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<DIV><BR></FONT><FONT size=2>We thus see that the entire exercise is actually
symbolic, because the reality differs with the facts of astronomy, as the
chachomim who chose this calculation (rather than the more exact one which is
used to keep Pesach in season, for example) certainly understood. But if
the more exact calculation were used, there would almost never be a time when
the sun could be said to be at the same position as it was that first yom
revii. (See R'Bleich's discussion in the ArtScroll volume.) The
chachomim exercised this discretion to give us an opportunity to thank Hashem
for the orderly continuance of the orbits of the celestial bodies (think of it
as thanking Hashem for passing the law of conservation of angular momentum),
which otherwise would not have been possible.</FONT> <BR><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=306031821-25032009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>In the shiur
on YUTORAH he makes the same point but expands the thanks to include all
"natural miracles"</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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