I Can't Thank You Enough

There’s an interesting Youtube video that’s been buzzing around the web recently. It depicts a double rainbow captured in Yosemite, California. Nice, but how has that managed to garner several million views in a world where people are looking for the next crazy thing? The real magic of the video is in the running commentary of the guy behind the camera. Talk about emotional! He expresses such profound appreciation for the phenomenon that it’s hard not to be moved.





At first, it seems this fellow gets a bit carried away with his experience of something so simple. But is that really the case? Hashem put rainbows in the sky as the sign of a covenant that he made with us so many years ago. Maybe we should all take a whole lot more notice. In fact, there’s even a bracha for such an event. Upon seeing a rainbow, one should say:

Baruch ata Ado-nai Elo-heinu melech ha'olam zocher ha'bris v'ne'eman bivriso v'kayam b'ma'amaro.

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, who remembers the treaty, is trustworthy in His treaty, and fulfills His word.

Double Rainbow Guy never uses these words, but the sentiment is hard to miss:
Thanks, G-d, for being so amazing.

Gratefully yours,

Rabbi Shmulik Yeshayahu