http://www.moretorah.com Wed, 11 May 2011 20:16:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wrote an amazing new book called: Knee Deep in the Funk: Understanding the Connection Between Spirituality and Music. It is about Music and Spirituality - awesome right?  Specifically, it discusses: The power of the intuitive experience in music The obvious but never discussed link between music, drugs, and spirituality The even more ... http://www.moretorah.com/2011/05/11/new-book-get-involved/ I received a lot of feedback about my previous posts concerning the seven-note scale in Kabbalah.  Unfortunately, upon further investigation, it seems clear that the seven-note scale doesn’t have a basis in traditional Jewish sources (i.e. the Talmud, Zohar, etc). The best source I found is from Rabbi Shmuel Stern, in ... http://www.moretorah.com/2011/02/25/one-more-post-about-the-7-note-scale-in-traditional-jewish-sources/ In my last post, I mentioned that there doesn’t seem to be a source for a seven-note scale in traditional Judaism.  A few people mentioned a famous quote from the Talmud (plus a few later sources probably based on it).  As you will see, it is cool, but it isn’t ... http://www.moretorah.com/2011/02/25/more-about-the-seven-note-scale/ The Torah has a lot to say about music.  It is deep and very powerful.  But unfortunately, many people are mistaken about the nature of music.  And many people make definitive statements about music in Kabbalah that I think are based on a mistaken assumption. You will see a lot of ... http://www.moretorah.com/2011/02/17/torah-music-and-the-seven-note-scale/ My third and newest book - Discover This - is due out this summer.  Stay tuned!  Go here to find out more and get involved. http://www.moretorah.com/2010/05/26/discover-this/ The craziest thing about my trip to Chicago was my visit to the Sears Tower (now “Willis Tower” – but nobody calls it that).   I went in, looked around, stood against the outer wall and looked up, and admired it from a distance.  But I didn’t have time to go ... http://www.moretorah.com/2010/03/07/the-big-lie-sorry-chicago/ I don’t know what to say.  Chicago has a Kosher Dunkin Donuts and it is open 24-hours a day.  In three days I ate four egg & cheese croissants, plus a donut.  The beauty wasn’t the novelty of a Kosher Dunkin Donuts – Boston had one for many years – ... http://www.moretorah.com/2010/03/05/kosher-dunkin-donuts-in-chicago/ February was awesome.  I spoke 19 times at 14 different locations to 572 people.  NICE.  Aish Connections named me Speaker of the Month.  Book me now before I raise my rates! Click here to see the list of places who booked me. http://www.moretorah.com/2010/03/05/speaker-of-the-month/ More Torah fans!  What happened?  Where have I been?  I am at the airport in beautiful, sunny Milwaukee.  It is time to get back to business and update the More Torah site. Epiphany!  Someone commented on a More Torah blog post about Shwarma.  Here is an excerpt: I always feel so sorry ... http://www.moretorah.com/2010/02/21/chulent-a-love-story/ I spent three days in LA and ate a lot. First encounter: I was starving by the time I got to my hotel.  I was told to visit Nagila.   Nagila is really two places.  The left side is dairy and the right side is meat.  I went to the right.  I ... http://www.moretorah.com/2009/05/21/eating-in-la/