Raphael Kaufman
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mythoughts
Ok this is touching on some deep concepts. If you want to know more you can see it in the Yaaros Dvash, Derech hashem and other sfarim.
Bekitzur, the difference between luck and mazal is that luck means:
Definition of LUCK from merriam-webster
1
a : a force that brings good fortune or adversity
b : the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual
2
: favoring chance; also : success
I heard this in a shiur from Rabbi Akiva Tatz: Mazal comes from the word Nozeil which means to flow. Hashem releases a flow to the person.
Luck is chance. Happenstance. Not a Jewish concept.
We believe everything comes to us directly from Hashem unlike the nations of the world that do not get things straight from Hashem but rather have Sarim (ministering angels) in Shomayim that represent each nation. That Sar then releases the shefa to the Mazalos to give to its nation what it is supposed to receive.
So when you wish Mazel Tov you give them a Bracha that Hashem should release from Himself a good flow to that person, family…