tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279035.post7156868955407257618..comments2022-04-13T09:08:07.220+03:00Comments on Biur Chametz: Oseh Ma'aseh BereishitZman Biurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593492318098902028noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279035.post-20621676074682897302004-08-13T01:12:00.000+03:002004-08-13T01:12:00.000+03:00I hope you enjoyed the show. I wish I had the chan...I hope you enjoyed the show. I wish I had the chance...but I didn't even know about it till now!Rachel Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12794384597506047261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279035.post-60411937931966660832004-08-13T02:16:00.000+03:002004-08-13T02:16:00.000+03:00The more interesting question is whether you can s...The more interesting question is whether you can say a brocha on a celestial event that is viewed through the aid of a telescope or binoculars, and not with the naked eye. There is a very nice article on that question in Rabbi Bleich's series on contemporary halachic questions. The answer, according to many opinions, is yes; but it is by no means trivial. (This would only apply to your previous gazing and any future comet watches, I presume, since most people observe meteor showers with the naked eye)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279035.post-32801831103162944052004-08-13T15:44:00.000+03:002004-08-13T15:44:00.000+03:00I'd be curious to see R' Bleich's arti...I'd be curious to see R' Bleich's article. Not having seen the halachic sources, my intuition would assume that one can't say a bracha on phenomena not visible to the naked eye. (Regarding the transit of Venus, there is the added question of whether it is tantamount to an eclipse, on which I believe we generally don't make a bracha.)<br><br>As you say, though, the question is not relevant to meteors.Zman Biurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593492318098902028noreply@blogger.com