[Avodah] EVEN WHEN THE MOON IS HIDDEN, IT IS STILL THERE...

[Cantor Wolberg]

Actually Av is a Hebrification of the Babylonian Abu which in turn was
slurred from the Sumerian (Ur III) month "Aru" - lion, the mazal of
the month.

Interesting that it comes from lion. The gemara says we should be as  
powerful as a lion to serve God. Animal psychologists have taught that  
all the animals in the cat family
(tigers, cheetahs, leopards, pumas, jaguars, etc.) cannot get along  
well with each other. Only the lion can control its inclinations and  
get along with other lions. They won't
leave each other as do the other cats. So the Torah teaches that the  
real power is controlling one's yetzer hara.
ri

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