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The Secret of the Sun

The Great Luminaries and the Clarification of Reality

By Asher Crispe

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Asher Crispe
Rabbi Asher Crispe is the Director of The Institute for Jewish Thought and Culture and is a world renowned lecturer on Chassidic and Kabbalistic Philosophy. He is also a doctoral fellow at NYU in Philosophy of Religion.

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Posted: Apr 8, 2009

passover

this is a wonderful time and we should enjoy it. Financial troubles should not cloud our celebration for God.

Posted By catherine, upper brookville, ny

Posted: Apr 8, 2009

Bessing of the Sun

As a Christian I was interested in the meaning of this Sun worship... knowing that we both know idolatry is sin. Thanks so much for this easy to understand explaination of the the bessing of the sun.

Posted By Marilyn, NY, United States

Posted: Apr 4, 2009

The Sun!

I enjoyed the educational videos of the sun and wondered why my husband never told me about it. Thanks again.

Posted By Anonymous, Peoria, AZ

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