Blessing 'Oseh Maaseh Bereshit'
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Question
Hello, For which things should a person recite the blessing 'Oseh Maaseh Bereshit'? Seeing a sea not seen for 30 days? Seeing lightning? Are there others?
Answer
Hello
For seeing seas and rivers, mountains and hills, and deserts.
Rivers - these are the four rivers: Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel, and Euphrates. And only in places where their course has not been altered by man.
Mountains and hills - these are unusual mountains and hills, where the might of the Creator is evident.
Also for comets - shooting stars.
For earthquakes, thunder, and strong winds - one can bless 'Oseh Maaseh Bereshit', but it is customary to bless 'Shekocho u'gevurato male olam'.
Source
Genesis 2:14
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 228.
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 227, סעיף א.