by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Aug 12, 2022 | Intermediate
1. We’d also need to know that G-d’s interactions with us break down to things that concern our bodies and those that concern our souls. We’ve already explained the needs of the body, as to what a person needs to succeed and be satisfied in life 1. The needs of the...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jul 8, 2022 | Intermediate
In broader terms, G-d oversees the world overall through justice and law 1. Yet we know that at bottom what G-d wants to express is loving-kindness 2, as He loves us like a parent. But 3 a parent must sometimes lovingly discipline his child for the child’s ultimate...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jun 1, 2022 | Intermediate
The role the stars play in it all has its limits, based on G-d’s wisdom. Some of their functions can be seen with our own eyes, which is a lot of what astrologers depend on. But not all of the influence of the stars can be caught sight of.That’s why astrologers can’t...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Apr 29, 2022 | Intermediate
Each and every one of us is subject to this system– as a rule. But the influence of the stars can be undone by a power greater than their own 1 .That’s the import of the expression, “The People of Israel aren’t dependent on the (influence of the) constellations”...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Mar 29, 2022 | Intermediate
1. On the influence of the stars upon events 1. G-d instilled yet another factor upon the stars, which is that all of the events experienced by physical things and their outcomes would originate up above 2, but would then be drawn downward by the stars 3 in the form...