- Upon smelling fragrant spices:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who creates various spices.
- Upon smelling the fragrance of trees or shrubs:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who creates fragrant trees.
- Upon smelling the fragrance of herbs or plants:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who creates fragrant plants.
- Upon smelling fragrant fruit:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who gives a pleasant fragrance to fruits.
- Upon smelling fragrant oils:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who creates fragrant oils.
- Upon hearing thunder (or upon seeing a storm):
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, whose power and might fill the whole world.
- Upon seeing a rainbow:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who remembers the Covenant, is faithful to it, and keeps the Covenental promise.
- Upon seeing trees blossoming for the first time in the year:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has withheld nothing from God’s world
and who has created beautiful creatures and beautiful trees for mortals to enjoy.
- Upon seeing the ocean:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has made the great sea.
- Upon seeing trees or creatures of striking beauty:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has such beauty in God’s world.
- Upon seeing a person distinguished in Torah studies:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has shared of God’s wisdom with those who revere God.
- Upon seeing one who is distinguished in world learning:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has given of God’s wisdom to flesh and blood.
- Upon seeing a head of state:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has given of God’s glory to flesh and blood.
- Upon hearing good news:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who is good and beneficent.
- Upon hearing bad news:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, the true Judge.
- Upon visiting a place where one experienced a miraculous rescue:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, who granted me a miracle in this place.
- Upon attaching a mezuzah to a doorpost:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, whose mitzot add holiness to our lives and who gave us the mitzvah to attach mezuzot.
- The Shehehiyanu — upon wearing new clothes, using something new for the first time, celebrating a festival or a life cycle or other special event:
- Praised are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, for granting us life, for sustaining us, and for helping us to reach this day.
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