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[14] And also during the day (time of clarity) there are times where clouds obstruct the light, but don't darken it completely. They (the clouds) are good, for one who gazes at the sun directly, his eyes will weaken and become blind, and they also dampen the full intensity of the sun that is too intense for man - like we find with Nadav and Avihu. And also they are inherently good, as I heard (from the Ishbitzer Rebbe) regarding (Psalms 147:8) "who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth. " For through the clouds, rain falls and rejuvenates the parched body. but the rain itself is not necessarily good, except in its proper time. There are also cases where the dampening clouds are bad, where we need the full intensity of the sun. This is the time of completion of harvesting and reaping for this is the end of an action / stage in comparison to harvesting. As we find at the end of the first perek of Bava Kamma, and as I have written in another place.