What is the Purpose of Stars and Planets in Creation?

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Rabbi you explained why God created this world um so I I know you mentioned in the past that God said that the nation of Israel is going to be as as many as plentiful as the Stars why did God create the Stars the planets what's the torah's view of of that and life on the planets well uh what we're told that the Stars have actually it's connected to Stars have actually it's connected to what I wanted to speak about and if get a chance to talk about it tonight this whole concept I want to talk about but putting it and concisely and shortly that God gives over the life of this world through intermediators but not that they have any power themselves it's uh it's a starts from God was totally abstract and through angel he gives this life to the world which

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1. 0:01Rabbi you explained why God created this world um so I I know you mentioned in…
2. 0:32Stars have actually it's connected to what I wanted to speak about and if get a…
3. 1:04he gives this life to the world which comes down through Angels higher above Angels lower…
4. 2:04works through them they they can't do anything by themselves this is what years ago we…
5. 2:34it above they get the power from that themselves they can do anything so that is…
6. 3:05and uh that's uh we concentrate way above the Stars we study things of the saer…

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