הלכות ברכות י׳Blessings 10

Halacha 4ד׳

הגיעה אליו טובה או ששמע שמועה טובה אף על פי שהדברים מראין שטובה זו תגרום לו רעה מברך הטוב והמטיב וכן אם נגעה אליו רעה או שמע שמועה רעה אע"פ שהדברים מראים שרעה זו גורמת לו טובה מברך דיין האמת שאין מברכין על העתיד להיות אלא על מה שאירע עתה.

When one has experienced good fortune or heard good news, even if the indications are that the good fortune will be followed by evil consequences, he says the blessing "Who art good and doest good." So too, if one suffers a misfortune or has heard evil tidings, even if the circumstances indicate that the results will be advantageous, he says "Blessed be the true Judge"; since the blessings we say have reference not to future events, but to what has just happened.

Halacha 5ה׳

ירדו גשמים רבים אם יש לו שדה מברך שהחיינו ואם היתה שלו ושל אחרים מברך הטוב והמטיב ואם אין לו שדה מברך מודים אנחנו לך יי' אלהינו על כל טפה וטפה שהורדת לנו ואילו פינו מלא כו' עד הן הם יודו וישבחו ויברכו את שמך מלכנו ברוך אתה יי' אל רוב ההודאות והתשבחות.

When heavy rains fall, the owner of a field repeats the blessing "Who hast preserved us in life." If one is part owner with others, he recites the blessing "Who art good and doest good." One who does not own a field says "We thank Thee, O Lord, our God, for every drop which Thou hast caused to fall for us. And even if our mouths were full of song as the sea,*See the Nishmath introductory to Morning Service on Sabbaths and Festivals. and our tongues of exultations as the multitude of its waves, and our lips of praise as the wide extended firmament; and though our eyes shone with light like the sun and the moon, and our hands were spread forth like the eagles of heaven, and our feet were swift as hinds, we should be unable to thank Thee, O Lord our God, and to bless Thy name, O our King, for one minute portion of the billions and trillions of bounties that Thou hast bestowed upon us and upon our fathers in former times. From Egypt Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord our God; from the house of bondage, Thou hast delivered us. During famine Thou hast fed us and didst sustain us in plenty; from the sword Thou didst save us, and from pestilence Thou didst cause us to escape, and from sore and lasting diseases Thou didst draw us forth, O our King. Up till now, Thy tender mercies have helped us, and Thy loving-kindnesses have not forsaken us. Therefore the limbs which Thou hast spread forth in us, and the spirit and soul which Thou hast breathed into our nostrils and the tongue which Thou hast placed in our mouths, 10, they shall thank and bless Thy name, O Lord our God, Blessed art Thou, O Lord, to Whom is due abounding thanksgiving, God ever to be praised.