Über Sternschnuppen Erdbeben, Blitze, Donner und Stürme, sagt man: Gepriesen sei, dessen Kraft und Allmacht die Welt erfüllt. Über Berge, Hügel, Meere, Flüsse und Wüsten, sagt man: Gepriesen sei der die Schöpfung vollbracht hat. R. Jehuda sagt: Wer das grosse Meer sieht, spreche: Gepriesen sei der das grosse Meer gemacht hat. Nämlich, wenn er es in Zwischenräumen sieht.— Über (befruchtenden) Regen, über glückliche Nachrichten, sagt man: Gepriesen sei der Gütige und Wohltätige. Über unglückliche Nachrichten sagt man: Gepriesen sei der gerechte Richter.
Berakhot
For shooting stars, earthquakes, thunders, storms and lightnings he says, "Blessed...Whose strength and might fill the world." For mountains, hills, seas, rivers and deserts he says, "Blessed... Who hast made the creation." R. Judah states: He who beholds the ocean says, "Blessed... Who hast made the ocean," but only when he beholds it at intervals.
For rain and good tidings he says, "Blessed... Who art good and dispensest good." For bad tidings he says, "Blessed be the true Judge." He who has built a new house or bought new vessels says, "Blessed... Who hast kept us in life, hast preserved us and enabled us to reach this season," One says the benediction for a calamity apart from any attendant good, and for good fortune apart from any attendant evil ;
but he who supplicates concerning that which is past utters a vain prayer. If his wife is pregnant and he says, "May it be Thy will that my wife bear a son," behold that is a vain prayer. If he were on the way, and hearing a cry of lamentation in the city, exclaims, "May it be Thy will that it be not within my house," behold that is a vain prayer.