Hi,
"R' Chanina said: Mazal makes one wise, mazal makes enriches, and mazal affects Israel.
"R' Yochanan said: There is no mazal for Israel. R' Yochanan follows the view he expressed elsewhere: "How do we know that there is no mazal for Israel? Yirmiyahu 10:2 says, 'So says Gd: Do not learn the ways of the nations, and do not fear the signs of the heavens, for the nations fear them.' The nations fear them; Israel does not.""
(Talmud, Shabbat 156a)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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The Mazal R,Chninaa is talking about is not luck but a special heavenly minister "Sar" who looks out for Yiarael.
ReplyDeleteSaying that a little bit of luck doesn't hurt either!
David-
ReplyDeleteThanks, but from the context in the gemara it seems more likely that he is referring to astrology.