Tag Archives: Berakhot (Tractate)

The Coming Solar Eclipse

What might the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 mean for the world? What is the spiritual significance of solar and lunar eclipses? And how do we reconcile the notion that eclipses are signs from Heaven with the scientific understanding that eclipses are natural and easily predictable long in advance?

Find out in this class, where we also explore the symbolism of sun and moon in Judaism, the mysterious Antikythera Mechanism, the numerological meaning of the number 30, and conclude with the little-known prophecies of Yoel – and what they might have to do with what’s going in in Israel and the world today.

For more on ‘The Kabbalah of Solar’, see here.
For more on reciting blessings on natural phenomena, see here.
And download a free handy PDF ‘blessings companion’ here.

What Was the Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden?

Was the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil really an apple? What did the Garden of Eden smell like? And what does it all have to do with dipping an apple in honey on the holiday of Rosh Hashanah? Find out in this short video, excerpted from the full-length class here. 

For lots more on the Forbidden Fruit, see ‘What was the Forbidden Fruit?’ in the third volume of Garments of Light, available here.

(Video) Blessings You Don’t Say but Really Should

What is the blessing on an elephant? How about an albino? Find out in this class where we explore the power and meaning of the ancient berachot instituted by our Sages. Also discussed is the mystical purpose of every Jew’s life, the divine Light of Creation, and an explanation of the 36 perfect tzadikim that exist in every generation.

Click here for a free, printable PDF companion guide with full text and transliteration of all the blessings.