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Dew distinct from water among the shiva mashkim

Yerushalmi Terumot 11:2 states: רבי יוחנן בשם ר"ש בן יוחאי אם יאמר לך אדם שמנה משקין הן אמור לו הרי טל ומים מין אחד הן ומנו אותן חכמים שנים:‏ Rabbi Yochanan [said] in the name of R Shimon ben Yo …
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"Oseh ma'aseh braishis” on a rainbow. Is this a brocho levatoloh?

http://revach.net/ask/article.php?id=547 It seems that the rainbow bracha is for a very specific thing (which, mind you, took place over 1600 years after maaseh vereishit) so it doesn't get covered by …
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Is there an exhaustive list of astronomical/environmental events for which there are blessings?

The Shulchan Aruch (OC in the 220's) lists a bunch of natural phenomenon that get special blessings including: Strong rains after an extended drought Blossoming fruit trees Meteors Comets Earthquake …
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If someone eats in the succah anyways while it's raining, do they need to stay in the kosher...

According to the Gra (Commentary to OC 639:5) a three-walled structure with a plant-based roof that has rain leaking in it is not a Sukkah at all. Thus it doesn't really matter where you sit because t …
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How cold is too cold to sleep in the sukkah?

Rabbi Moshe Isserles (Rema) lived most of his life in Krakow, Poland. Rabbi Mordechai ben Hillel Hakohein (whose explanation Rema rejected) lived at the end of his life in Nuremberg, Germany where he …
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Why strong wind when splitting the sea?

I suggest that the purpose of the wind was so that people who chose to doubt the miraculous nature of the splitting had something with which to rationalize it.
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