Does Rabbi Orlofsky Believe In Zodiacs?

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Hi, this is Devin Lasky with that question and answer series where in a few minutes we try to give you some answers to questions that our listeners have posed. Does Rabbi Lasky believe in zodiacs and does he feel that they really can show someone's personality? So, I'll tell you the truth. Uh we aquariuses don't believe in that stuff. >> [laughter] [clears throat] >> Let me Let me explain. Do I believe in the zodiac? The zodiac is for sure a Jewish concept. If you take a look in machzorim, you will see by uh tfilat tal and by tfilat geshem, there's a piyut over there that goes through what each one of the mazalot say in regard to um you know, rain or tal etc. It speaks it up. There is a kina we say on uh Tisha B'Av night that talks about all the mazalot mourning the Beit Hamikdash. So, of course it is, right? And the mazalot uh have a certain power in the world. Sometimes when it's not a particular power, it's a representative of a power. So, the fact that Tishrei is Libra, the scales of judgment, which makes sense since it's Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and Hoshana Rabbah, the days of judgment are there. The fact that we came out of Pesach in Nissan where the mazal is the taleh, which is the sheep, and that relates to the korban Pesach, but of course it's more than that. We've mentioned the Or Gedal Yahoo that explains that Sefirat HaOmer takes us through Nissan, Iyar, and Tishrei, and the mazelous is the sheep. And then you come to what they call in English Taurus the bull, we

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1. 0:00Hi, this is Devin Lasky with that question and answer series where in a few minutes…
2. 0:32take a look in machzorim, you will see by uh tfilat tal and by tfilat geshem,…
3. 1:04mazalot uh have a certain power in the world. Sometimes when it's not a particular power,…
4. 1:34we came out of Pesach in Nissan where the mazal is the taleh, which is the…
5. 2:04call it the shore. And then you come to Gemini, the twins, we call it the…
6. 2:36the couple, the twins that are attached together. And um and that's power that you find…
7. 3:07people are above the stars. You're outside of that system." But within the normal function, there's…
8. 3:37would never set." So, there's no question there's a concept of having a mazel. Yeah? Now,…
9. 4:07So, I'm not a Capricorn, I'm an Aquarius. And when I told this to people, they…
10. 4:39what day you were born, under which planet, and under which planet was ascending at that…

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