The Wisdom of the Stars/ astronomy/ astrology (חָכְמַת הַכּוֹכָבִים)
The Wisdom of the Stars/ astronomy/ astrology (חָכְמַת הַכּוֹכָבִים)

The Wisdom of the Stars/ astronomy/ astrology

Astrology. Or: astronomy.

("And this king was wise and prudent, and saw in the wisdom of the stars that a man would be born in his days, who would stand as an adversary to dissuade him from his faith and his victory, and he would be terrified with great fear" - Compiler of the Midrash (Eisenstein) Abraham Avinu, Pillar 2, and so: "For there are men wise in the wisdom of the stars, and upon their faces they will make images Sometimes they are known and will benefit or harm certain things, and this is the image called in the Greek language, "Tell us, 'For the image made with this preparation is good for the sick of so and so'" - Beit HaBahira, the choice of the Meir of the Passover Mask, 52b, and so: "And you will sit constantly with the people of the wilderness and will speak to all the tribes of the sons of men. "And he learned the wisdom of the stars and the fortune-telling, for by it is judgment made for men of character and for the multitude of the people" - Sefer Hovot Halabovot, Chapter 5, Chapter Yehud Hamaeshah, Chapter 5)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חָכְמַת הַכּוֹכָבִים

Definition (Hebrew)

אַסְטְרוֹלוֹגְיָה. אוֹ: אַסְטְרוֹנוֹמְיָה.

("וְהָיָה זֶה הַמֶּלֶךְ תֹּכֶן וְחָכָם וְרָאָה בְּחָכְמַת הַכּוֹכָבִים שֶׁיּוֹלֵד אָדָם אֶחָד בְּיָמָיו שֶׁיַּעֲמֹד כְּנֶגְדּוֹ לְהַכְחִישׁ אוֹתוֹ מֵאֱמוּנָתוֹ וּלְנַצְּחוֹ, וְיֶחֱרַד חֲרָדָה גְּדוֹלָה"- אוֹצֵר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים (אַיְזֶנְשְׁטֵיְן) אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ עַמּוּד 2, וְכֵן:"כִּי יֵשׁ אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים בְּחָכְמַת הַכּוֹכָבִים וְעַל פִּיהֶם יַעֲשׂוּ צוּרוֹת לְעִתִּים יְדוּעִים וְיוֹעִילוּ אוֹ יַזִּיקוּ לִדְבָרִים יְדוּעִים וְזוֹ הַצּוּרָה נִקְרֵאת בִּלְשׁוֹן יָוָן טלס"ס וְאוֹמְרֵי' כִּי הַצּוּרָה הַנַּעֲשֵׂית בָּזֹאת הַתְּכוּנָה הִיא טוֹבָה לְחוֹלֵי פְּלוֹנִי"- בֵּית הַבְּחִירָה לִמְאִירִי מַסֶּכֶת פְּסָחִים נה ע"ב, וְכֵן:"וְתַתְמִיד לָשֶׁבֶת עִם אַנְשֵׁי הַצַּחוּת וְלָמַד לְדַבֵּר עִם כָּל כַּת מִכִּתּוֹת בְּנֵי אָדָם וְהִתְלַמֵּד חָכְמַת הַכּוֹכָבִים וְהַמַּזָּלוֹת, כִּי עַל פִּיהָ הַמִּשְׁפָּט לְאַנְשֵׁי סְגֻלָּה וְלַהֲמוֹן הָעָם"- סֵפֶר חוֹבוֹת הַלְּבָבוֹת שַׁעַר ה, שַׁעַר יִחוּד הַמַּעֲשֶׂה פֶּרֶק ה )

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