Birchas Ha Chamah — The Blessing of the Sun
9 April 2009If you haven’t had your head under a religious rock these past few months, you’ve encountered the buzz about the Blessing of the Sun, which takes place every 28 years. A good explanation of this can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkat_Hachama
We went to Birchat HaChama on the beach in Boca Raton, FL.  The event was co-organized by all the synagogues in the area. The morning opens, as all good mornings should, with the morning prayers. There were three minyanim, or services, going on. One each for Ashkenaz, Sephard and Chabad custom.
After the morning prayers were finished, we were told, “even though we had three minyanim, we will all move down to the beach where we will recite the blessing on the sun together, as one people.” We did.
The experience was uplifting. The size of the community and the fellowship with folks that I did not “know”, yet was connected to, was very moving.
Lots of photos were taken by lots of people, including the three that I took on my phone, below.
One Response to “Birchas Ha Chamah — The Blessing of the Sun”
April 19th, 2009 at 1:44 am
very nice