Brachos 60-Brachos on Good and Bad, Brachos in the Morning, Everything God does is for the best

דיין האמת והטוב והמטיב .1 The Gemara illustrates the meaning of making a berachah of האמת דיין) the True Judge) on a calamity that has the potential to have a favorable outcome, and making the berachah of הטוב והמטיב) Who is good and does good) on a favorable occurrence that has the potential for a calamitous outcome: - One should recite האמת דיןon his field being flooded, even though there will be a favorable outcome in that the accumulation of sediment will improve his land. - One should recite והמטיב הטובon finding an object, even though the King might hear of it and take it from him. 2. The conclusion of יצר אשר The Gemara details the various berachos of Hamapil, Asher yatzar, Elokai neshamah and the 15 birkas hashachar. - There is a machlokes regarding the concluding berachah of Asher yatzar: - Rav says it should be חולים רופא – Who heals the sick. - Objecting that this would portray everyone as sick, whereas healthy people also recite the berachah, Shmuel holds that the proper ending is בשר כל רופא – Who heals all flesh. - Rav Sheishesssays it should be לעשות מפליא – Who does wonders. - Rav Pappa rules to incorporate both the endings of Shmuel and Rav Sheishess, resulting in our text of לעשות ומפליא בשר כל רופא – Who heals all flesh and does wonders. כל דעביד רחמנא לטב עביד .3 R’ Akiva said that one should always be accustomed to say עביד לטב רחמנא דעביד כל – Whatever the Merciful one does, He does for the best. The Gemara relates the story of R’ Akiva traveling and being denied lodging in a city. He said כל לטב רחמנא דעבידand went to sleep in a field. That night a wind blew out his lamp, a cat ate his rooster and a lion ate his donkey, after which he repeated לטב רחמנא דעביד כל . The next day R’ Akiva learned that an army had come by the previous night and captured the city that had denied him lodging. Had his lamp had not blown out, the soldiers would have seen him and captured him. Likewise, had his rooster and donkey not been eaten, the soldiers would have discovered him after hearing his animals make noise. Siman – Smiley Face Stickers The forever optimistic farmer who made a האמת דיין on his flooded field was putting smiley face stickers on his dead rooster and donkey and in his siddur next to birkas hashachar and asher yatzar. לטב עביד ,אשר יצר ,דיין האמת – Words Key