if it has been 30 days one can make the Bracha without [[Shem UMalchut]]. Some Sephardim hold that one can recite it with Shem Umalchut after 30 days.<Ref> The Mishna Brurah 225:30 writes practically after 30 days one should only recite the bracha without Shem Umalchut. Vezot HaBracha (pg 156), Piskei Teshuvot 225:21, Kesot HaShulchan 66:8, Halacha Brurah (Siman 225:56; Rav Dovid Yosef), and Birkat Hashem (vol 4, pg 249; Rav Moshe HaLevi) all agree and hold like the simple explanation of S”A that there’s no Bracha on the elephant or monkey every thirty days but only the first time. Birkat Hashem adds that even if one didn’t make the Bracha the first time one can’t make it the second time. [This is in accordance with Biur Halacha 218:1 s.v. BeMakom.] However, Yalkut Yosef (5751, 225:21, vol 3 pg 609) writes that the minhag is to make the Bracha on the elephant and monkey every thirty days. </ref> It’s permissible to go to the zoo to see an elephant and monkey in order to make these Bracha. <Ref> Orchot Rabbenu (vol 1 pg 94) writes that the Steipler took his children to the zoo to make this Bracha. This is also the opinion of the Yalkut Yosef (vol 3 pg 608). </ref> | # For seeing a monkey or elephant for the first time one should make the Bracha of Meshaneh HaBriyot. However, if one sees another monkey or elephant, one can not make the Bracha again with [[Shem UMalchut]], however, if it has been 30 days one can make the Bracha without [[Shem UMalchut]]. Some Sephardim hold that one can recite it with Shem Umalchut after 30 days.<Ref> The Mishna Brurah 225:30 writes practically after 30 days one should only recite the bracha without Shem Umalchut. Vezot HaBracha (pg 156), Piskei Teshuvot 225:21, Kesot HaShulchan 66:8, Halacha Brurah (Siman 225:56; Rav Dovid Yosef), and Birkat Hashem (vol 4, pg 249; Rav Moshe HaLevi) all agree and hold like the simple explanation of S”A that there’s no Bracha on the elephant or monkey every thirty days but only the first time. Birkat Hashem adds that even if one didn’t make the Bracha the first time one can’t make it the second time. [This is in accordance with Biur Halacha 218:1 s.v. BeMakom.] However, Yalkut Yosef (5751, 225:21, vol 3 pg 609) writes that the minhag is to make the Bracha on the elephant and monkey every thirty days. </ref> It’s permissible to go to the zoo to see an elephant and monkey in order to make these Bracha. <Ref> Orchot Rabbenu (vol 1 pg 94) writes that the Steipler took his children to the zoo to make this Bracha. This is also the opinion of the Yalkut Yosef (vol 3 pg 608). </ref> | ||
# If one sees a greater Shinui (abnormality) than the first time one can make another Bracha with [[Shem UMalchut]]. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 225:23 based on S”A 225:10</ref> | # If one sees a greater Shinui (abnormality) than the first time one can make another Bracha with [[Shem UMalchut]]. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 225:23 based on S”A 225:10</ref> | ||
