<BODY><P> Well, Chazal knew (don't ask me how they knew) that seven specific "stars" exert their<BR>: influence in a specific rotation. They follow one another in a specific<BR>: sequence: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon</P>
<P>If someone has already mentioned Keil Adon on this thread (I'm *way* behind), please disregard the following:</P>
<P>There is an interesting remez in Keil Adon to the "classical" 5 planets.</P>
<P>After mentioning the sun and the moon, the paytan writes </P>
<P><FONT color=red>Sh</FONT>evach <FONT color=red>N</FONT>otim-lo <FONT color=red>K</FONT>ol <FONT color=red>Tz</FONT>va <FONT color=red>M</FONT>arom</P>
<P><FONT color=red>Sh</FONT> = Shabtai (Saturn)</P>
<P><FONT color=red>N</FONT> = Noga (Venus)</P>
<P><FONT color=red>K</FONT> = Kochav (Mercury)</P>
<P><FONT color=red>Tz</FONT> = Tzedek (Jupiter)</P>
<P><FONT color=red>M</FONT> = Maadim (Mars)</P>
<P>Conflating "notim" and "lo" is apparently poetic licence.</P>
<P>Given the context of the piyyut (yotzer ha-meorot), its theme, and the mention of the sun and moon, it seems to me almost certain that the above is the conscious intention of the paytan.</P>
<P>I saw this in Otzar HaT'filot, ayen sham.</P>
<P>Saul Mashbaum</P>
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