Blessings on seeing – lightning and thunder
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Question
Should one recite the blessing immediately upon hearing thunder, or is it preferable to wait first for lightning, recite the blessing over it, and only afterwards over the thunder?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
One should recite the blessing within the halachic time-frame of “tokh kedei dibbur” after seeing the lightning or (hearing) the thunder.
Therefore, one should not, after seeing the lightning, wait until hearing the thunder, but should bless immediately; and when he hears the thunder, he should also recite the blessing over it.
If he has already blessed over the lightning or the thunder, and within “tokh kedei dibbur” the other phenomenon occurs as well, he does not recite another blessing.
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