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2020-10-07T18:20:44.496Z


| Jewish cultureThese days we see the red planet from Earth • but in the Jewish tradition it has been determined that it is not really a good thing • And also - should we greet when we see the play? Mars Photography:  Photo: EPA In the coming nights, if you look up at the sky and look east, you will prominently see the planet Mars, conspicuous by its orange color. This year the sunrise is particularly notabl


These days we see the red planet from Earth • but in the Jewish tradition it has been determined that it is not really a good thing • And also - should we greet when we see the play?

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In the coming nights, if you look up at the sky and look east, you will prominently see the planet Mars, conspicuous by its orange color.

This year the sunrise is particularly notable because it is at its closest point to Earth, at a distance of 62 million kilometers compared to 228 million kilometers in normal years.

This is, of course, an interesting astronomical phenomenon, but beyond that, the phenomenon also has an anchor in Jewish history.

In the Jewish tradition, the star has an effect on humans that are born while it affects the zodiac.

Its appearance raises interesting questions - whether to see the star clearly and whether to fear the dangers in the world because of the prominent star, as previously hinted at in the Jewish tradition.

This question this year, against the backdrop of the corona plague and the worst wave of fires in the world, is more relevant than ever.

Regarding the blessing on the star, Rabbi David Satyu, chairman of the Tzohar Rabbinical Association, says that in the past it was customary to bless the stars when they were seen at the beginning of the month crossing Aries, while moving in the solar system but today do not do so. The stars in their orbits, i.e. when they are in Aries and shining at the beginning of the month.

But in practice this is not observed today, "he clarifies. Rabbi Shraga Dahan, head of the" Bereishit "project, also joined this statement, saying that" Birkat does an act of Bereishit was fixed on a comet and a falling star and not on a planet seen every evening.

Once brighter and once brighter. "

Does Mars symbolize bad luck?

When it comes to the meaning of rising from Mars, there is the question of whether it is a bad sign.

The Babylonian Talmud states that he who is born under the influence of Mars will shed blood, and therefore such a person deserves to choose to be slaughtered and mohel because the second option is that he will be a thief (or as it is written in Aramaic - the island of Man Debmadim will be a man of wealth. Ei Tabaha Ei Mohla).

Beyond that, the Amora Shmuel forbade the shedding of blood from people for medicine on Tuesdays because Mars is associated with this day.

Rashi explained the Amora method and noted that the prohibition stems from the fact that "Mars is in charge of the sword and the thing and the calamity."

The connection between Mars and bloodshed and violence also appears in "Keter Malchot" written by Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Gvirol, in which it is written that "the fifth wheel contains Mars and evokes wars and kills and destroys and destroys."

However Maimonides already in his eight chapters out vehemently against this approach and wrote, "and Amnm Barti to you this one, with a view to Sla Thsb Lamtiot Aotn Hhziot Sibdon, cruelty to Gzrt the stars, as far as Hm Toanim Ci Moldot, the children Hadm Isimom cruelty to merit Ao cruelty to depreciation, And that man compels them to do the same deeds.

But you know, that a thing is agreed upon with us from our doctrine and from the philosophy of Greece, just as the truth claims are true, there is no truth.

Finally, Rabbi Satyu points out that today this fear is no longer addressed and noted "our sages said about the future in the sign of Mars that he would be a murderer and could change it to be the slaughter mohel. But we do not address it at all."

It is important to note, however, that not all jurists today completely reject the influence of the stars on humans.

The Rebbe of Lubavitch: There is life on Mars

An interesting point that we found in the question of the study of Mars and that surprised us greatly was the opinion of Rabbi Lubavitch, who thought that there may be life on the Red Star.

In the Rebbe's epistles he noted that there is life on Mars or other stars, but certainly not intelligent beings like humans, because if he had wisdom they would be required to accept the Torah as well, which would guide them according to what principles they were to decide in their choices.

A similar position was expressed by the Rebbe when asked by scientist and researcher Dr. Velwell Green, a biologist recruited by the NASA Agency for a Life Search Project on Mars.

The researcher approached the Lubavitcher Rebbe with the question of whether he should accept the offer.

In his reply, the Rebbe wrote to him: "Dr. Green, look for life on Mars!

And if you do not find them there, look for them elsewhere in the universe.

For you, to sit here and say that there is no extraterrestrial life, means to limit the Creator, and none of the creatures can do that "!.

On the other hand, the Kabbalistic Rabbi, Rabbi Mordechai Sharabi, ruled out the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

He based his answer on the Book of Zohar and their mouths (in Hebrew translation): "You created the heavens and the earth, and brought forth from them the sun and the moon and the stars and the zodiac. And in the earth there are trees and grasses ... and animals and birds and fish and humans."

And this means that life exists only in the land and not in other places.

Source: israelhayom

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