Rainbows & Halacha

Is there a blessing for rainbows? Is it permitted to look at a rainbow? If so, is it permitted to tell others to look at a rainbow and recite a blessing? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink for an exploration of rainbows in halacha.

                                            
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                                        October 22, 2025
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Days
13
Hours
29
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                                            Time of Class
                                        
                                                        Wednesday                                                    

                                                        5:00 pm, 6:00 pm

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October 22, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Rainbows & Halacha: Rainbows & Halacha

Class description

Halacha calls for reciting a bracha when seeing a rainbow.

On the other hand, halacha prohibits looking at a rainbow and certainly discourages telling anyone that a rainbow has appeared.

In these two classes, we will survey the principal sources and learn how the leading poskim derive their conclusions.

A source sheet in both WORD format and pdf is available through the links. In class we will translate and explain these sources.

Handouts

Rainbows -- pdf Rainbows -- WORD

October 29, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Rainbows & Halacha: Rainbows & Halacha

Class description

Rabbi Dovid Fink

In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.