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	Kabbalah Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To its proponents, the Kabbalah Centre is a spiritual organization which teaches the principles of the Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) in a unique and user-friendly system accessible to anyone, regardless of religion, race or gender.
		Kabbalah Centre teaches that all humans have the potential to become "like God", through spiritual transformation, and that the ultimate goal of humanity is to imitate their creator.
		The Centre claims Astrology was lost in Jewish tradition (the Talmud loosely prohibits it), as part of the suppression of Kabbalah by Jewish rabbis nearly 2000 years ago (evidence of this includes ancient synagoges with zodiac rings).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kabbalah_Centre (1187 words)

	The Kabbalah Centre Community Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Kabbalah Centre is committed to removing chaos and suffering around the world.
		The Kabbalah Centre receives countless letters describing amazing miracles that have occurred as a result of the distribution of the Zohar through the Zohar Project.
		The Kabbalah Centre is committed to making the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah available to those who cannot afford the cost of attending a class or purchasing educational materials.
	www.kabbalah.ru /programs.html (751 words)

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		This can hardly be the fate that the Kabbalah's creators, Jewish mystics in the 13th through 16th centuries who wrote the Zohar and related writings, could have imagined for their teachings, which were intended to reveal the inner meaning of the Torah.
		Kabbalah is ''a universal system for self-improvement,'' said Rabbi Yehuda Berg, a son of Philip Berg and the author of ''The 72 Names of God: Technology for the Soul'' (Kabbalah Publishing, 2003).
		Kabbalah is becoming so mainstream that even the Reform movement, which for nearly all its history rejected most of Judaism's traditions and metaphysical elements, recently hired its first professor of Jewish mysticism for its rabbinical seminary.
	www.nytimes.com /ads/beeseason/articles_spirituality4.html (1405 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| Kabbalah leader's Holocaust 'slur'
		Genuine scholars of Kabbalah, which is a respected branch of ancient Jewish mysticism, reject the Kabbalah Centre as an opportunist offshoot of the faith with charismatic leaders who try to attract the rich and the vulnerable with the promise of health, wealth and happiness.
		The organisation claims to have Kabbalah Centres in 40 cities worldwide and to be a non-profit-making organisation.
		The centre was asked about its views, including those on the Holocaust, and in a statement said: "The Kabbalah Centre has not seen the BBC programme and is unable to comment accurately on its content."
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/in_depth/4158287.stm (790 words)

	Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on the Kabbalah Centre, celebrities and kabbalah, Madonna, making kabbalah more Jewish -- ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Kabbalah Centre deserves applause for having taken one of the most significant, yet ignored, disciplines of Judaism and bringing it to the thirsty masses.
		No doubt, much of the opposition to the Kabbalah Centre from the established Jewish community is animated by jealousy at the center's having garnered thousands of members studying a subject once considered too abstruse for the public.
		The Kabbalah Centre, with its use of ridiculous red strings to ward off the evil eye, is preying on people's fears.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/139/story_13921_1.html (497 words)

	God's hip language - Salon
		I'm sitting across from the Man, Rabbi Yehuda Berg, son of Rav and Karen Berg, brother of Michael Berg, who collectively are the ruling family of the Kabbalah Centre -- the world's largest Kabbalah educational center and by extension the direct metaphysical descendants of everything top-secret and superholy in Jewish mysticism.
		Yehuda Berg is one of the people who busted the gates of secret magic wide open and, in the process, weaned Madonna off the yoga teat and sold her on bottled Kabbalah water and that nifty Hebrew tattoo she sported in her last video.
		Ten years back I tried to do some research about Kabbalah for a novel I was writing and quickly found that not only would no one tell me squat about Kabbalah, but everyone seemed seriously pissed off that I had the chutzpah to even ask.
	dir.salon.com /story/mwt/feature/2003/07/29/kabbalah/index.html (1376 words)

	Kabbalah
		Indeed, the Kabbalah has been a basis for Western occult teaching for several centuries, though it should be noted that many Kabbalists and traditional Kabbalist rabbis do not sanction such activity.
		Teachings on the Kabbalah prior to the Kabbalah Centre’s popularity have been available to the general public since the latter half of the twentieth century....
		Recognition of the parallels between the Kabbalah and modern philosophy and psychology provides us with valuable insight into both the Kabbalah and modern thought, and helps pave the way for a 'new Kabbalh,' one that is spiritually and intellectually relevant to contemporary life.
	www.crossroad.to /Quotes/occult/kabbalah.htm (4703 words)

	CANA - Kabbalah: Getting Back to the Garden
		To compare the popular Kabbalah Centre with the real thing "is the relationship between pornography and love," according to Adin Steinsaltz, a Hasidic rabbi in Jerusalem (Cohen).
		The Kabbalah Centre’s connection to celebrities and its commercialization of Kabbalah products have made it a more visible target of criticism (the Kabbalah Centre and the controversy surrounding it was featured in a 20/20 television program aired in June, 2005).
		The Kabbalah is essentially gnostic; that is, one must learn the spiritual secrets of the Torah through the cryptic and intricate Zohar, and then advance through knowledge and actions.
	cana.userworld.com /cana_Kabbalah5.html (1095 words)

	Kabbalah Centre : Secrets of a celebrity sect
		Karen, now 26, spent three years with the Kabbalah Centre, abandoning her medical studies on what she says was its advice and leaving her family home in Florida to live in the Los Angeles office as a "chevra", one of around 40 full-time volunteer workers.
		When she expressed her concerns forcefully to a Kabbalah Centre rabbi, Madeleine says, she was told that a mysterious illness might befall her younger child if she made trouble.
		As the Kabbalah Centre's presence in London grows, rabbis such as Yitzchak Schochet are hearing more frequently from local families concerned at a relative's involvement.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /k05aa.html (2340 words)

	Michael Berg, Kabbalah Centre director, interview about Kabbalah -- Beliefnet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Centre, famous for popularizing Jewish mysticism and attracting non-Jewish celebrities from Madonna to Paris Hilton, was founded in 1969 by Michael's father Philip Berg.
		One of the things that Kabbalah teaches is that the contemporary world filled with pain and suffering is not the world as it is meant to be.
		In contrast, Kabbalah teaches that we are not waiting for a personal savior to redeem us: It's our job, every single one of us and together as a collective, to bring about a world where maybe even, as God says in the Bible, it will be possible that death will end.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/158/story_15886_1.html (800 words)

	JewishJournal.com
		Kabbalah is a library of Jewish mystical writing initiated in the 12th and 13th centuries of the common era in the books of the Zohar.
		She said that The Kabbalah Centre is “part of the new age phenomenon, when ideas are for sale.
		Kabbalah was once a matter of defiance and freedom of creativity; nowadays it is www.kabbalah.com — not ‘dot-edu’ and not ‘dot-org’ — but commerce.
	www.jewishjournal.com /home/preview.php?id=15972 (1516 words)

	CANA - Kabbalah: Getting Back to the Garden
		Kabbalah is a body of mystical and esoteric beliefs based on commentaries on the Torah, the first five books of Hebrew Scripture (Genesis to Deuteronomy).
		Kabbalah “predates and transcends” any religion or nation, according to Philip Berg of the Kabbalah Centre (Rav P. Berg, The Essential Zohar [NY: Bell Tower, Crown Publishing Group: 2002), 61, 211].
		Yehuda Berg states that Kabbalah is the “hidden wisdom” that has been kept secret for centuries but now this teaching is coming into the open for a society fraught with social and spiritual problems (Yehuda Berg, The Power of the Kabbalah [Kabbalah Centre International, 2001], xix, xxv, xxvi).
	cana.userworld.com /cana_Kabbalah1.html (713 words)

	KABBALAH: GETTING BACK TO THE GARDEN
		Kabbalah, an esoteric teaching that supposedly dates from the time of Abraham and reached its peak in medieval Spain, is based on the belief that the Torah is an encoded message with hidden meanings.
		Kabbalah, traditionally, is studied only by married Jewish men who are over the age of 40 and have studied the Torah.
		In Kabbalah, Adam and Eve are viewed as symbols of male and female energy, and as a metaphor for the “primordial Vessel” whose existence came before creation, thus encompassing all the souls of humanity to come.
	www.equip.org /free/JAK045.htm (4665 words)

	The 72 Names of GOD: What is Kabbalah
		The Kabbalah Centre is the largest international organization devoted to teaching the wisdom of Kabbalah, motivated by no desire other than the spiritual growth of humankind.
		The teachings of The Kabbalah Centre are based on the Zohar, the foundational sacred text of Kabbalistic wisdom, as well as the writings of the world’s great Kabbalists.
		Each Kabbalah Centre is a supportive community that provides students with an environment to grow spiritually, exchange ideas, and develop relationships with like-minded people.
	www.72.com /kabbalah/kabbalah.html (337 words)

	Inside Bay Area - Kabbalah: Ancient wisdom enters mainstream
		There is Kabbalah water, "imbued with ancient kabbalistic meditations," and T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase "God disguised as." Cosmetics retailer Sephora peddles Kabbalah candles which, in varying fragrances, promise to instill emotions of happiness or sexual energy.
		While Kabbalah is deeply rooted in Judaism, Marcus is quick to note that many of the lessons of Kabbalah have resonance for people of all spiritual backgrounds.
		"Kabbalah is a body of Jewish mystic wisdom, and the texts, the Zohar, are full of word puzzles and esoteric riddles," she says.
	www.insidebayarea.com /searchresults/ci_2638420 (1841 words)

	Kabbalah Centre's Red String
		We have no relationship to the Kabbalah Centre and are not implying one.
		New Thought Kabbalah is not associated with the Kabbalah Centre except as a reseller.
		kabbalah jewelry, and accessories are offered for sale at very low prices.
	www.newthoughtkabbalah.com /kabbalahcentreredstring.htm (735 words)

	Kabbalah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term "Kabbalah" was originally used in Talmudic texts, among the Geonim (early medieval rabbis) and by Rishonim (later medieval rabbis) as a reference to the full body of the oral tradition of Jewish teaching, which was publicly available.
		The ban against studying Kabbalah was lifted by the efforts of the sixteenth century Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Azulai (1570-1643).
		Kabbalah], the higher qualities of the depths of Godly life are reduced to trivia that do not penetrate the depth of the soul.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kabbalah (8523 words)

	Kabbalah goes Hollywood
		By releasing the hidden traditions of Kabbalah to humanity, it claims, it is threatening Satan's power of "chaos," which is responsible for everything from wars and illness to depression.
		Kabbalah believes that a partnership between G-d and human beings in the salvaging of creation is possible because we are made of the same essence.
		Accompanying the Centre's candles for better sex is a divine name and a prayer "to purify my desires so that I share love and energy with my partner, putting his or her needs ahead of my own." But, as the Centre's own literature makes clear, the motive for such altruism is selfishness.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /0404/kabbalah_centre.php3 (3939 words)

	Kabbalah Links
		Kabbalah World Center is another growing organization based in Israel that teaches a slightly different interpretation of Ashlagian kabbalah.
		The New Kabbalah is a philosophy and Jewish theology site focusing on the union between traditional Jewish mysticism and modern rational thought.
		The Kabbalah Centre's Foundation working to teach today's children to be better individuals and to treat every person in the world with dignity.
	www.kabbalahgroup.org /links.html (376 words)

	Kabbalah Learning Center
		She was visited by a "Rabbi" Yardeni of the Kabbalah Centre who persuaded her to purchase a complete hard cover set of the Zohar, as well as a few other books about Jewish mysticism, for hundreds of dollars.
		The Lithuanian School of Kabbalah, founded by the Gaon, continued generation after generation, through the author of Aspaklaryah Hame'irah (which is partially printed in the margins of the standard editions of the Zohar) to the recent works of the late Rabbi Shelomoh Eliyashuv.
		In comparison, the smaller "Kabbalah Centre" in Toronto, Ont., Canada, reports in their Charity Return for the year ending December 31, 1989, filed on June 28, 1990, receipt of contributions in the amount of $445,780, and assets of $330,852.
	www.freedomofmind.com /resourcecenter/groups/k/kabbalah (6294 words)

	Cult News.com: Kabbalah Centre energy drink banking more on buzz from celebrities than caffeine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In its apparent never-ending thirst for increased cash flow the so-called “Kabbalah Centre,” run by the Philip Berg family of California and favored by Madonna, has launched a new energy drink.
		But what the Bergs seem to be banking on is the buzz produced by the Kabbalah Centre’s celebrity devotees, not the caffeine contained in its new drink.
		What's not funny though is the crass commercialization of the centuries old Kabbalah tradition and it becoming yet another example of the dumbing down of religion in Hollywood.
	www.cultnews.com /archives/000806.html (644 words)

	Kabbalah - general links
		On-line lessons on the Lurianic Kabbalah, by the students of the early 20th century Lurianic teacher Rabbi Yehudah Ashlag.
		"a new forum, most importantly one that is more open than the other kabbalah forums (use and registration are both free and optional; any visitor may read and post.) and one that is dedicated to ecumenical and respectful (the posters towards each other) discussion.
		Combines Kabbalah with other esoteric and New Age themes, certainly not representative of traditional Kabbalah.
	www.kheper.net /topics/Kabbalah/Kabb_links.htm (1673 words)

	The Kabbalah Centre Charitable Fund - Project Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In response to this crisis of epic proportion, The Kabbalah Centre is joining the many world relief organizations in their efforts to address the most immediate needs of these countries.
		It is a fact that a lack of portable drinking water is a primary cause of further suffering and death by those who have survived the initial tragedy.
		We believe that our mission at The Kabbalah Centre mandates that we respond to this crisis in a truly humanitarian way—one consistent with our belief that we are all mutually responsible for the chaos suffered in the world.
	www.kabbalahwater.com /fund/asia.html (410 words)

	Madonna and Kaballah
		They thought they were curing Chernobyl of radiation, using the power of Kabbalah to drive away the evil - and one of the biggest rock stars on the planet was joining in the chanting.
		Through Kabbalah, I was able to look within myself, clear all the negative energy and turn my life around.
		One thing Kabbalah teaches you is that your true potential in the world has nothing to do with selling records or making money or being popular, it has to do with what you are doing to help.
	www.biogs.com /madonna/madonnakabbalah.html (894 words)

	Kabbalah : Qabalah - religious cults and sects
		The word "Kabbalah" is derived from the root "to receive, to accept", and in many cases is used synonymously with "tradition".
		Modern Kabbalah outside of Judaism appears in many guises, and is often associated or combined with ceremonial or ritual.
		Given the lack of a dogmatic tradition in Kabbalah it is not clear that the question about the legitimacy of Hermetic Kabbalah is meaningful.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /k03.html (1545 words)

	Cult News from Rick Ross » Kabbalah Centre
		The 47-year-old singer’s fans are not so thirsty for the so-called “Kabbalah Water” hawked by her spiritual mentors, nor do they swarming to buy the “red string”; amulet the Kabbalah Centre sells.
		The head of the Kabbalah Centre in Israel was busted for fraud.
		However, the “Kabbalah” bowl the star insists upon swimming in appears to be a problem for her husband.
	www.cultnews.com /?cat=77 (4089 words)

	Statement from Steve Hassan on The Kabbalah Learning Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hassan, who is Jewish and belongs to a Temple that teaches Kabbalah warns us that the actions of the Kabbalah Learning Centre have little in common with traditional or even responsible Jewish renewal Kabbalah teachers.
		The Kabbalah Learning Centre, which is headquartered in Los Angeles and New York has branches in Israel, South America, Canada, Mexico and France.
		Kabbalah, the mystical Jewish tradition dating back centuries is different from what’s being taught at The Kabbalah Learning Center.
	www.freedomofmind.com /stevehassan/presskit/releases/05-03.htm (440 words)

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