[Avodah] Not Making Kiddush Between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:13:39PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
: Because this is astrology, and it makes little sense to say that
: a planet's influence is affected by when the sun happens to rise or
: set in a particular location.  (Then again, this may indeed have been
: how the Maharil understood the hourly system, and therefore how the
: minhag he describes was in fact observed, regardless of how the
: Amoraim understood the original system.)

If it's astrology, then it should depend on the earth's and mars's year.
In addition to time of day. For that matter, astrology usually has to
do with where these things are in relation to each other. The moon vs
the constellations of the Zodiac, the planets in relation to eachother,
the moon *and the sun*.

If it's the same time every day, regardless of the year on earth or the
orbit of mars, it's likely NOT astrological.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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