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Meteorological and Astronomical Observations

This is an archive of prayers over witnessing meteorological and astronomical phenomena, either through auditory or sighted observations.

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בִּרְכַּת הַקֶּשֶׁת | the Blessing upon observing a Rainbow (with art by Ilene Winn-Lederer)

The prescribed rabbinic blessing upon observing the meteorological phenomena of a rainbow, together with exceptional art inspired by early rabbinic midrash. . . .

Categories: Yom haQeshet (Day of the Rainbow, 27 Iyyar), Art & Craft, Meteorological and Astronomical Observations

Tags: blessings, כבוד kavod, נח Noaḥ, Noaḥide covenant, Rainbow Day, שכינה Shekhinah, the Rainbow

Contributor(s): Ilene Winn-Lederer, Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady

שֶׁכֹּחוֹ וּגְבוּרָתוֹ מָלֵא עוֹלָם | Blessing on Hearing Thunder, a rhyming translation by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1919)

This paraliturgical supplement to the blessing upon hearing thunder was written by Jessie Ethel Sampter and published in her Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child (1920), p. 87. . . .

Categories: Dangerous Storms & Floods, Meteorological and Astronomical Observations

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., blessings, hearing sounds, rhyming translation

Contributor(s): Jessie Ethel Sampter and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

עוֹשֶׂה מַעֲשֶׂה בְרֵאשִׁית | Blessing on Seeing Lightning, a rhyming translation by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1919)

This paraliturgical supplement to the blessing upon seeing lightning was written by Jessie Ethel Sampter and published in her Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child (1920), p. 88. . . .

Categories: Dangerous Storms & Floods, Meteorological and Astronomical Observations

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., blessings, rhyming translation, seeing wonders

Contributor(s): Jessie Ethel Sampter and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

ברכות ותפילות לרגל עדות העטרה של החמה | Blessings and a Prayer for Witnessing a Solar Eclipse by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

Blessings and prayers for the eclipse, at: neohasid.org/eclipse including texts and links to other Internet resources. May we all find blessing in the wonder. . . .

Categories: Meteorological and Astronomical Observations

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Coronation, Crowning, Eclipse, eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, North America, the moon, the sun, total solar eclipse

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and Neohasid [dot] org

A Blessing upon Observing a Solar Eclipse, by Rabbi Colman Reaboi (8 April 2024)

This “Blessing upon Observing a Solar Eclipse” was offered by Rabbi Colman Reabo on 8 April 2024, a day in which a total solar eclipse was witnessed across a wide swath of North America. . . .

Categories: Meteorological and Astronomical Observations

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Eclipse, English vernacular prayer, teḥinot in English, תחינות teḥinot, total solar eclipse

Contributor(s): Colman Reaboi

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Moonsview Lunar Eclipse (NASA)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17