What bracha (if any) do I say on

Mrs Bissli

Thu, Oct 24 2013, 9:34 pm

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)?

Is it like rainbow or lightening?

I've asked a couple of rabbis but no one has heard of it.

Tapping into collective wisdom of imamothers...

sequoia

Thu, Oct 24 2013, 9:36 pm

Oh where are you that you see them?!

Are you in Lapland?

greenfire

Thu, Oct 24 2013, 9:36 pm

עושה מעשה בראשית I'm thinking

seeker

Thu, Oct 24 2013, 10:23 pm

I think Greenfire is right, that is the default for unusual, spectacular sights that don't fall into their own bracha category. IIRC.

Mrs Bissli

Mon, Oct 28 2013, 7:06 pm

Very close, Sequoia.
Flying via Finnair, transit through Helsinki. Though it was cloudy and I didn't see anything.
I so so much was looking forward to...

Greenie
Yes, my Rav said it's probably oseh maase.

Sarashira

Wed, Sep 27 2023, 9:25 am

עושה מעשה בראשית without Hashem’s name. If you haven’t seen it within 30 days.

כיון שלא נזכר בגמרא ופוסקים. וראה שער העין אריאל ז, ו ובהערה טו.

Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun, Morah D’Asra - Beis Din of Crown Heights, Brooklyn