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Kabbalah On Witchcraft

By Mendel Kaplan

Do we believe in the magical powers? Do Ghosts and Goblins really exist? If they do, can their powers be harnessed in a Kosher way?

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Posted: Nov 16, 2006

Congrats!

Please upload more on this rabbi. He speaks slowly and clear. For me that is very important because my English is not so good as I would want.

Posted By malka, santaigo, chile

Posted: Feb 2, 2007

Kabballa on witchcraft

I was listening to this talk, I found it rich in wisdom.

Posted By Roxanne Simmons, Baltimore, Md.

Posted: Apr 21, 2008

kaballa on witchcraft

Rabbi Kaplan's comment on the gevurah/chesed aspects of spiritual reality adds more depth to my study of Bereshit, chapter 1.

Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Oct 3, 2008

Combating Negative Spirits

From a non-catholic christian perspecitve, as the Rabbi encourages, live a holy/righteous lifestyle.

When you somehow sense evil, verbally cry out to the Lord, and He will rescue you (Psalm 91). Also, just as the Rabbi did, cast/command out the evil entity in the name of Hashem, or by the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.

Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Nov 9, 2010

did curiosity kill the cat?

I nearly left my room in horror and spent the rest of the night in my car when I heard this lecture in the wee hours of the morning.

I live in a former tuberculosis treatment center that has since been converted into mixed residential / hotel use. Never in my stay have I gotten so frightened to live here... the mention of possession, those things that do not translate into English., ghosts, spirits... yikes.

Who stayed in my room....?

But you gave a logical explanation to the naïve souls who seek answers in the occult.

So, thanks for the heads up... I'll continue to purge my Christian-induced fears and misgivings, and consult Judaism for a spiritual backbone and maybe recite the birkat habayit (blessing for the home) in times such as the former.

Posted By Colin Winkler, Adirondacks, New York

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Do we believe in the magical powers? Do Ghosts and Goblins really exist? If they do, can their powers be harnessed in a Kosher way?
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