Join Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair on the journey through the weekly Parsha and Jewish holidays. With extraordinary eloquence, keen perception, and a delightful sense of humor, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair, noted author and lecturer, focuses his lens on the world around us and shows us with brilliant clarity how it all connects to that which is beyond this world.
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A story for Elul by Rabbi Yisroel Meir Shushan In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973) and as a record producer, he co-produced the quadrupl…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 54
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The final exile of the Jewish People will see Islam and the West in an unholy partnership Our world becomes increasingly hectic and less and less private: Web crawlers and chatbots trawl our lives, our likes, our on-line purchases, our weaknesses, and our politics. One of Judaism’s great gifts to the world is hitbodadut, mindful seclusion, being al…
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The Torah isn't just knowledge - it's G-d's love letter to the world. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973) and as a record producer, he c…
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Tisha B'Av is the saddest day of the Jewish Year, but it also contains the greatest hope. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973) and as a r…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 53
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The Jews have been wandering in exile for the last 2000 years. There is a mystical clue for our diaspora contained in Parshat Masei. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The …
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 52
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Our world becomes increasingly hectic and less and less private: Web crawlers and chatbots trawl our lives, our likes, our on-line purchases, our weaknesses, and our politics. One of Judaism’s great gifts to the world is hitbodadut, mindful seclusion, being alone with who you are, conversing with your soul and being in touch with yourself. In 1972,…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 51
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 50
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Are the nations of the West in a partnership with Islam to destroy Israel, or do they bless the Jews? In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973…
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The war against our mortal enemies is not just going on in Iran, it's in our hearts and our eyes. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973) an…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 49
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This is a story I heard from my mechutan, my son-in-law's father, Rabbi Michoel Bachar: “When my parents arrived in Eretz Yisrael, they settled near Binyamina. This was about 75 years ago. It was a very difficult time in Eretz Yisrael. It was just after the war. It was the time of the tzena – there was almost nothing to eat. My father bought a donk…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 48
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The 'Shema' is the basic credo of the Jewish People - that God is One. But why do we say, "Hear O Israel!" rather than "See O Israel!" or "Know O Israel!?" In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music publi…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 47
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Look around you! Everything is Hashem’s word. There is nothing else. Every challenge is being sent to you by Hashem. We are Jews. We don’t believe in Dualism. We don’t believe in two powers. We don’t believe that the Yetzer Hara is a loose gun. Nothing has any independent power. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 44
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What is the connection between the human brain and the Counting of the Omer? In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973) and as a record produce…
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In the middle of Chol HaMoed, I got an email from YouTube telling me that they had removed one of my videos from their site. What was it that they objected to? This is the answer. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company…
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"Like a Hurricane" - New Single by The OHRchestra!
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4:17Lyrics: LIKE A HURRICANE –Robert Levinsky and Yaakov Asher Sinclair ©1978/2018 A little lower than the Angels You placed Man, With all the power to be a partner in Your great plan. A heart that’s filled with lust and anger betrays the soul, We can reach a little higher, our wings unfold. Like a Hurricane – reaching for the sky where angels fear to …
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In 1932, Maxwell House put out a Pesach Haggadah as a marketing promotion. It’s been continuously in print since then. They’ve printed over 50 million copies. Pesach is the most observed of all the Jewish festivals. Even whenJews become secular, and all the other festivals fall by the way, Pesach still hangs in there. Why is that? What is it about …
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These are the things that Hashem commanded to do them:” (35:1) Here's a parable drawn from motorcycles to illustrate the concept of ‘bidieved’ - an untranslatable word usually translated as ‘after the fact.’ A mitzva has an ideal – lechatchila – way to be performed, but there is also a degree of latitude that, while not ideal, will still cause the …
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 43
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We are in the middle of a period of spiritual uplift in the Jewish calendar . A journey from the beginning of Adar to Pesach. This is how it unfolds..." A Freilichen Purim In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidc…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 42
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Rabbi Nota Schiller zt"l, the great Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr Somayach passed away last Shabbat. These are a few words in honor of his passing. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music f…
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Although AI is still very much in its infancy, it’s clear that the basic skills of drawing and painting, of music, and much more, are becoming redundant. Why spend 5 years in art school when you can create a Turner or a Dutch Master with a few computer commands? In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording s…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 41
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What’s the connection between Shema and Teruma? Our Sages tell us that one fiftieth is the average tithe that a farmer should give to the kohen from his grain and produce. The Vilna Gaon explains that the word 'terumah' is an allusion to 'trei m’meah', meaning two out of one hundred, which is one fiftieth. But if the word ‘teruma’ is hinting at a f…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 40
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The BBC reports that a badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside it for 2,000 years. The document, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79CE and is too fragile to ever be physically opened. Last year, a similar team …
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 39
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The Torah is a ‘digital communication.’ It never loses its original pristine holiness, however much it is surrounded by the background noise and static of this physical world. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Dr…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 38
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Standing up to a test is one of the three tasks of Jew in this world. (along with praying and doing the mitzvos). Sometimes half the battle is to realize that you are in a test while it's happening. This is a story of something that happened to me recently. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 37
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"A day in the life, a moment of connection with God is a lifetime. Every breath we take is a world of opportunity. Every moment. Time looks like a heartless, relentless march forever forward to our end. As poet William Carlos Williams said, “Time is a storm in which we are all lost.” But is time a rapidly dwindling, limited resource that we must sp…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 36
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My life as a Jew is brimful of constrictions and restrictions. It is these very restrictions, however, that are the paint and canvas that make the physical world speak in the language of the spirit. They are the tools of the artists of the soul. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe w…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 34
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Why is the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet the only fast in the Jewish calendar that can occur on Friday, Erev Shabbat? In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The Rocky Horror Pictu…
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 33
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The centuries old battle between Jerusalem and Athens. In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973) and as a record producer, he co-produced the …
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Finding Your Path - Mesilas Yesharim PT 32
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