Everyone knows the exclamation “Mazal Tov!” but the definition and role of the “mazal” in rabbinic thought is itself presents a fascinating range of perspectives of how God’s world operates.
Rabbinic Thought And Theology – Mazal Sources (PDF)
Rabbinic Thought And Theology – Mazal
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In relation to your question @ 25:03 could the concept of the “weeping” be deduced as a form of ,for lack of a better term, “intellectual reasoning” or a metaphysical reaction rather then a literal emotion? in line with
Hilkoth Ysodei HaTorah pereq 3 halakha 9 (in the vilna editions) :
“All the stars and spheres possess a soul, knowledge, and intellect. They are alive and stand in recognition of the One who spoke and [thus brought] the world into being.
According to their size and level, each one praises and glorifies their Creator as the angels do.Just as they are aware of the Holy One, blessed be He, they are also aware of themselves and of the angels which surpass them. The knowledge of the stars and the spheres is less than the knowledge of the angels, but greater than that of men.”
Or would that be to much of a stretch?