Talmud for Sanhedrin 83:4

מרימר ומר זוטרא מכתפי (אהדדי) ומברכי א"ל רב אחא לרב אשי במערבא מברכי ברוך מחדש חדשים אמר ליה האי נשי דידן נמי מברכי

'Blessed&nbsp;… who artgood and dispensest good'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This benediction is made on the attainment of a thing over which its due blessing has already been pronounced, but which has now either been improved or been replaced by a thing of the same kind but of a better quality (v. Ber. 59b). And so R. Aba maintained that even if in Rab Judah's opinion the usual benediction for the new moon is not to be uttered after seven days because it is then no longer new, yet since it is still in its growing stage, becoming more luminous as the days pass until full moon is reached, this latter blessing should be uttered. ');">⁷</span> — He replied:But when it is waning, do we say, 'Blessed be the true judge.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A benediction recited on hearing bad tidings. Cf. Ber. 54a. ');">⁸</span>

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