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OdKahaneChai:

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--- Quote from: Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim on February 20, 2008, 10:42:14 PM ---For a Halachic discussion of eclipses, see http://jtf.org/forum_english/index.php?topic=16990.0 .

Why are eclipses considered to be bad omens if we aren't supposed to believe in superstitions or horoscopes?

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Because the fate of the Yidden is compared to the Moon.

A Freilichen (Shushan) Purim Koton everyone!

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Then what about solar eclipses. Why can't you make a bracha on a solar eclipse?

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We were actually talking about this in Shul today.  You shouldn't be looking at a solar eclipse in the first place, though...  ::)

Although if you saw it through the proper protection,  I suppose you could say Oseh Maiseh V'reishis over a solar eclipse...

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How did it come up in synagogue? Was the rabbi talking about tonight's eclipse?

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After Maariv someone mentioned to me about there being a lunar eclipse that night, and he asked the Rabbi if you could say a Brocho over a Lunar eclipse, and the Rabbi told him what I told you - and then he asked about a solar eclipse...

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