Blessings
A Jewish View of HurricanesThursday, November 1, 2012 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
With school closed, transportation suspended, and the local park off limits, I cast about for something other than “work” to fill the day. My thoughts turned to the weather, and I asked myself whether Judaism has anything instructive to say about hurricanes.
Editors' Picks
Count Your Blessings William Kolbrener, Open Minded Torah. Halakhah says that the blessing recited upon the birth of a child with Down Syndrome is the same as the blessing upon a death. A 17-year-old girl may know better.
God Bless the Science Baruch Sterman, Rarest Blue. Judaism has a blessing for even the most mundane of occasions. What is the blessing, then, that a researcher should recite upon making a spectacular scientific discovery?