Berachos 61a § 3
Clear to Me Like My City
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Over zikin, one recites: Blessed ... Whose strength and
power fill the world. What are zikin?
1st Answer: A comet. The paths of the sky are
as clear to me as the paths of my city, Nehardea,
except for comets, that I do not know what they are.
And we learn through tradition that a comet
does not pass the Orion constellation, and if it
does pass Orion , the world will be destroyed.
power fill the world. What are zikin?
1st Answer: A comet. The paths of the sky are
as clear to me as the paths of my city, Nehardea,
except for comets, that I do not know what they are.
And we learn through tradition that a comet
does not pass the Orion constellation, and if it
does pass Orion , the world will be destroyed.