Solar Eclipse - A Torah Based Perspective Shiur by Rabbi Nachum Scheiner at Beis Medrash Ohr Chaim

the she usually Friday morning CL is on the BL that we're learning the G sometimes on the deviating from the normal I would like to speak about something that's actually not the normal the natural occurrence of the solar eclipse that's going to happen this Monday afternoon theas why it happens how it happens that we're going to leave for the experts the MIM we are the best place totality that's a that's its own par I would like to focus this morning sheay on the an eclipse and we'll begin with the gamar the gamar is famous but I think people are only familiar with one line of the gamarra it's Kai to spend couple of minutes to go through the gamar there's a few sheas in the gamar familiar ourself the gar which pure just means an eclipse what's happening now this Monday the son is going to be covered it's not a good Simon which means that somewhat prus is going to come at Sim and the gives a thear says a Mel makes a party and he puts a torch to light up the party and then he gets a new he tells his his servant take the torch away and it gets dark in other words let's close up shop I'm not interested in the party that's that's of diminishing the sun middle of the day so technically this the first includes clol as well also but that's the it's there's another she in the another three three lines later Rashi later says the moon the stars Sim explains is referring to why like thear brings aashi explains that when a rebi comes in with a stick so who's the one who's afraid the one who's M who usually gets hit he assumes that the Reb's after him so is for the reason because the wants us to be good so would this mean also the solar eclipse is thear also referring to understands this that it's not referring to the says if you take a look later in rash Rashi says what does mean later what the says when the when these it's not referring to the it's not referring to the solar eclipse what's happening this Monday the says no later Rashi explains that it's talking about the now it's also talking about the Sun as well so we actually [Music] have in the says that is it also referring to the solar eclipse yet a third she in the gamar and this is the more famous part in the gamar a third sheet when there a solar eclipse what's going to be happening this Monday it's a to the and if these lunar eclipse that actually happens more often a lunar eclipse that the moon gets covered gets covered means that it's blocked that the sun can give it a reflection if these a lunar eclipse that's why for cl so why is it like that because the Eden go with the Lana our month everything goes with the it's not a good for the Sun the go with the Sun so if there's Aid on the Sun a solar eclipse that's happening this Monday is on the sun it's on the sun what's theat in the other mandar or M the that say that when there's a solar eclipse it's aim even have to the son so from the early early 1790 he says that also to the sun even though our calendar is a calendar based off the moon but there are things that we go with this son right now we're in the month of AAP why is it like that even though we go with the Lana but we add in another month because spring does which is a a season based off the Sun so may even CL it's true that we have we go to calendars with the these things that we have to the son the same thing is also in daring with s tal when do we start with st Tal it's not a Hebrew date on the calendar it's December 5th 6 but that's that's also based off the Sun the seasons of the [Music] Year another ter I saw brought is based off the say so even though meaning to say is when the something happening in the world is an earthquake on the other side of the world it's does mean it's going to affect something for to out good so so Simon ra would mean is that that CL has to understand what does it mean has to do if not it's a Simon something is going to happen when the the co Corona virus started in December it was started in China before it came to the United States gave a sh in the Yesa Z and he said that you have to know originally when it started November December was something that was something abstract was in a virus they're wearing masks even though it's something that's so it comes out that these for sure the first sheet in the maybe even the second sheet that the gamar says what these an eclipse a solar eclipse it's it's it's a Sim Raa we don't have to be afraid the gor says we don't have to be afraid the right afterwards the says with we just have to learn from this whole Eclipse that coming about to you don't have to be afraid this whole is brought just read to the whole entire world and so we have to make sure we have to make sure to be it's to mention that a little under a thousand years ago in the year 1044 now we're in 2024 in 1044 one of the a father of the he wrote up or a p however you want to call it based off thek what the gamar says brings a in Yia that we don't have to be afraid if we so he made a a have it over here with with each one each piece over here brings another of the speaking about you know the inion this that of a solar eclipse the says that we don't have to be afraid he's an important question to discuss to try to clarify and this is a big big discussion in the early in the already and the aarum went to town with this with this Shila the gamorra says if these uh if a solar eclipse happen it's a simra which would seem from the gamarra and that's also why we would understand it's a Sim ra is such an interesting thing happens it means to say is that either the world has to shape up CLR has to shape up the Shila is this is something that's scheduled in the calendar they know exactly the next one is in 20 years they know what's going to happen up until the end the end of 6,000 years they can look back and they see that there was a solar eclipse 40 years before this is all calculated so what does it mean the gar says that if a happens it's a Simon it's a Simon ra what does it mean it's a Simon ra it's here it's something scheduled in Simon ra would mean that the is that like what we would understand by a rainbow that a rainbow comes when that that the world is supposed to be said is not going to be the world a comes a rainbow but here it's it's something that it's in the it's built in and what what their was as you see it K didn't understand the because understood it just shows up every once in a while to be they have to do CH as opposed to that's built into the system into the universe that's what happens the mus that the sounds like it's something that's happening right now also has cover the BR that also sounds like it's not very good very good very good he's saying the when thear brings a marshall that the ab says that the Marshall the king says take away the torch and make it dark which seemed like the something because something going on and just to question the gamar later says we didn't go still more gar but the gar says afterwards that for four things is why these four reasons why happens which would sound also the same thing that the four things that the G says is why happens oh so we'll see this is we'll see let's get to that in a minute that's you'll tell me if this is the third ter what we're going to say very good that let's get to it in a minute you'll tell me if this is what you mean the reason I heard was not so happy with this with what this is a big indan but you'll tell me in the third TS could be this will be this nuda the first the has a long goes through the Indian and this thing that if you think if the don't know he goes through the first herit is brought in and also also aan that it's the gamor is not referring to the eclipse the gor is referring to sikim refering to and that the second terets in y he says that when the gor says the gor is not referring to an eclipse a solar eclipse a lunar eclipse that's not what the gamar is referring to the gamar is referring to something else sometimes there are dots blotches on the sun on the moon I saw pictures they bringing in these s and books that came out for the eclipse they bring such pictures obviously you have to know how to find it I don't know with telescopes I don't know how what when away you come about with it what' you say you you have taken pictures you could M see take a telescope you can see that good see you don't have to just come the pictures but means you knew they were saying about it so you knew to look out for it you just the picture last last night was in Eclipse I took a picture I I after the eclipse I took a picture full son and there was I thought was my telescope and so I saw they brought that the last time it happened was taka in 2017 and then 30 years before it happens it's not a it's not always there it happens so the understands that when the gor says the is referring to that the same thing also so that taka that taka is something that shows up without a schedule it's not in the calendar you can't know when it is it's interesting that it came at the same time as the but it's not something that's scheduled in and that's what that's why it's a Simon ra this it's m the gor says thear calls it what's the English translation Li that the is getting hit or however you want to understand the r says that there's a difference in the understanding of when there's a solar eclipse the only thing that happens is is that the sun is blocked the sun is nothing happens to the sun the sun is as strong as ever the moon crosses over and blocks the Sun deally the moon Tak takes a hit why because when the earth blacks the Sun and the moon goes dark it's covered meaning to say is the moon is not shining so just means that you don't see the sun means that the the Moon is not working the moon takes a hit the sun doesn't take a hit but with the that we just said now really is referring to both the both when these these blotches on the sun on the moon that's called Li lastly the third ter and could be that's along the lines you're referring to the [Music] Ben it's known when the is we know not only we know we know exactly to the minute to the second to the location how much it's going to be exactly in what place everything is known crystal clear it doesn't mean that we don't know of course we know but it means it's a that's call it so to speak just like P is coming it's we know when p is we know when P next year is and in two years it's going to be t p is a time for the a time it's a time and is a Time when these solar eclipse it's a it doesn't mean it doesn't it's not because something that happened then it's a time that it's then aim didn't know he said it's in the gor the gor says could have just said means these designated times we know exactly when it's going to happen we know knew the G says causes a solar eclipse it just means to say not just it means to say that if because of these four reasons would be enough to cause that a solar eclipse should happenis but it happens whenever it happens and like what the gamar says that it's a Simon [Applause] ra like we saw says there's nothing what to be nervous about just to go in real briefly and quickly two three possible by the rainbow the Mish brings the the says that if somebody sees a rainbow you're not supposed to tell people about the rainbow why because you're not supposed to be say bad things you're not supposed to tell people I just left out one tiny thing we're going to go back to for a second the third ter was thatal knew and even though they knew and it's a a designated time it's still Simon ra the either or the Ben one of them bring the Ben he brings that the by a rainbow just remember to go back to it it's a Sim to do that the is not going to be of the world but he says how could it be that it's a Simon the rainbow the a system when it comes it's not like the eclipse that we know when it's going to come exactly but he's a Mahal so the ter is a built Mahal but the same you say also in the buil in Mah comes at a time when it need to be more that CL that the world's being saved the same thing over here also the eclipse is built in when it's going to be in the however that time is a time so to speak that's back to some by a rainbow you're not supposed to tell people that you sort a rainbow not to be so the sh is how could you tell people about the eclipse that could be going to tell me you don't have to tell anybody everybody knows and the EM is that from the sign in his Chu says that it's T from a rainbow a rainbow if you don't tell the person he doesn't know he's not not like in the calendar here everybody knows why does everybody know because it's in the calendar it's very clear this coming Monday afternoon there's going to be a solar eclipse in another 20 years it's it's already in the calendar now there's going to be a solar eclipse so M it's not considered being ma you're telling telling somebody a if the Kasha was that it's a d like the gor says that it's a it's a it's a Simon ra looking at the solar eclipse so that person has to make sure to only look with proper glasses if not it's a big Sak the is the brings it is by it's a it's brought he brings and that a person is not supposed to look at the laana you look once at the laana before you make the BR and da you're not supposed to look at the Lana so what's over here everybody's going to be looking up everybody a lot of people are going to be looking up to see the solar eclipse where you're going to be looking up and looking at the moon covering the Sun so could be it's a thing only but I think the ter is that when you look up you're not going to see the moon it's just going to be covered it's going to be dark Lastly lastly do you make a br it's a fascinating thing to see millions of people are going to be traveling to see totality do you make a br it's not brought not so if it's not you don't make a you do not make a and bring it happened forgot what year the styple said you don't make AA why don't you make AA saw from the he says that since it's a Simon ra you don't make a br on a Simon ra it's just to explain a little bit more do oh very good if something bad happened the says here first of all it's something like the the he says over there in the in the igis he says that it's a bad thing that's that's going to come if something but here it's something that's going to come what's the that you're making something bad happens dyam here but it's something that's really showing telling us you don't make a and I was speaking to an uncle of mine yesterday rosha fredman from Toronto he told me that he s brought the same this same from kki as well also that the reason we don't make a is because it's a simar like we sawar in the beginning of this year on the rainbow rainbow because something something would have happened but I'm not it's t to make a broad maybe I don't know 24 hours after after so first of all the by a rainbow is a different it's a it's a different BR but I don't know also if you can make a br for it's 24 hours maybe something it means the next 6 months and when is it to know what came what didn't come I just want to conclude in the whether people are going to go out to look they're not going to go out to look they're going to travel 3 hours 4 hours 6 hours they're going to fly to wherever the path is of totality I just want to conclude this with there's a story written over here in the days of the that there was a solar eclipse and the night before after the clapped on the be and he said the says people go to people go to Tomorrow there's going to be a solar eclipse and the reason why it comes is to show the world to show to show everybody that the is the Bo just call don't make no mistake that the sun has a power the Sun goes and happens the sun could be diminished as well also at least covered black it becomes dark in middle of the day and at least the way they bring it they say is he said that the should go out the should go the next day was Tuesday night tomorrow Wednesday afternoon there's going to be a solar eclipse everybody should go out they bring it over here that he said that it's a mitv to go see to go out to see a BRI that the aish made the solar eclipse the it's fascinating I'm just saying over the story I'm not saying people are middle say there I'm not ping anything I'm not telling people to travel a few hours I just want to share the mus of the how they bring it it spread like wildf fire that the is going to come to this mimid is going to go out tomorrow to see the eclipse became a whole mat was looking at they bring over Glass glasses you know to look to see and Roden a little derful a little town became bosing like they're right over here it became uh when they went out we'll get to that in a minute anyways the at the time TR was there also and he said RAB don't lose track of course you're going to go out to see he says you don't have to looken in other words you have to understand when you see the solar eclipse what is it coming to tell us that he's a Bo man whatever lesson but make sure to take out a lesson from it they went out and the way he describes it looked like an absorbit he full of people looking but not with the telescopes they were looking through the glass and they saw they saw the solar eclip and then the when they came back in this is how they bring it the once again said now everybody sees that the is not the the a God but it's all a of the we should be to have a takeaway from the lesson whether we see it we don't see it we know about it to know that the whole entire world everything that was created everything that was that's happening is all the have a wonderful shabas