The hits keep coming. It’s great seeing Rush tied into it all.
Because today is the 1st of Kislev, the new moon of winter is arriving along with the release of this album. The image of the Voyage is the diamond ring of the Sun appearing from behind the Moon.
Sneak peeks of the sun and the moon. Shield eyes from light.
Going forward to Veteran's Day, Kislev 7, 5782:
Jewish History
Jehoaikim Burnt Lamentations (3321/-440)
Death of King Herod (3760/-1)
Laws and Customs
Sanctification of the Moon
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"Though Kiddush Levanah can be recited as early as three days after the moon's rebirth, the kabbalah tells us it is best to wait a full week, till the seventh of the month."
דוד מלך ישראל, חי, חי וקיים
It's fairly common knowledge that David was anointed in the midst of "אחיו", "his brothers."
A funny (ironic) thing about the lyrics to the song medley by the 5th Dimension: Aquaruis/Let the Sun Shine In (1969)...
People have wanted to know just when it is that the Moon will be in the seventh house and Jupiter will align with Mars, because that's when
Peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars.
Turns out that "real astrologers" decry the words as gibberish thrown together to make a song. It's nonsense, as there's no way to pin those meanings down. "It depends", say the "real astrologers." :)
I suppose it hasn't occurred to anyone that the reason the time has eluded discovery is that people are looking to astrology for answers, when the signage was to "mysteriously" appear in its proper time, right in front of the literal doors of those who were assigned to make it happen. It's reality on the ground.
It's like I've mentioned recently... harps could be literally lined up along the willows by the rivers of Babylon but who'd see the signs, even when hanging prominantly along the main drag?
And of course, nobody grounded in reality would take seriously some kooky new age song that everyone already knows because it's so famous for the kooky lyrics.
Unless of course it's all orchestrated by the Master of the Universe with His "meta" verse for the win: verses from verses.
The same one and only God who asked Abram if he could count "the" stars [הכוכבים], because if he could count those "5 (ה)" stars, so shall his seed be.
There's no competition!!
Abram believed the Lord, and it was counted as Tzedaka for him. The very best of.
(Neil was the first man to walk on the Moon, the very basis of the Jewish calendar.)
"We're bustin' outta here!" ~ Moses
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.. talk about a major announcement that went out to the whole world. In 1969!
The source of the Kiddush Levana is in the Babylonian Talmud:
Rabbi Yochanan taught that one who blesses the new moon, in its proper time, is regarded like one who greets the Shechinah* (Divine Presence).
*"November -- I'll give thanks that you belong to me."
There'll be no running around
You met your Waterloo
Hey Little Devil
I'm gonna make an angel out of you.
(God Bless America!)