Who Are We?

One of the ways we navigate that river which we all carry within ourselves is to access the subconscious, that part of us that contains enormous beauty, wisdom, and insight. It retains, for example, the memory of Sinai, when we stood at the mountain, received the Torah, and experienced the Infinite.

We offer inspiration on this site. Here are articles, books, and quotations that help us connect with our deepest selves. We're putting together seminars for applying what we find in these places to all areas of life.

We also meet with individuals in private sessions. We've discovered, with the help of our teachers, a deeply personal path of spiritual therapy. Each individual's subconscious knows exactly where it needs to go in order to bring about inner healing.  In our sessions, we work with the inner knowing of the client, finding that place of healing, truth, and happiness.

We chose the name Carob Spring Foundation because of its associations with Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai, author of the holy Zohar, which is the basis of Jewish mysticism. He spent 13 years in a cave, sustained by a miraculous carob tree and spring of water while he explored unchartered territory of the Torah and found there nothing less than the heart of the universe.

WE are Yaakov and Varda Branfman, soon to be joined here on this site by friends of ours. We are Torah-observant Jews, living in Jerusalem since '83, raising our family here, never ceasing to be amazed, every single day, by the beauty of this city and this Holy Land.

We are inspired by the awesome events of this point in history, and by Rebbe Shimon and all the amazing Torah teachers throughout history, to explore futher into our inner selves. On this site we share some of our discoveries and invite you to participate.