by reading his tea leaves first. Shameful that voodoo quacks are still followed by the masses in the 21st century. More shameful that this crap is reported as news.

.- Only Blod can Atone for Sins. Arn.Sweden.

No.Just put your head in the freezer...:-)

Everytime I'm almost convinced I know all about this tribe some schmock crawls out of a hole and makes my jaw fall to the floor :) ,... Yo rebbe to all your homie's sins to be forgiven you need the snow from N. Pole plus Syberia and Alaska ,...

make miracles that science can t explain. So yes,i believe what well known Kabalists say.

So you must believe that too R. Kaduri was the greatest of the generation.

Not much snow there, especially a fresh and white one just 6.5 inches (166 mm) of precipitation per year, compared to 7.9 in (200 mm) in Negev Desert or 20.9 in (550 mm) and 20.9 in (532 mm) in Tel Aviv ,...

Apparently the competition for followers continues on and the regular issuances of decrees pays off. This is a fundraising method designed to capture donations and congregates who hand over sums to support these types. Christian preachers do the same thing, resulting in mega churches with thousands, making preachers millionaires. Chabad has tapped into this American market, producing gimmicky public shows and "galas" for Purim and Chanukah, which are attended by Christians who like to think it is a way to "help" the Jews. They make millions combing this market. In Israel the rabbis compete for power by attempting to issue "wisdom" like this. Who would disagree that precipitation in the desert is a good thing. Putting a spin on it dresses it up but it is still only a marketing tool.

I can just see the case brought to the Israeli High Court that Mekublim / kabbalists discriminate against specially righteous women who want to frolic nude in the snow. Women at the Wall, modest daughters of Israel, let's see you protest.

I thought the custom was to fast half a day. Is that called 'torture' or am I missing out on something?

How DARE anyone question a rabbi? A rabbi KNOWS!

20.9 in (550 mm) in Jerusalem ,...

If science cannot explain something a Kabalist says, it is because this something doesn't exist. And of course, almost everything in religion is an imagination that was, and continues to be invented to take control over people minds. Opium for the masses, it was called, used to keep people subdued, docile, meek, complacent, in a stupor. Science knows all that.

Know what.?, so many of them over here are just DERANGED NUTTERS at best.

as you can see we have evolved to the point that one cannot even determine his/her own gender today!

True, at least for Messianic Jews (Believers in Yeshua (Yah is salvation) as Messiah and ultimate sacrificial Lamb of G*d - Isaiah 49:26b). HalleluYah!

Why God did not think giving snow and water to His chosen people before promissing the land.

about, is like discussing how fast one should flap one's arms in order to achieve flight- AND call that science! There should be a medicine curing the religious belief disorder by now. We could slowly (drop by drop) introduce it to our water system.... Imagine Mea Shearim full of colorfully clad people, Bney Brak brimming with movie theaters, youngsters discovering Universe & stars & physics: so many great minds are going to waste in the dark corridors of Torah-Power (and other bube-mayses)! Oy, what a joy that would be....

When all empty heads will bang long enough against the wall,may be the Big Bang theory will have sense. Do you still believe that the earth was created out of nothing,after Einstein had to admit that the Creator was the author of the universe?

You feel more confortable with gorilla mayses?

what, maybe the humans did not evolve from monkeys, maybe visitors from space brought us here- it still is a much better proposal than 6 day's work, then siesta!

I like your imaginative sense of humor. You are a lot smarter than you want us to believe. "Imagination is more important than knowledge". Guess who said that? Nobody less than.... Albert Einstein. If the imagination is the expression of the soul i agree with him.

For those who have read the article he says thnat snow fall on Israel is a sign of forgiveness. At the North and South poles, Siberia etc snow has no special significance

special significance in places with agriculture. Physics and spirituality have often the same rules.