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The Jewish Truth About Astrology | Rabbi Shais Taub & Yitzchok Aharon Pinkesz

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Rabbi Shais Taub

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Okay, welcome to a new podcast, another edition of Soulwords the podcast. I have conversations with interesting people about interesting things. Today my guest is a very interesting person who has an unconventional specialty in the world of Judeaic studies that is astrology. But I I know some of you are worried astrology I thought that's uh anathema in Judaism. Okay, we're going to talk about that. He wrote a book but you can pick up their fine selection of delicacies of real Hamisha Jewish food at all quality kosher grocerers. Okay, check it out. We're going to talk about kosher astrology with my new friend Reb Yeetszk Aharin Pinus coming at you right now. >> Reitzk, welcome. >> Thank you. It's such a pleasure to be here. >> This is actually not your first time back. It's not your first time at the Soul Warts House, but that's correct. >> It's a secret. Uh this studio also is >> It's a secret. Uh this studio also is the uh second studio for the uh from the inside out >> podcast with Rifka and you just >> made an appearance here on that and now you're back at Soulward's house. >> Um I've had this book kosher astrology for a while. You sent it to me. In fact, you sent it to me and then you showed up here to do their podcast and you said did you read my book yet? I've had it on my nightstand for months and it's in the pipeline. Okay, fine. And I have not

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  1. 0:00Okay, welcome to a new podcast, another edition of Soulwords the podcast. I have conversations with…
  2. 6:42worshiping meaning serving these constellations in order to get something from them okay now I'm going…
  3. 12:54It means there's no fatalistic astrology to the Jewish people. People confuse that. They think that…
  4. 19:00Anything else like the parameters, the the the warnings that we should know before we get…
  5. 25:07maybe later. I know you did my chart. You'll have to pull up Yuda. Uh, >>…
  6. 31:15any of this means. It's very confusing. So in a couple of minutes, everything's going to…
  7. 37:23the connection the way they connect it is called aspects. So the first one is called…
  8. 42:58cheat sheet. How you going to know what's connecting with what? What's opposite? What's squaring? What's…
  9. 49:03>> The other four, the moon, mercury, Venus, Mars, they each one represent a different part…
  10. 55:14>> By the way, is Mercury masculine and Venus is feminine? They speak about in those…

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