The Talmud Knew the Number of Stars – 2,000 Years Ago - Rabbi Zamir Cohen in English (AI)

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Zamir Cohen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] [Applause] [Music] In the Gomra, it is told that when the Jewish people went into exile, they complained to the Holy One, "Blessed be he, master of the universe, you have abandoned us. You have forgotten us. Look at how much we are suffering." And the Holy One, blessed be He, replied to Israel with these words. I created 12 constellations in the sky and for each constellation I created 30 and 30 soldiers. Each of the 12 is under its command legions of stars. And for each soldier I created 30 legions. And for each legion I created 30 writtens. And for each written I created 30 cartons. And for all the cartons I created 30 gistras. And on each gistra I hung 365,000 myriad stars. 35,000 of tens of millions. And how many such sets exist? Multiply by 12. When you do the math, you get the following number. In the eyes of the ancients, this was considered completely bizarre because with the naked eye, when the skies are clearest and a person tries to count how many stars there are, at most they would reach 4,000 stars. But the sages say, "We received that the Holy One, blessed be He, will respond to the Jewish people through the prophets. Tell them I created so many and I didn't create all this except for you. And you say I have forgotten you. A 100 years ago following observations of the Hubble

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1. 0:00[Music] [Applause] [Music] In the Gomra, it is told that when the Jewish people went into…
2. 0:31constellation I created 30 and 30 soldiers. Each of the 12 is under its command legions…
3. 1:02following number. In the eyes of the ancients, this was considered completely bizarre because with the…
4. 1:33telescope. It became clear that there are flickering points of light. At first they thought it…
5. 2:04explode and disappear and new stars are born through various processes, the holy one, blessed be…
6. 2:34things to arrive at numbers that were considered completely bizarre in those days? And also a…
7. 3:05probably missed something. Check more, and you will reach the conclusion of the Torah. Why are…
8. 3:36limitations or any limitation. Otherwise, what did the holy one, blessed be he, do? He ordered…
9. 4:06their own place in relation to all the creation. When a person marvels at the greatness…
10. 4:36trust in him, then we reach confidence and tranquility in our life.…

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