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    Rabbi Jason Bright is a trailblazer on the real, experiential process of unfolding the human consciousness and spiritual awakening by accessing Multi-Dimensional Consciousness via the Wisdom of Kabbalah. More than a mere philosopher, thinker or teacher, Rabbi Jason Bright offers ways to reach breakthrough states based on an authentic spiritual lineage. From his past as a spiritualist prodigy to his eventual ordination as a Rabbi, Jason has had an unexpected and colorful life, all leading to his one true passion: giving others the tools they need to connect to God.

    The author of several books on the Wisdom Tradition of Judaism and over 125 articles, this revolutionary "renaissance man" is known for his unique, non-traditional, sometimes controversial approach to awakening. From developing the sixth sense as the bridge to dimensional consciousness, to the creation of God, and the state of mind known as mochin d'gadlut (expanded consciousness) that allows you to experience reality completely transformed and where you can willfully change it. Rabbi Jason Bright is rapidly becoming a powerful presence not only because he has charted advanced courses where few have ever gone, but also due to the breadth and depth of his work. In 2013 Rabbi Bright founded Yeshivat HaNeshamah (School of the Soul) to support and promote the release of Kabbalistic knowledge and create tools to assist people all over the world in evolving their consciousness and awakening, hence the School's primary mission "to awaken the world one mind at a time."

    Rabbi Jason Bright received semicha (ordination) from Yeshivat Tiferet Israel and also is a nationally certified and recognized hypnotherapist having attended Mottin & Johnson Institute of Hypnosis and Omni Hypnosis Training Center.

    The "Bright" Heritage

    Ancestry is very important and this section of the Bright family is being shared in order to inform other Bright's who are studying their ancestral roots.

    In 1786 two brothers- Philip Bright (1784-1841) and Isaac Bright (1762-1849), arrived in Sheffield, England. Subsequent to their arrival they founded the Great Synagogue. There is no record of where the brothers came from originally but both settled in Sheffield and became jewelers (Note: since this was written information has been recovered which points to a Grecian origin). Isaac married Ann Micholls daughter of Henry Micholls (also known as Hirsch Nicholls of Dereham, Norfolk). Isaac and Ann had 10 children, and dozens of grandchildren, many of whom also became jewelers. The eldest sons, Maurice (1796-1848) and Selim (1799-1891) kept on the family business which was called Bright & Sons, in Sheffield until Maurice's death in 1848. After that, Selim continued the family business in Sheffield and in Buxton. Maurice's widow, Henrietta, and sons: Herbert and Frederick opened another branch of the business in Scarborough. Another of Isaac and Ann’s sons, Henry Bright (1871) became a jeweler in Lemington and eventually became Mayor of the town. The youngest son, Edward (1819), was in partnership with Henry for a while but then moved to Brighton and set up as jeweler there.

    The youngest daughter of Isaac and Ann was Rebecca (1814-1838). She was married to Henry Lyon (1805-1878) and had a daughter, Charlotte (1837-1882). Other descendants include Horatio Bright (1829-1906), a grandson who was known in the Shefield community as a very colorful yet successful steel manufacturer. A grandson, Maurice DeLara Bright (1825-1902), was a composer who wrote several marches that were played at Buckingham palace for Queen Victoria. Isaac’s brother Philip set up as a jeweler in Doncaster. In 1830, he made the Doncaster Gold Cup, with a value of 150 guineas. 

    The Great Synagogue which was built later by the community founded by the Bright's.
    The Brights formed the earliest community of Jews in Sheffield. Its hard to know if any Jews were already in Sheffield when the Bright’s arrived but a reference in the Jewish Chronicle states that there were only 10 families in the early 1800’s and by 1851 that number had doubled. It seems from the Chronicle that Philip and Isaac were the first Jews to settle in Sheffield and the synagogue was establish in 1790 right after their arrival. There are two Jewish cemeteries in the geographical area where the Bright’s are found in and one is at the location of the Hambro Synagogue (although the synagogue was destroyed for city expansion a long time ago). I found the graves of many of the Bright’s on synagoguescribes.com and cemeteryscribes.com. The location of the two cemeteries is at a site called Moscar, just off A57, heading out of Sheffield. This site was owned by Horatio Bright and he and his wife and children are buried there. In 1939 this cemetery was vandalized and desecrated, with much damage being done to the internal structure and fixtures of the mausoleum. The bodies were re-interred in Crookes Cemetery, where a simple headstone marks their grave. The second cemetery is a site at Rodmoor, on the road to Stannington. The site was originally leased to Isaac Bright from the Duke of Norfolk in 1831. A deed of conveyance in 1881 completed the transfer of ownership to the Bright family. At least 18 family members are buried there from 1848 until 1929. In 1982 this site was also vandalized and desecrated with items from the mausoleum being stolen. Subsequently the Sheffield Council reburied all of the bodies in an underground crypt of one of the mausoleums and placed a concrete cap on top of this crypt, so no one else could desecrate and disturb the bodies.
    The current Bright family @ Beth El Synagogue




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