Parashat Shoftim - Do we believe in Astrology? - Rabbi Alon Anava

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

[Music] we're in the Pasha as cultural theme and we read about a very interesting prohibition in this Pasha and which aroused a very interesting question is there such a thing thank you is there such a thing as good luck or bad luck because a lot of people they they have a lot of superstitious beliefs and a lot of people believe in all sorts of things but a big question we have especially in Judaism is it real it is really such a thing this is a good luck or bad luck sometimes you you you something happens to you it so I have such good luck on Dallas and sometimes something bad happens in right also I have bad luck today the question is is it really such a thing as good luck or bad luck is it something in Judaism I mean after all you know whenever there's an occasion what do you say Mazel Tov you go to a bar mitzvah you go to a wedding you go to Bristol every day you wish you say Mazel Tov which means that's good luck should have good luck a good muzzle so the question is is it something really coming from Judaism the word masala and and knowing that even astrology and other people they can't wait for the newspaper to come out with the column of the astrology to start reading all and they believe in that um this week that when a good week and I'm going to class I have today and you believe the nonsense that they read in the newspaper so when everybody loves hearing the you know the

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2. 4:54know when I first came to the United States I would go where there would be…
3. 10:23things and why and why this happened and it's what we tend to do we then…
4. 15:12something and I started a three times the number seven what does it mean it means…
5. 20:31was ok last time I got a smack on my head because they rode the red…
6. 25:56about astrology is the story will follow follow sorry so all one is to kill all…
7. 30:58each other all the wheat weed and grass as chosen like adultery and then where was…
8. 36:15mine go to the minister again go to the head so the Torah comes and says…
9. 41:10box in olden days they would stick it in the wall so she says I stuck…
10. 46:33casualties so he said it started as the captain and he jumped in ranks because there's…

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