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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 229
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Orach Chayim Siman 229 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 2 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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<b>ברכת הקשת וחמה בתקופתה. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>הרואה הקשת אומר ברוך אתה ה' אמ"ה זוכר הברית נאמן בבריתו וקיים במאמרו ואסור להסתכל בו ביותר:
One who sees the rainbow says, "Blessed are you, God our Lord, king of the world, who remembers the covenant, who is faithful to his covenant, and who fulfills his word." And it is forbidden to look upon it further.
הרואה חמה בתקופתה והוא מכ"ח לכ"ח שנה והתקופה בתחלת ליל ד' כשרואה אותה ביום ד' בבקר אומר ברוך עושה בראשית וכן מברך גם כן כשרואה לבנה בטהרתה וככבים במשמרותם ומזלות בעתם דהיינו כשתחזור הלבנה בתחלת מזל טלה בתחלת החדש ולא תהיה נוטה לא לצפון ולא לדרום וכן כשיחזרו כל כוכב מחמשה הנשארים לתחלת מזל טלה ולא יהא נוטה לא לצפון ולא לדרום וכן בכל עת שיראה מזל טלה עולה מקצות המזרח:
One who sees the sun at its tekufah [cycle/season]—which occurs every 28 years, and the tekufah begins at the start of the night preceding Wednesday—when one sees it [the sun] on Wednesday morning, says: "Blessed... Who makes the works of creation." And similarly, one also makes this blessing when seeing the moon in its purity, the stars in their watches, and the constellations in their appointed times. This refers to when the moon returns to the beginning of the constellation Aries at the start of the [lunar] month and is not inclined either northward or southward; and similarly when each of the five [visible] planets returns to the beginning of the constellation Aries and is not inclined either northward or southward; and similarly, any time one sees the constellation Aries rising from the eastern edge [of the horizon].
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