Jewish Community Is Blessing The Sun In Odessa. Odessa, Ukraine - April 8, 2009: Jewish Community Is Reading Torah And Making Sun Blessing (Birkat Hachama) Birkat Hachama -Blessing Of The Sun) Refers To A Jewish Blessing That Is Recited In Appreciation Of The Sun Once Every 28 Years, When The Vernal Equinox, As Calculated By Tradition, Falls 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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