Blessing of the Sun
Tens of thousands of people gather to mark unique event celebrating exact moment of sun's inception according to Jewish tradition, the Blessing of the Sun
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 .
JPost.com has this article posted up on their website today and it starts off like this… At 6:22 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8, the sun will peak over the imposing 800-million-year-old mountains of Edom, bathing the Arava Valley below in light, and triggering one of the rarest and least-known Jewish rituals: Birkat Hahama, the Blessing of the Sun, is celebrated every 28 years in Jewish communities around the world, across the spectrum of Jewish observance…
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Of Pessah, peoplehood and the sun
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YNETNews.com brings us this article today and it goes in part like this… Tens of thousands of men, women and children woke up at the crack of dawn Wednesday to take part on the Blessing of the Sun prayer… The unique event occurs only once every 28 year when, according to Jewish tradition, the sun reaches the exact spot it graced in the heavens at the moment it was created… Hundreds of special prayer services were held throughout the Jewish world Wednesday…
Read the rest at link below…
Jews worldwide mark Blessing of the Sun
Tens of thousands of people gather to mark unique event celebrating exact moment of sun's inception according to Jewish tradition, the Blessing of the Sun
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 .
JPost.com has this article posted up on their website today and it starts off like this… At 6:22 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8, the sun will peak over the imposing 800-million-year-old mountains of Edom, bathing the Arava Valley below in light, and triggering one of the rarest and least-known Jewish rituals: Birkat Hahama, the Blessing of the Sun, is celebrated every 28 years in Jewish communities around the world, across the spectrum of Jewish observance…Read the rest at link below…
Of Pessah, peoplehood and the sun
.
YNETNews.com brings us this article today and it goes in part like this… Tens of thousands of men, women and children woke up at the crack of dawn Wednesday to take part on the Blessing of the Sun prayer… The unique event occurs only once every 28 year when, according to Jewish tradition, the sun reaches the exact spot it graced in the heavens at the moment it was created… Hundreds of special prayer services were held throughout the Jewish world Wednesday…
Read the rest at link below…
Jews worldwide mark Blessing of the Sun
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