RAV KOOK ON PARSHAS LECH LECHA

Translated and abridged by Rabbi Chanan Morrison Parshat Lech Lecha Stars and Sand When Abram complained to God that he was childless, God promised that his children would be as numerous as the stars in the sky. "God took him outside and said, 'Look at the sky, and count the stars if you can! So will be your descendants.'" (Gen. 15:5) 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?