This week’s Torah portion features the revelation on Mount Sinai and the two Tablets of Moses! This is easily the most famous portion because it features the Ten Commandments (the proper word is The Utterances, because God does not command)....
Here is a lecture I shared a few years back on the Torah portion of 72 Names and Beshalach. It is also the holiday connection known as Tu’B’Shvat.
From the Kabbalistic perspective, the problem in America, at this precise moment, is stunningly simple, but profoundly difficult to overcome. What’s the problem? Both parties—Democratic and Republican—are putting their party’s interest ahead of the nation’s interest. This is how it’s been for a...
Thirsty? If we are, and we want to drink water, we use a cup to hold the water and now we can enjoy our beverage. If we want to receive fulfillment, blessings, and authentic contentment from this world, we also need a “cup” to hold the...
I never talk about politics. Ever. Politics does not lie within the domain of Kabbalistic wisdom. But all of this Trump madness and rabid behavior in response to all things Trump provides a profound opportunity to share some world-changing, life-changing practical...
Kabbalist Rav Ashlag, who founded the Kabbalah Centre in 1922, says that there is a famous line of scripture that speaks about a trumpet sounding just before the Messiah arrives. A shofar (a ram’s horn) is supposed to be blown...
In less than a 120 days, three developments have come together: First, the great space pioneer, astronaut and American hero John Glenn sadly passed on in December. Second, the film about the behind-the-scenes effort that helped launch John Glenn into orbit was released to great acclaim....
Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, Bashar Al-Assad, and every leader now——and throughout history——are merely the effect, and not the cause of history. That includes the most negative leaders like Hitler, Stalin, Hirohito, and Genghis Kahn. It is the collective consciousness and behavioral...
A few years ago I was asked to give a lecture on Shabbat that corresponded to the Torah portion called Vayigash (That was the portion we just had this weekend of Jan 7, 2017). One year later I was asked again to share another lecture....
Tonight is the death anniversary of the great hidden Kabbalist Rav Moses David Valle of Italy. He lived back in the late 1700s and left this world on the 7th day of the Hebrew calendar month known as Tevet (Capricorn) in the...
The Light of Hanukkah and the Light of the Zohar are one and the same. Except 99% of Rabbis have no clue that’s true. With the arrival of Hanukkah Saturday night, we can unleash this raw naked power of illumination...
There once was an ancient King who had sworn to have a giant boulder thrown at anyone who had committed a serious wrongdoing in his kingdom. One day, his only son had got into an accident and he had destroyed a...
