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Is There a Blessing for Seeing a Meteor Shower?

By Yitzchak Feigenbaum

Topics: Blessing

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About the animator: After graduating from the Curtin school of Fine Arts in Perth, Western Australia, Yitzchok Faigenbaum began a journey to Judaism which culminated in two years of study at the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, NJ. With further studies in animation at a 3d film school, his aspiration is to bring together the world of art and the teachings of the Torah.

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Posted: Oct 20, 2010

religion, science and art

wow, what a fusion of different aspects of life, created in an amazing animated form. Encouraged me to look up various prayers in hebrew (good inspiration and educational for kids and adults).
Well done Chabad - we want more.

Posted By Jacob, Perth, Australia

Posted: Oct 11, 2010

blessing for meteor

wonderful, inspiring.

Posted By Anonymous, Selangor, Malaysia

Posted: Oct 7, 2010

Wonderful

Thank you for the wonderful animation. I really enjoy these clips and it's nice to see you making stuff that's for adults too. Keep up the creativity. Could you please do an animation about Moshiach? That would be really interesting!

Posted By Anonymous, New Jersey

Posted: Oct 6, 2010

Great Explanation

I really enjoyed this video because it went past the basic mitzvah of saying a blessing. Anyone can say a blessing, but it is truly a mitzvah if you can do it with feeling and understanding.

Posted By Chaya, Minneaptown, MN

Posted: Oct 6, 2010

Nice video; Blessing in Hebrew

Great video, I learned a lot. As someone who doesn't have a background in this, I think it would have been good if you recited the blessing in Hebrew (and showed the Hebrew text). I looked it up in my siddur, but for outreach purposes, why not show it also in Hebrew?

Keep up the good work.

Posted By Jeffrey S., New York, New York

Posted: Oct 6, 2010

Meteoric!

Thank you. This is very beautiful. There is nothing to add to this. I hope you present more of these most beautiful animated videos with such anima, the Latin word for soul.

Posted By ruth housman, marshfield hills, ma

Posted: Oct 3, 2010

A thought provoker

I thoroughly enjoyed this original and thought provoking piece - a timeless reminder of the depth of our religion.

The great visuals are complimented by a poignant script and engaging sound track.

Looking forward to more inspiring pieces.

Posted By Tali, Northcote, Australia

Posted: Oct 3, 2010

Meteor showers/engaging and informative

I love this most engaging and informative work on the correct prayer to say for meteor showers, from beginning to end.

All of the aspects of the animation from the artwork to the music imbued a sense of spirituality. I found it well contained and complete & would like to see more in this series.

Well done on this outstanding piece.

Posted By Anonymous, Melbourne , Australia