This Perspective Will Blow Your Mind! Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair

Name: This Perspective Will Blow Your Mind! Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair
Uploaded: 2026-05-07T00:00:00Z
Duration: 2 min 3 s
Channel: Hidabroot - Torah & Judaism

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When astronauts first saw Earth rising over the moon…everything changed. A small, glowing sphere — floating in endless darkness. 👉 Everything we know 👉 Every life 👉 Every moment All contained in that tiny blue planet. In this powerful reflection inspired by space missions like Apollo 8 and Artemis, we explore a profound idea: 👉 What does it really mean that Hashem is the creator of everything? Follow us: https://www.hidabroot.com https://www.youtube.com/@Hidabrootcom https://www.instagram.com/hidabroot_global https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbCYZjl1CYoa4ulQIK2q In 1987, Rabbi Sinclair settled in Jerusalem to immerse himself in the study of Torah. His two Torah books The Color of Heaven, on the weekly Torah portion, and Seasons of the Moon met with great critical acclaim. Seasons of the Moon, a unique fine-art black-and-white photography book combining poetry and Torah essays, has now sold out and is much sought as a collector’s item fetching up to $250 for a mint copy. He is much in demand as an inspirational speaker both in Israel, Great Britain and the United States. He was Plenary Keynote Speaker at the Agudas Yisrael Convention, and Keynote Speaker at Project Inspire in 2018. Rabbi Sinclair lectures in Talmud and Jewish Philosophy at Ohr Somayach/Tannenbaum College of Judaic studies in Jerusalem and is a senior staff writer of the Torah internet publications Ohrnet and Torah Weekly. His articles have been published in The Jewish Observer, American Jewish Spirit, AJOP Newsletter, Zurich’s Die Jüdische Zeitung, South African Jewish Report and many others. Rabbi Sinclair was born in London, and lives with his family in Jerusalem. He was educated at St. Anthony’s Preparatory School in Hampstead, Clifton College, and Bristol University. Visit Rabbi Sinclair at rabbisinclair.com & www.youtube.com/@rabbiyaakovashersinclair #Space #Universe #Earth #Faith #Torah #Judaism #Shema #Emunah #Inspiration #Spirituality #God #Perspective #ScienceAndFaith #Wonder #Meaning

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The photographs from the recent Artemis 2 space mission took me right back to 1968. Uh Apollo 8, this is Houston at 6804. You're riding the best bird we can find. If you remember, as they orbited the moon, William Anders, the lunar module pilot of the [music] Apollo 8 mission, captured that first iconic Earthrise photo showing our beautiful planet [music] rising over the lunar horizon. In a way, [music] it was the world's first selfie. This time, Artemis 2 went further than man has ever traveled, and the photography was superb, but the feeling was the same, a small luminous sphere suspended in endless darkness. Everything we know, every city, every person, every life we live, spinning around on that little green, blue, and white marble. One of the most difficult things in davening is when we say the Shema, when we pronounce Hashem's name, we're meant to think he's the creator of everything. Not just the Earth, not just the solar system, the universe, everything, beyond and beyond the beyond. Now, this [music] isn't an easy thing to imagine. But I got some help when I saw those pictures from Artemis. When I say the Shema now, I think of that view of Earth from afar. [music] And so to speak, I then, in my mind, pull back. I expand that view more [music] and more and more until that little pinhead of a of an Earth vanishes, and then even more, extending out to it and further into the vastness of space until our galaxy, the Milky Way, which contains between 100 and 400 billion stars, [music] also starts to shrink and shrink until it becomes a pinhead, too, and then vanishes, and then on and on and on until it becomes [music] just a little easier to conceptualize that Hashem is the master of all.

This Perspective Will Blow Your Mind! Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair

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