גְּזֵרַת הַגּוֹרָל, צַו הַגּוֹרָל, גְּזֵרַת הַכּוֹכָבִים

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Decree of Fate, Command of Fate, Decree of the Stars

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A matter determined by fate. A decision of the 'constellation' or of the 'stars'.

("Know, my masters, that all those matters are entirely of the decree of the stars, which say this will happen and not that... All those matters are not words of wisdom at all, but foolishness" - Maimonides (Rambam), Letter to the Wise Men of Montpellier on the Decree of the Stars, 438, and likewise: "Is not the decree of fate that man is commanded over his deeds, and what can we do if not what was decreed upon us from the beginning of our covenant" - Agnon, On the Lock Handles, a Simple Story, 56)