<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 10, 2008 6:43 PM, Daniel Eidensohn <<a href="mailto:yadmoshe@012.net.il">yadmoshe@012.net.il</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br>What I am trying to clarify is whether the concept of "kabbala" is<br>expressed in the Torah at all - even it the term "kabbala" doesn't<br>appear. Does the term "kabbala" indicate a radical change in
<br>understanding relationships that is alien to the peshat of the Torah? Or<br>am I simply making too much out of the issue.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Daniel Eidensohn</font></blockquote></div><br>Dislaimer: please read this completely before reacting
<br>Tamim tihyer Lashem Elokecha. Kabbalh AISI is not necessary in consonance with mainstream Torah concepts; aderabbah, it can be said to oppose many of them<br><br>OTOH, I am convinced tht ther wer ALWAYS yechiei Seuglah that WERE into the esoteric/mystical/neo-Platonic/Gnostic etc. side of things. And many wer proablbly nevi'im and some hachahim like R. Akiva and R. S. Bar Yochai.
<br><br>The problem with kabbalh imho is simple: it should remain the province of a few esoteric yehciiddim and its very popularity is its problem. I am not sure if Maddona's use [abuse?] of Kabbalh is any more egregous than the sue of all kinds of Jews [frum and not frum] whose feet are not on the ground.
<br><br>As one of my mentors [R. Mordechai Aderet] has said: "Kabbalah w/o Shas and/or Rambam is dangerous and ungrounded. One must be rooted in the real nuts and bolts of Torah first.<br><br>Kabbalah for the masses is like putting a high school physics student in charge of a nuclear power plant. it makes no sense. Look at how many false Messiahsin history succeeded in duping the masses. I rest my case.
<br><br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br><a href="mailto:RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com">RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com</a><br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>