What Bracha do you make on Hearing Bad News?

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Baruch Dayan Haemes

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The Bracha on Hearing Bad News is Baruch Dayan Haemes.

Hebrew

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, דַּיָּן הָאֱמֶת.

English

Blessed are You Hashem our God King of the universe, the True Judge.

Transliterated

Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech Haolam, Dayan Haemes.

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