A blessing an a earthquake, and a segulah to be saved

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An earthquake is blessed with ” ברוך אתה א-ד-נ-י א-להינו מלך העולם עושה מעשה בראשית.” And if he wishes, he can bless another blessing: ” ברוך את א-ד-נ-י א-להינו מלך העולם שכחו וגבורתו מלא עולם”[1]. And blessings are given only if the tremor has not yet ended, but if a little time has passed after it has ended again there are no blessings[2]. And a weak earthquake (if you feel it) should also be blessed, even if it is not life-threatening [3].

And of course it is necessary to bless in “Shem V’Malchut” – as is known from the opinion of Maran Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Zal in his book Yechava Da’at [4].

And about how to be saved when there is an earthquake (virtues,etc.

• “Repentance and righteousness and prayer convey the evil of decree.” And is the main thing.
• The aforementioned recitation of the blessing is itself a virtue to be saved from the damage of the earthquake [5].
• To say 3 times the verse: : וקרא זה אל זה ואמר קדוש קדוש קדוש יא-ד-נ-י צבאות מלא כל הארץ כבודו “[6].
• And there are those who have also continued to say the verse that follows, straight and upside down, that is, as follows: וַיָּנֻעוּ אַמּוֹת הַסִּפִּים מִקּוֹל הַקּוֹרֵא וְהַבַּיִת יִמָּלֵא עָשָׁן, עָשָׁן יִמָּלֵא וְהַבַּיִת הַקּוֹרֵא מִקּוֹל הַסִּפִּים אַמּוֹת וַיָּנֻעוּ[7].
• To say this verse: “וזכרתי את בריתי יעקוב ואף את בריתי יצחק ואף את בריתי אברהם אזכר והארץ אזכר “[8].
• Recitation of the verse “Shema Yisrael 10″.
• To say ה’ מֶלך ה’ מָלך ה’ ימלוך לעולם ועד, several times one after the other[10].

And there are virtues to do even before there is an earthquake, so that, God forbid, he will be saved:

• Leave in front of the doorway in the house “zecher lachurban”[11].
• From the Sages of Aram Tzoba: To set up a charity fund on the walls of the house [12].

And there are Kabbalists (such as the Chabif Zal, and Mohar David Zakata Zal, etc.) who corrected a longer order to say in order to be saved from an earthquake, and we will present their words in the sources [13].

And after there have been several earthquakes several times, the Chabif Zaleh[14] wrote that when a Torah scroll is published on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays (and on Shabbat they will do the same in the mincha) they will say 13 Middot of Mercy and then the verse    לעולם ה’ דבריך נצב בשמים  (13 times). but Maran HaG-d Ovadia Yosef z”l was not so comfortable in reciting the 13th of Middot on Shabbat, Therefore, on Shabbat, it is only necessary to say ” לעולם ה’ דבריך נצב בשמים” ” 12 times as mentioned above.

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