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There used to be just one Rabbi that knew of the connection between the Jews and the “world of alternative information”. Now, there is another one.

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”- rather than from any natural desire of Jews to find a more suitable brand of Judaism to suit their newly found assimilated status in Germany, France and England. Antelman was the first to argue 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)

The other Rabbi who knows about the “alternative” side of Jewish history” due to the fact that the Kaballah was “hijacked” by other elements.


Why “the hijacking of the Kaballah ”?

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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, says Rabbi Tzadok. “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.”

Rabbi Tzadok claims 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.

“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.”

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.

“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.”

Indeed according to Webster’s Dictionary, the word “cabal”, which means a group of conspirators is said to come from the Hebrew word Cabbala. 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.

What Does Rabbi Tzakok conclude?

“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.”

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.”

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.

“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.”