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Alaska Adventure: Kenai Fjords - Do You Make a Meshane Habriyos on a Humpback Whale?

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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whales we asked the steward what is the likelihood of seeing so many whales is it top uh 50 top 20 percent top 10 percent he said only one percent it's a very unlikely uh possibility to see so many humpback whales so now the question is does one make the bracha of mishana habrios there's no question the humpback whale is a unusual specie a remarkable specie an adult humpback whale ranges from 46 to 56 feet could weigh about 40 tons and it has really a spectacular fluid which is its back tail and it blows bubbles from the the blowhole from which it stuns its prey and then traps them so does one make the bracha Michelle it's certainly an unusual creature I think Mart tells

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  2. 1:02adult humpback whale ranges from 46 to 56 feet could weigh about 40 tons and it…
  3. 1:35uses an elephant a monkey or a keypuff which is unclear what that is you make…
  4. 2:09foreign so the question is would you make abraha on an unusual fish an unusual Marine…
  5. 2:43mishana habriosis no you don't make the bracha the gemara's examples although they are lavdafka but…

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