Tonight we begin the Festival of Sukkot, our Fall Harvest Extravaganza! In our day and time this is a most overlooked by liberal Jews. With so much emphasis on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur the rest of the High Holy Days- Sukkot, Hoshanah Rabbah, Simchat Torah are often passed by. In the ancient days this…Read more »
Tag: Kabbalah
Bring out your Unconscious Desire
Omer blessing today for day 26 – it is a day of hod shebnetzach. Hod sits opposite Netzach on the Tree of Life. Both are the feet-bringing a person to action. Hod is also the place of where form is given language and Netzach is the place of our unconscious desire. Today is the day…Read more »
The Mystical Meaning of the Hebrew Letters
Tonight we begin an amazing three week class with Kabbalist Gahl Sasson. I want to invite everyone in the LA area to study with this gentle, funny and wise soul! This class (No previous Hebrew knowledge Necessary) “The Mystical Meaning of the Hebrew Letters” will be a powerful journey into kabbalah as described in Sefer…Read more »
Are You Down for the Count?
Happy Passover one and all. I hope your Seder was joyful and yummy too. Tonight many will celebrate a second seder but what makes tonight so different is the counting of the omer. It begins on the second night of Passover and culminates 50 days later in our next festival of Shavuot. Each night (or…Read more »
Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Wisdom!
One of the most asked questions that I get as a rabbi is “What is the Kabbalah and how can I learn more?” The mystical tradition in Judaism is en vogue. And people have serious questions about the esoteric view of our faith. Perhaps they are more curious about it because it was suppressed in…Read more »