Jews: The One and the Many
Stars and Sand
When Abraham complained to God that he was childless, God promised that his children would be as numerous as the stars in the sky:
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On another occasion, God promised Abraham that his children would be like “the sand on the seashore” (Gen. 22:17). Why are the Jewish people compared to both stars and grains of sand?
From Rav Kook Torah, here.