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	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		'''Birkat ha-Hammah''' (ברכת החמה, also: ha-Chamah, Hahammah, Hachammah), is Hebrew language Hebrew for "The Blessing of the Sun." It is a special Judaism Jewish prayer recited once every twenty-eight years.
		According to the Babylonian Talmud (tractate Berachot 59b), it is said when the Earth returns to the same position relative to Sun that it had when the universe was first Creation (theology) created.
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Birkat HaHammah.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Birkat_HaHammah.html (210 words)

	Talk:Jewish holiday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		4 Birkat Ha'hamah: The Blessing of the Sun
		I do not have the resources to do a good job myself, but I think that the Sabbath should have an entry on this list.
		(1) the date of She'elah, the commencement in the Diaspora of the petition for rain inserted in the benediction Birkat ha-Shanim in the Amidah, on December 5 or 6 in the present century;
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Jewish_holiday (1005 words)

	Mail-Jewish Volume 22 Number 57
		One other item for thought: Birkat HaHammah (the sun beracha) is recited each 28 years, because a Mar Shmuel (Julian) calendar's tekufa returns to the same day of the week and time of day each 28 years.
		Some of the more salient points are: a) The Tekufot are used for TWO calculations: the saying of "ve'ten tal u'matar" outside Eretz Israel; and the reciting of *Birkat Ha'Hamah* - the blessing on the new sun cycle, every 28 years.
		h) The date of *Birkat Ha'Hamah* this century (and the next century as well) is always April 8 (the next occasion will be the year 2009).
	www.ottmall.com /mj_ht_arch/v22/mj_v22i57.html (1925 words)

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