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The agent of Kabbalah
Danny Spektor
Published: 21.02.11, 08:06
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1. 4th place on the list of most "recognized" rabunim?
Arthur ,   SF, CA   (02.21.11)
Our giants, our luminaries must be turning in their graves. GEVALT!!! what a fraud... hollywood style ..... Oy!
2. Berg/kabbalah centre
tova ,   usa   (02.21.11)
If they are not about money why then do they sell bottles of Kabbalah water?
3. I studied at the Kabbalah Center for 18 months
knopfman ,   LA - USA   (02.21.11)
and I finally decided to ask Rabbi Berg's assistant (at the time) Moshe, "What is the difference between Jews and Gentiles?". After asking me (I'm Jewish) if I was crazy, he replied, "The gentiles are here to serve us". So gentiles are OK and especially if they're writing huge checks! I quit after being requested to focus on Rabbi Berg and his wife Karen during a mediation session, and said before leaving that, "if I ever need an intermediary, then I'll convert to Christianity".
4. BIGTIME LOSERS
SETTHERECORDSTRAIGHT   (02.21.11)
5. What a swindle
Arik ,   Jerusalem IL   (02.21.11)
The guy is ready to do everything to make a buck and get famous. Real kabalists are not what he is, that guy is disgusting his real religion is money. He is selling kabalist bottles for 50 USD in LA, and for him kabala has nothing to do with mitzvot, eating kosher, etc...he found naive people to con, well done rabbi madoff-berg should be his name.
6. Judaism has always had its charlatans
Shalom Hartman   (02.21.11)
and this guy is one of them. Take one simple point in kaballah that states that a person shouldn't shave, cut or remove his beard. I notice that he obviously does not practice what he preaches. Kabbalah is very stringent about looking at women who do not have their hair covered. How does he manage with that one? He needs to be exposed for what he is. Another Shmuely Boteach
7. kABALAH
jEANh ,   usa   (02.21.11)
Kabalah is 'magic' and magic is forbidden in Torah. No one has been able to prove its origins. But, logically one can see it is magic. Torah is truth... Hashem forbids adding to Torah.
8. "avon calling"
m ,   Australia   (02.21.11)
i went to an intro class as my wife was curious. the kaballah centre only sold books by the berg family. when you walk in the...temple....you are confronted with dozens of attractive women in black outfits with black high heel boots. i thought i walked in on the set of that tom cruise movie eyes wide shut. now israelis will probably go for sure. they have been selling their books in Australia for a number of years now too. the books repeat the same themes over and over. my wife contributed probably $1000 buying the same book over and over with a different cover. be careful my friends; you are better off going to a movie. Oy!
9. Forbidden to teach Torah to a Non-Jew
Assi ,   Rehovot, Israel   (02.21.11)
According to Halacha, it is forbidden to teach Torah or Kabbalah to a Non-Jew. And furthermore, only a Talmid Chacham over the age of 40 is allowed to study Kabbalah because it can be detrimental to ones physical and spiritual well-being if not appropriately channeled. In other words, it is dangerous.
10. Attraction to Judaisme...
ORA ,   Jerusalem   (02.21.11)
proofs that there is more in the Tora than Jewish history.
11. THIS IS SO WRONG
(02.21.11)
The Talmud teaches us that Torah was given for the Jews and not for others !!!! not even for movie stars.
12. sales calls
bob ,   potomac usa   (02.21.11)
If you buy any books from their on-line store, after the book arrives you'll get a sales call ----If you want to learn about Kabbalah--take some time and read Yeshayhu Tishbi's Mishnat HaZohar, in which portions of the Zohar are translated into Hebrew, arranged by subject matter and replete with footnotes and detailed introductions. There is an English version published by LIttman--called Wisdom of the Zohar. The zohar is a complete literature--with lots of interspersed contradicitons inherent in a literature--
13. '' the agent of kabbalah'' or chilul hashem?
rachel ,   galut   (02.21.11)
There are very few real Rabbonim with true understanding and knowledge of Kabbalah left, the most prominent of course Rabbi Yaakov Hillel, Rosh Yeshivat Chevrat Ahavat Shalom in Yerushalaym
14. #5 - it had to do with kosher etc - see post #3
knopfman ,   LA - USA   (02.21.11)
Because I am Jewish. When I studied there not only did I eat kosher, but I used to go to the mikva at sunrise every day with Moshe and others. It's the goyeem who are being exploited, because according to Berg they are "there to serve". My ex-father-in-law who went to temple 3 times a day didn't think that stealing from goyeem was stealing. No wonder there is anti-Semitism!
15. #14 - If one is a thief he will find any excuse to steal
Arthur ,   SF, CA   (02.21.11)
regardless of the fact that he goes to shul 3 times a week. There is a Talmud teaching re. the commerce - and it's stricktly forbidden to be dishonest in business or to steal outright. It's even worse to steal from non-Jews. Perhaps your father in law never studied that part.
16. An idiot is never a Rabbi
Moshe ,   NY NY   (02.21.11)
For the goyim maybe.
17. wow! when r USA tax authorities going to have a look see!
(02.21.11)
This guy sounds like a big time fraud! and all of these people are foolish to follow but hey a sucker is born every minute!
18. "herd mentality"
simon ,   New Yoerk   (02.21.11)
He speaks of the rest of the Jews being stuck in a herd menatality. What exactly then is the whole concept of a Kabbala Center? Is it not to establish a certain ideology across this "herd?" Isn't the purpose of kabbala to spread "the gospel" of their understanding to the world? Isn't the massiah's coming contingent on the world's accepting the teachings of kabbala? Again creating one big "herd?" Inconsistancies abound in the world of kabbala-because things left to the imagination have no logical path but rather every idiot is there to prey on humanities frailties!
19. What?
Gershon ,   London UK   (02.21.11)
He doesn't seem to know anything about JUdiasm: he says "everything was given to everyone" (including kosher food). total rubbish! where does it say that?! Half the mitzvos are supposed to keep us SEPARATE from the gentiles. Gentiles have their own mission - to keep the 7 Commands of Noach and make the world a beautiful place to live in. Its Berg and his ilk who want the whole world to be Jewish (like the early Christians - who were Jews) who have caused the Jews untold suffering. He is a charismatic am ha'aretz!
20. Kabbalah & Berg
Nili   (02.21.11)
As if the Jewish people don't have enough to cause people to condemn them we have to have this charlatan sucking money from people in the name of Kabbalah. The great sages must be turning over in their graves.
21. RABBI BERG
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (02.21.11)
The Bernie Madoff of Religion .
22. WHAT A CROCK
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (02.21.11)
" Kosher food is not necessarily ours" so whose is it ?? There is zero reason for gentiles to eat kosher .
23. TO MADONNA AND TO ALL THOSE
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (02.21.11)
Seeking the meaning of life .Here is the meaning of life : Life is a gift from Hashem ,or to put it another way :Life is a bitch and then you die.
24. THE KABBALISTS TEACH US THAT
BS ARTISTE ,   BEVERLY HILLS   (02.21.11)
A sucker is born every minute.
25. MADONNA AND DEMI MOORE
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (02.21.11)
And the like have too much money and too much time on their hands ,that is their only problem / dilemma. And Berg takes advantage of this.
26. TRUE MODERN KABBALAH
galilean ,   Israel   (02.22.11)
For the opened minded: Rabbi Michael Laitman (laitman.com) from his blog: Question: Why was the wisdom of Kabbalah hidden from the people? Was it not to harm those who were not ready for it yet? What has changed today? Is it that we became ready, and it can help us now? Answer: People might have started to use Kabbalah egoistically, just to gain pleasure through it, and that is a type of Klipa (Shell), of improper use. Until man’s desire ripens for the wisdom of Kabbalah, he shouldn’t approach it because his unripe desire will turn Kabbalah into a completely different activity. We see how many people use Kabbalah to produce (and sell) all kinds of beliefs, religions, and meditation practices. However, if a man’s desire has ripened for spiritual evolution, it guides him in this collective field of souls that is filled by the Light, and he moves like an electron in the field, reaching the right place. That is how it evolves. Therefore, throughout our whole history, we had to wait until people’s desires would sufficiently develop and it would become possible to reveal the wisdom of Kabbalah to them. Now it is up to every individual as to how he or she will realize themselves. Kabbalah was hidden until the souls matured to make use of it. Man’s desire was not prepared for it since it was unclear what desire was related to. In the instant when desire reaches maturity, it becomes clear that it is relates to the correction of self, the wisdom of Kabbalah, or the masses who simply follow Kabbalists. However, until all souls have completely intermingled, it was impossible to say this.
27. shofar
art finkle ,   langhorne, pa   (02.25.11)
For full explanation of Shofar, its influence on prayer and its historical antecedents going back to the Temple sacrifices, go to: Hearing Shofar http://www.hearingshofar.com Shofar Blog http://hearingshofar.blogspot.com
28. kole hacavode rabbi. the infantile minds can't get past
lightuntothenations ,   notindifference   (02.05.12)
lofty happenings. the great ones were excommunicated by some---rambam, maimonides.....baal shem tov...hasidic masters...the rebbe of lubavitch..etc these are the small minds who do this.
29. If he really wanted to bring Torah to gentiles...
Susan ,   Kfar Saba   (02.05.12)
he would teach them the Seven Noachide Commandments and then maybe Ashton would not have cheated on Demi and she would not have had a nervous breakdown.
30. What a swindle
EL Abogado ,   Syd. Australia   (05.28.12)
Well, Well it is a say : if you see spoke in the air it means simply there is fire in the ground. You got everything right like Machiavelli. Everybody needs to repent and to find salvation even madona or any so called "celebrities"is in this situation where she is knocked down by the spirit of truth.
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