The skies of 13, 14 and 15 December 2026, for The Levy family
Sarah and David AttiasThe bar mitzvah of
In the morning light
Three skies
Sunday, in the morning light
וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל־יָדֶךָ וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ“Bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.”
The sun rises at 8:36. At 11:44, the moon (16% lit) rises in the south-east.
Monday, at nightfall
The sun sets at 16:53. The moon, 26% lit, shines in the south; it sets at 22:11.
Tuesday, under the stars
וְהַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת־זַרְעֲךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם“I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens.”
The sun sets at 16:54. The moon, 36% lit, shines in the south-west; it sets at 23:20. After sunset the Hebrew day has already begun: that is why the date reads “אור ל…”, the night that lights the next day.
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The Jewish calendar follows the moon: every celebration has its sky.