In this week’s Parsha Moshe speaks to the Jewish Nation and compares them to the stars in the sky.  The Medrash on this tells us that although today we are compared to the stars, in the future our light will be like a raging fire.  Stars are only visible when the night is clear, but if it is cloudy or there is some other impediment the stars will not be seen.  A fire on the other hand shows through clouds, smoke and all other visual blocks.  All throughout or history our mitzvos were blocked by the various decrees made against us, and by the assimilation we face.  That is why we are like stars, our shining came and went.  In times to come though we will shine bright and strong forever.