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Exhibit 12.2

CERTIFICATION OF THE
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Varda Sagiv, certify that:

|1. | I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
          2008 of BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd. (the Registrant);
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|2. | Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
          material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
          made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
          misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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|3. | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
          included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
          condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
          for, the periods presented in this report;
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|4. | The
Registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
          Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
          reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
          Registrant and have:
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| | (a) | Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
               controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that                material information relating to the Registrant, including its
consolidated                subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly                during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
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| | (b) | Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
               control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
               provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting                and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance                with generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | (c) | Evaluated
the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and
               procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness                of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
the period covered                by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | (d) | Disclosed
in this report any change in the Registrants internal control                over
financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual
               report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
               affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting;
and
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|5. | The
Registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
                    our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the                     Registrants auditors and the audit committee
of the Registrants                     board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent functions):
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| | (a) | All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
               of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
to                adversely affect the Registrants ability to record, process,
summarize and                report financial information; and
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| | (b) | Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
               who have a significant role in the Registrants internal control over
               financial reporting.
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Date: March 31, 2009

| |  | By /s/ Varda Sagiv
Varda SagivChief Financial Officer(Principal Financial Officer)
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