Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Mga Awit 104:19

[Ps. 104:19]: “He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set” corresponds to the command “Let there be luminaries …” [Gen. 1:14].

[Ps. 104:19]: Parallel to “Let there be lights” [Gen. 1:14], the Psalmist says: “He made the moon for fixed seasons.” The word “Let there be” indicates a drawing forth from Wisdom; therefore it is used in the account of creation only when referring to inward things:¹⁸¹Sefirot. light, firmament, luminaries. But of whatever was formless it says “Let there appear,” so that potential form or soul might appear in them.¹⁸²Hebrew obscure; translation conjectural. So it is said of Adam, that in his fourth hour the soul-breath was cast into him. [The following line, having to do with the hiding of the light after seven days, and quoting Ps. 97:11, is quite garbled in the manuscript as well as the printed edition, and must be considered untranslatable. It may refer to the light of the seven sefirotic “days” transferred to the shekhinah.]

ולמועדים, the orbit of the moon which renews its path every 29 and a half days serves as a legal instrument used in determining dates which appear in documents used by the Jewish people. Compare what David wrote about this in Psalms 104,19