1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/mochin March 2002
2 50 5_comet16_devor@huji.ac.il21_devor@projectmind.org31_Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:33:44 +0300628_Windows-1252 B'S"D<br><br>Dear Mochin Friends,<br><br>This comet may interest some of you. Does<br>anyone know its name?<br><br>I wish to take this opportunity to wish you all,<br>or at least those to whom it applies, a happy<br>and Kosher Pesach.<br><br>Blessings,<br>David<br>devor@usa.net<br>=================================================<br><br>COMET NEAR MARS:<br><br>For those interested in other aspects of astronomy, there is a comet<br>visible to the naked eye in the Western sky after nightfall below and to<br>the right of Mars. It is easier to see with binoculars and will be visible<br>for about six weeks. [...]43_25Mar200217:33:44+0300devor@projectmind.org
53 661 24_Pessach and Project Mind16_devor@huji.ac.il21_devor@projectmind.org31_Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:00:22 +0300717_Windows-1252 B'S"D<br><br>12 Nissan, 5762<br><br>Dear Mochin subscribers and friends,<br><br>Many of you are aware that this coming Wed. night begins the festival of Passover<br>commemorating the Exodus from Egypt, 3315 years ago.<br><br>This pilgrimage (to Jerusalem) festival, one of three (including Shavuot and Succoth),<br>is about transformation and freedom. Each Jew is expected to see himself as,<br>personally, coming out of Egypt the Hebrew word for which (Mitzrayim) indicates<br>limitation and restriction. Pharaoh, in Hebrew, is a derivative of the word "Haphra'a"<br>meaning "disturbance" or "distraction." It suggests the usual, chaotic, unmobilized<br>state of our energy, defined as impurity or [...]43_25Mar200223:00:22+0300devor@projectmind.org
715 100 5_comet16_devor@huji.ac.il21_devor@projectmind.org31_Tue, 26 Mar 2002 01:11:45 +0300767_Windows-1252 B'S"D<br><br>Dear Mochin Friends,<br><br>Kenneth Sills forwarded the following on the comet.<br><br>Best,<br>David<br>==========================================<br>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&u=/ap/20020314/ap_on_sc/brf_new_comet_1<br><br>Comet Has First Showing in 340 Years (excerpts)<br>Thu Mar 14, 4:01 PM ET<br><br>CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Astronomers say a comet that was last seen in 1661 will be at its<br>brightest during the next few weeks.<br><br>Comet Ikeya-Zhang is named for the two amateur astronomers who spotted it independently on Feb.<br>1. The sighting was recently reported in Sky & Telescope magazine. The comet is the sixth one<br>to be spotted by longtime skywatcher Kaoru Ikeya, who lives in central Japan.43_26Mar200201:11:45+0300devor@projectmind.org
816 20 9_Re: comet9_CB Willis22_cbwillis@lightlink.com29_Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:43:42 EST494_us-ascii Subject: Comet Ikeya-Zhang in northern sky for weeks<br><br>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020322/sc_nm/space<br>_comet_dc_1<br><br>------------------------- mochin@shamash.org ------------------------+<br>Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org<br>A service of Hebrew College, offering online courses and an<br>online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/<br>------------------------- mochin@shamash.org ------------------------=42_25Mar200219:43:42ESTcbwillis@lightlink.com