About this episode
Rabbi Sinclair discusses the challenges of visualizing the concept of creation during prayer, inspired by images from Artemis II.
One of the most difficult things in davening, praying, is when we say the Shema, and we pronounce Hashem's Name, we are meant to think: He is the Creator of everything. Not just the Earth, not just the solar system, the universe - everything. Beyond. And beyond the beyond. Now this isn't an easy thing to imagine. But when I saw those pictures from Artemis II, I got help in visualizing that idea. 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 quadruple-platinum debut album by American band "Foreigner" (1976). American Top ten singles from this album included, "Feels Like The First Time", "Cold as Ice" and "Long, Long Way from Home". Other production work included "The Enid – In the Region of the Summer Stars", "The Curves", and "Nutz" as well as singles based on The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy with Douglas Adams and Richard O'Brien. Other artists who used SARM included: ABC, Alison Moyet, Art of Noise, Brian May, The Buggles, The…
People in this episode
Host: Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair
Topics covered
- prayer
- creation
- visualization
- music history
- Torah study
Keywords
- Shema
- Hashem
- creation
- Artemis II
- Torah
- music production
- Rabbi Sinclair
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SARM Studios, Druidcrest Music
Products: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Foreigner
Books & works: Bohemian Rhapsody, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
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