Thank you Rabbi Shawn Zevit who reminds us to be thankful of the sun today, Wednesday, April 8, in a special way as Passover begins. Here’s more from Newsday:

As observant Jews prepare for the beginning of the eight-day Passover celebration tonight, some will pause this morning to recite the least frequently spoken prayer in Judaism. It is a ritual that comes around only once every 28 years, one that commemorates the sun's return to the place in the firmament where, according to the Book of Genesis, God created it on the fourth day.

This year's confluence of Passover and the sun's commemoration is particularly rare - marking only the 12th occurrence in the 5,769-year-old Jewish calendar.

"There is something special about celebrating the beginning of the Jewish people coming out of Egypt and the Wednesday of the sun's creation," said Rabbi Anchelle Perl, of Congregation Beth Shalom Chabad, in Mineola.

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And more from Rabbi Zevit who prayed with the sunrise from Ohio, USA today:

“We had about 70 or more people join us in the dark at 6:30am in snow-covered Cleveland, the clouds were there, and just at 6:58am, the local time for the actual blessing moment, the clouds lifted in the horizon to reveal a bright orange/yellow swatch of sun- the first time in 3 days anyone had seen it here- it was fantastic and now the skies are clear! May this continue to be the way we move through the dark into the light, embracing the dark with the light.”

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