Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park

Machshava:

Tefillah 

Collections: R' Torczyner Drashot

References: Succah: 29A ,  Berachot: 54A  

Description

Derashah for Parshat Shemini 5784. Three reasons not to recite a berachah on a solar eclipse - 1) It represents Divine wrath rather than Creation; 2) It highlights how our religious lives revolve around the sun's light; 3) The sun's light is still there