October 16, 2015 · 00:49:13
To Count the Impossible CountThis class, presented to women in Lech Lecha 5770 (October 2010), explores a strange verse: "And G-d took Abraham outside, and He said, 'Please look heavenward and count the stars, if you can count them.' And He said to him, 'So will be your children.'" What do these words mean? Do they mean that the Jews will be uncountable, just like the stars? Well this interpretation is contradicted by the reality of history. In every generation, the members of the Jewish nation could be counted. Before the Holocaust, we were 18 million; today, we are around 14 million. Yet there are far more than 14 million stars!