- There used to be just one Rabbi that knew of the connection
between the Jews and the world of alternative informationî. Now,
there is another one.
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- The first being Rabbi Marvin Antelman- author of the
ground-breaking book in 1974: To Eliminate the Opiate which describes Reform
and Conservative Judaism as attempts to wean Jews away from orthodoxy.
Antelman was the first to publicly state that the attempt to steer Jews
away from traditional orthodoxy was planned and executed against the European
Jews. Antelman recently published his very long awaited sequel to To Eliminate
The Opiate (available from Zionist Book Club in Jerusalem, to order: perkins@netvision.net.il)
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- The other Rabbi who knows about the alternativeî
side of Jewish history due to the fact that the Kaballah "was hijacked
by other elements."
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- Why the "hijacking of the Kaballah?"
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- Visit any occult book shop in London, New York or San
Francisco and you will see books that are clearly occultic yet has Hebrew
letters and symbols all over the place. It could be said that this hijacking
of the Kaballah from the Jews took place 15th and 16th century from Spain,
through Italy and then to Zefat in the Galilee.
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- In an essay entitled: Masons, The Founding of the United
States & The Role of the Kaballah, Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok explains
that Kabbalah is the Hebrew term for "that which is received."
What "is received" is nothing less than the metaphysical and
spiritual teachings practiced and handed down by the schools of the Biblical
prophets.
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- Rabbi Tzadok writes: "Unfortunately, the adulteration
of Kabbalah did not stop with its Christianization. The holy Kabbalah of
Torah was subject to yet another twist and turn. Being that Kabbalah (or
Cabbala) is a metaphysical science, its teachings were also adopted and
integrated into the European schools of occult and magic. Thus there developed
a Kabbalah (of the Jews), a Cabbalah (of the Christians) and the Qabbala
(with a "Q") used by practitioners of the occult.
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- It is this last form of Qabbala that is most popularly
known around the world. This form of "Q"abbala incorporated aspects
of Egyptian and Greek mystery school teachings. In fact, this perversion
of Kabbalah teaches that Moses received the Kabbalah from the Egyptians,
and not from Divine revelation at Mt. Sinai. There is sufficient scholarly
evidence to disprove such inaccurate claims that I need not elaborate on
this point. Nonetheless, the influence of this type of "Q"abbala
is widespread. It has given rise to the concept that Kabbalah is integrally
related to the occult, and, therefore, of dark and evil origins. Nothing
could be further from the truth."
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- He claims that if one is to go to a bookstore and see
the selection of "K","C","Q"abbalah books
in English, one will find that the vast majority of them come from the
occult and magical schools of Europe and not from bonafide Jewish Kabbalistic
authors. It is of no wonder that many people in the Jewish and Christian
communities dismiss authentic Kabbalah as something demonic, for this is
what they see portrayed; and no Rabbinic authority has risen to set the
record straight The honor of true Kabbalah is at stake, he warns.
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- Rabbi Tzadok believes that this means that true Kabbalah
contains the wisdom of the prophetic schools of the Biblical prophets.
Many cults have taken the Bible and twisted it to serve their own ends,
yet no one condemns the Bible for this. With Kabbalah, however, the story
is different. The detractors have hijacked the holy Kabbalah and contaminated
it in such a way that the true G-d fearing audience throws away the good
Kabbalah along with the cultish, bad perversions.
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- "It must be made known what is legitimate Kabbalah
and what are the impostors and forgeries, he points out. Only in this way
can the true and holy Kabbalah, ordained and given by G-d, be preserved,
treasured and safeguarded It is for this purpose that I address this topic."
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- He says that it is important to understand that authentic
Jewish Kabbalah, as handed down by the Biblical prophets, contains great
concepts of social justice, morality and human rights. These teachings
have had a tremendous influence on the development of post Renaissance
western philosophy. Yet the role of Kabbalah in influencing these matters
is known to only a small few.
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- "In my opinion, it is the correct thing to make
public the role Kabbalah has played in forming much of western philosophy
to set the record straight and give credit where credit is due."
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- He points out that indeed, according to Webster's Dictionary,
the word "cabal", which means a group of conspirators is said
to come from the Hebrew word Cabbala.
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- "So we see that in the eyes of many, Kabbalah and
covert political action go hand in hand. While this is not true from a
Jewish point of view. It is clear that many post renaissance European groups
were of another opinion. A full list of these renaissance Cabbalistic cults
and groups would be too long to cover at this time, but one of their number
must be mentioned here."
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- What does he conclude?
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- "It is clearly evident that Masonry has adopted
a great deal of wisdom teachings from the Kabbalah. Yet, it is clearly
evident that Masonic "C"abbalah contains within it many non Jewish
elements. After all, a pyramid with an eye is not a symbol to be found
anywhere in "K"abbalistic sources. Regardless of what form of
Kabbalah the Masons had been exposed to, be it "K"abbalah or
"C"abbalah, it was this wisdom that laid the philosophical foundation
for American freedoms and human rights."
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- He adds: "For me the important issue is one of spirituality,
not of politics. Kabbalah offers the greatest depths of spirituality and
the highest calling for human rights and freedoms. What we must remember
is simply this: Kabbalah is spiritual, not political."
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- To have it recorded in the history books, Rabbi Tzadok
believes it is important to make the case for the authentic version of
Kaballah- and how it was hi-jacked by other entities.
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- "How shocked I was to find that the standard dictionary
identifies Kabbalah, the holy metaphysical teachings of prophetic Judaism,
as having something to do with Cabals, secret groups of political collaborators.
In all my years of study, I have never seen any covert political actions
on behalf of any Kabbalistic individual or group. All discussion, therefore,
of political Cabals being related to Kabbalah is an outright fabrication
and slanderous lie."
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- Yoel Bainerman lives in Israel and writes on Israeli
and Middle East political and economic affairs. He can be reached at isratech@netvision.net.il
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