Here comes the sun
Apr 7, 2009 Heart and spirit, Past is prologue, Scientificus
The brightest object in the sky will get some religious attention on Wednesday — for the first time since 1981 — when Jews recite Birkat Hachamah, the Blessing of the Sun.
The rare ceremony will mark the time that the Talmud says the sun returns to the spot in the sky where it was created — which happens once every 28 years. In response, groups of Jews will thank “the king of the universe, who re-enacts the work of creation.”
Amen!
We’ll be up before the crack of dawn around here so we can make this rare blessing — we hope — at the earliest possible moment. There was some talk earlier on of a consistently cloudy day, but with God’s help it’s looking, well, as if overall the day will be quite a bit sunnier.
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