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The Cosmic Jubilee (Video)

How do we make sense of archaeological evidence of advanced ancient civilizations going back 12,000 years? Who really built the Pyramids and the Sphinx? And who produced the Lascaux Cave Paintings that date back 20,000 years? Find out in this eye-opening class where we explore the mystical notion of cosmic Sabbaticals and Jubilee cycles. Plus: revealing the incredible secret concealed in the first letter of the Torah, and where in the Cosmic Jubilee are we currently situated?

Constellations and the Jewish Calendar

Yesterday marked the start of the new month of Nisan, first of the Jewish calendar. According to our ancient mystical texts, like Sefer Yetzirah, each of the twelve months of the Jewish year corresponds to one of the twelve Zodiac constellations (mazalot). The month of Nisan corresponds to Aries, or tal’e in Hebrew. Aries is depicted as a sheep or ram and, of course, the highlight of Nisan is the holiday of Pesach, referring to the korban pesach, the “paschal lamb”—a sheep!

The Ram-headed idol Ra

Our Sages pointed out that God specifically commanded this species to be sacrificed because it was what the Egyptians worshipped at the time. This is likely referring to the ram-headed deity Ra. Amazingly, Ra is actually mentioned in the Torah when Pharaoh tells Moses that Ra neged pneichem (Exodus 10:10), typically translated as “evil [ra] will be before you”. Rashi comments here that Ra is an Egyptian idol and Pharaoh was warning the Israelites that they would perish under the wrath of his god Ra. Of course, the entire Exodus narrative was about showing God’s mastery over all aspects of Creation, and His destruction of Egypt’s false idols, Ra chief among them.

In astrology, Aries is a “fire” sign, which is quite appropriate for the Exodus connection. The fire alludes to the fire of the sacrificial altar for the korban pesach, as well as the pillar of fire that led the Israelites out of Egypt and through the Wilderness. Furthermore, at the Pesach seder, the Haggadah reminds us to say “blood, and fire, and columns of smoke”, dam v’esh v’timrot ashan, in memory of the Ten Plagues and the Exodus. (Actually, this phrase originally comes from Joel 3:3, straight from the prophet’s vision of the End of Days!) Continue reading

Bringing Mashiach Today

What will it take to bring Mashiach today?

See here for the video on the Star of Jacob prophecy and ‘Will Mashiach Come This Year?’
See here for the series on ‘Third Rome’.
More information on Kapparot here, and on Portraits of Rabbis here.
Garments of Light, Volume Three, available here.