1) One who finds a lost object that according to Halacha he is permitted to keep, and it is a valuable item which gladdens his heart, may recite the Bracha of "SheHechiyanu". (See Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim Siman 222:4 and Mishna Berura S"K 6 and Sha'arei Tziyun Os 6)
If the item will bring pleasure to others in his family as well, he should recite "HaTov V'haMeitiv" instead of "SheHechiyanu". (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim Siman 223:5. See also archives of Halachos of SheHechiyanu for more on this concept.)
2) If the item was found during Bein HaMetzarim, it is best to hold off on reciting "SheHechiyanu" until after Tisha B'Av; HaTov V'hameitiv may be recited immediately.
If, however, by pushing off reciting "SheHechiyanu" until after Tish B'Av the joy will wane, many Poskim allow it to be recited immediately. As well, if the item was found on Shabbos, "SheHechiyanu" may be recited even though it's Bein Hametzorim. (See Rama Siman 551:17 and Mishna Berura Siman 551:98 and Sefer Hashovas Aveida K'Halacha page 105 footnote 3 and 4)
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Question:
I read that the waters at the time of the mabul were scalding hot. How on earth did the fish survive?
Answer:
The Talmud (Sanhedrin 108a) and Midrash Rabbah (Noach, 32:19, according to one opinion) indeed say that the fish (and possibly all the creatures of the sea) survived, as they did not follow the lead of the people and animals of that generation and practice immoral mating practices.
Most probably, the waters were only boiling on the surface and not in the depths of the sea. Another option (as seems from the second opinion in the Midrash is that there was one ocean that was not boiling (The Yam Okeanos, the Atlantic ocean) and all the fish went there to survive.
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