[Avodah] [Areivim] dangers of birchat hachama

[Mike Miller]

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Danny Schoemann <doniels at gmail.com> wrote:
> RMM asked:
>> Is there a reason to say birkas hachama at
>> sunrise, as opposed to davening k'vasikin and then saying birkas
>> hachama right afterwards?
>
> Don't understand the question. Davening k'vasikin happens before you
> can say Birkas Hachama  - since we start the Amida as the "top" of the
> sun peaks out.

...

> This is about 20-30 minutes after you started Amida, which is when the
> sun becomes visible to those of us who live on the Western side of the
> ridge.

Right; and this will probably wind up being a little after 7:00am.

The original post referred to a birkas hachama which was "before 7:00,
at sunrise".

-- Mike Miller
Ramat Bet Shemesh