Thursday, January 11, 2018

astronomy - Good and Bad Omen - on something that can be calculated in advance



Inspired by Why make a bracha on an earthquake but not on an eclipse?


When something can be predicted in advance to an exact moment - for example an eclipse which Chazal say it is a bad Omen (Sukkah 29A), does that mean that Chazal were unable to calculate this? Or perhaps even though they were able to calculate an eclipse it is a bad Omen?




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