Tota; solar eclipse on 8/12/2026 Iceland 148 1248

Totality Begins: 1:48 PM EDT (5:48 PM local Reykjavík time)

The total solar eclipse in Reykjavík, Iceland, on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, begins locally in the late afternoon. In Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), the event happens earlier in the day. Because Iceland observes Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) year-round and the eclipse occurs in August, the United States is in daylight saving time, meaning the conversion is to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (UTC-4), which is 4 hours behind Reykjavík. Here are the eclipse times converted to the Eastern time zone: Partial Eclipse Begins: 12:47 PM EDT (4:47 PM local Reykjavík time)Totality Begins: 1:48 PM EDT (5:48 PM local Reykjavík time)Totality Duration: Roughly 1 minute (ends around 1:49 PM EDT)Partial Eclipse Ends: 2:47 PM EDT (6:47 PM local Reykjavík time)

(Note: If you are calculating for standard EST, subtract 5 hours from the local Reykjavík time, making totality happen at 12:48 PM EST). 

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/total-solar-eclipse-on-august-12-2026/  

 

8*12+20*26 = 616   8/12/2026 eclipse

The next major total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2026. The path of totality will sweep across eastern Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain, allowing viewers to witness up to 2 minutes and 18 seconds of total darkness. 

"lots of dead federal agents" = 218 (Ordinal)

"catastrophic events" = 218 (Ordinal)

Iceland: The shadow will cross the western coast, passing directly over Reykjavík at 5:48 p.m. local time, where totality will last for approximately one minute.

Wed, 12 August 2026 = 29th of Av, 5786

Wed, 12 August 2026 after sunset = 30th of Av, 5786

ל׳ בְּאָב תשפ״ו

🌒 Rosh Chodesh Elul 🌒

Parashat Shoftim

Parashat Shoftim 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת שׁוֹפְטִים

15 August 2026 / 2 Elul 5786

Parashat Shoftim is the 48th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9

Shoftim (“Judges”) discusses guidelines of leadership, opening with a command to appoint judges and continuing to detail laws of kings, priests, and prophets. It also describes laws relating to cities of refuge for accidental killers, false witnesses, warfare, and the rite performed in a case of unsolved murder.