The Shulchan Aruch · Orach Chayim
אורח חיים רכ״אOrach Chayim 221
Siman 221 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 2 se'ifim
הלכות שאר ברכותLaws of Other Blessings· siman 221
Se’if 1א׳
אִם הָיוּ בְּצַעַר מֵחֲמַת עֲצִירַת גְּשָׁמִים, וְיָרְדוּ גְּשָׁמִים, מְבָרְכִים עֲלֵיהֶם אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא יָרְדוּ עֲדַיִן כְּדֵי רְבִיעָה, מִשֶּׁיָּרְדוּ כָּל כָּךְ שֶׁרַבּוּ עַל הָאָרֶץ שֶׁיַּעֲלוּ עֲלֵיהֶם אֲבַעְבּוּעוֹת מִן הַמָּטָר וְיֵלְכוּ זֶה לִקְרַאת זֶה. הַגָּה: וּמַה שֶּׁאֵין אָנוּ נוֹהֲגִים בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה בְּבִרְכַּת הַגְּשָׁמִים, מִשּׁוּם דִּמְדִינוֹת אֵלּוּ תְּדִירִים בִּגְשָׁמִים וְאֵינָן נֶעֱצָרִין כָּל כָּךְ (סְמַ"ג וְאָגוּר וְכָל בּוֹ).
If they were in distress because the rains were held back, and rain fell, one blesses over it even though there has not yet fallen enough for revi'ah (enough to soak the ground), once so much has fallen that it has increased upon the ground, so that bubbles rise upon it from the rain and go toward one another. Hagah [Rema]: And as for our not being accustomed nowadays to the blessing over rain, it is because in these countries rains are frequent and are not held back so much (Semag, and Agur, and Kol Bo).
Se’if 2ב׳
וּמַה מְּבָרֵךְ, אִם אֵין לוֹ שָׂדֶה אוֹמֵר: מוֹדִים אֲנַחְנוּ לָךְ ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ עַל כָּל טִפָּה וְטִפָּה שֶׁהוֹרַדְתָּ לָנוּ, וְאִלּוּ פִינוּ מָלֵא שִׁירָה כַּיָּם וְכו' עַד הֵן הֵם יוֹדוּ וִיבָרְכוּ אֶת שִׁמְךָ מַלְכֵּנוּ, וְחוֹתֵם: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֵל רֹב הַהוֹדָאוֹת; וְאִם יֵשׁ לוֹ שָׂדֶה בְּשֻׁתָּפוּת עִם אַחֵר, מְבָרֵךְ הַטּוֹב וְהַמֵּטִיב; וְאִם אֵין לוֹ שֻׁתָּף בַּשָּׂדֶה, מְבָרֵךְ שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ. הַגָּה: וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים דְּהַשּׁוֹמֵעַ שֶׁיָּרְדוּ גְּשָׁמִים מְבָרֵךְ הַטּוֹב וְהַמֵּטִיב (רַשְׁבָּ"א).
And what does he bless? If he has no field he says: "We give thanks to You, Lord our God, for every drop and drop that You have brought down for us; and were our mouth as full of song as the sea…" and so on, up to "they shall give thanks and bless Your name, our King"; and he seals: "Blessed are You, Lord, God to whom thanksgivings are many." And if he has a field in partnership with another, he blesses "the Good who does good"; and if he has no partner in the field, he blesses "who has kept us alive". Hagah [Rema]: And some say that one who hears that rain has fallen blesses "the Good who does good" (the Rashba).
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim — Torat Emet 363 edition, via Sefaria — public domain
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