Solar Eclipse and Judaism
- The sun and the moon were created on the 28th of Elul.
- The sun is for Israel "the greater light to rule the day."
- Although they were originally equal in size, jealousy induced dissensions between them, each claiming to be greater than the other. This necessitated the reduction in size of one of them, and the moon was chosen to be degraded because it had unlawfully intruded into the sun's domain.
- The moon was designated for Jacob. For this reason the Jewish people use the lunar calendar
Please comment if you've seen the Solar Eclipse before and what your experience was like.
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