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To The Editor:

On Av 29, 5759 (August 11, 1999), there will be a total eclipse of the sun, visible over Jerusalem. This is just two days before the beginning of the month of Elul, when we begin a 40 day period of repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur.

Recall that the eclipse of the sun is considered a bad omen for the umos:

"When the sun is in eclipse it is a bad omen for the nations; when the moon is in eclipse, it is a bad omen for Yisroel, since Yisroel reckons by the moon and the nations by the sun. . . . But when Yisroel fulfill the will of Hashem, they need have no fear of these signs as it is said, Thus saith the L- rd, `Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven, for the nations are dismayed at them' (Yirmiya 10) -- the nations will be dismayed, but Yisroel will not be dismayed" ( Sukkah 29)

Yours Truly,

Amnon Goldberg

Tel Aviv


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