Heard Thunder After Blessing on Lightning
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Question
Blessed on seeing lightning and during the blessing heard thunder. Should he recite an additional blessing for the thunder?
Answer
There is no need to recite an additional blessing, as the blessing covers both phenomena.
Source
According to the Chayei Adam, this is not necessarily only if the thunder follows immediately after the lightning, but even if it occurs during the blessing or immediately after it. In Nedarim 87, we find that this applies to tearing garments when one thought his father had died, but it was clarified that at the time of tearing, the father was still alive, and the obligation to tear had not yet occurred, but the father died immediately after the tearing, and the tearing is considered valid. This shows that immediate succession is considered as one action. This is also explained in Shaarei Yosher [Gate 5, Chapter 22] Azmera Leshimcha (79-80)