Birkat Hachama

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Birkat Hachama (ברכת החמה Blessing of the Sun) refers to a rare Jewish blessing that is recited to the Creator thanking Him for creating the sun. The blessing is recited when the sun completes its cycle every 28 years on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle it has returned to its position when the world was created.

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Judaism, Jews

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Traditionally the coincidence of the Sun's return to its location during the Creation of the world at the time of the week at which it was created

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Judaism