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Question
What is the Torah perspective on the possibility of extraterrestrial life?
Answer
Rav Hasdai Crescas (Or Hashem 4, 5, lived about 650 years ago) says there's no reason why not, and the Lubavitcher rebbe adds that to think it's impossible would infer that God is limited, God forbid!
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