Category: Daily Moroccan Halachot

The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 120:1), quoting the Gemara (Berachot 55), says that if one had a bad dream which caused one great distress one shouldgo before three people, preferably […] Read More

The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 123:1) says that one and one’s wife should recite the blessing of “Hatov Vehametiv” after the latter gives birth to a boy. Generally speaking, this blessing is recited in […] Read More

In general the blessing of “Sheheheyanu” is recited on recurring events, such as holidays, as well as on joyous occasions. […] Read More

The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 223:4–5) writes that when one acquires certian items, one recites “Sheheheyanu”, and if others benefit […] Read More

The Rosh (Berachot, ch. 9, § 3) writes that the custom in Ashkenazic lands was to not recite Birkat Hagomel […] Read More

The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 224:8), based on the Gemara (Berachot 58a) rules that if one sees a Jewish king, one should recite “Baruch Ata…Shehalak Mikvodo Lire’av” (lit. “Blessed art Thou….Who has apportioned of His […] Read More

The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 224:13) rules that, regarding all blessings that involve seeing different things (such as seeing a king, or the other phenomenadiscussed in Siman 224), one makes a blessing only once every thirty days. In other words, if one were to see a king several times in a week, for example, one would only recite the blessing when seeing him the first time or after thirtyfrom […] Read More

The Gemara (Berachot 58b) and the Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim, 225:8) say that one who sees all sorts of peculiar types of human beings, such as one who is lack, red, or […] Read More

The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 228:1) says that when one sees rivers, seas and mountains one should recite “Baruch Ata…Oseh Ma’ase Bereshit” (”Blessed art […] Read More