Kabbalah center most certainly is a cult. :evil:
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I was at the Carlebach Shul a few years ago, and when I walked in the guys running the yeshiva on Sunday, started ordering me around. I said, "Wait a minute, I knew Shlomo since I was 15 years old and he never treated anyone like this. What's going on?" It turn out that Tzwe Padeh helped translate a book on Lurianic Kabbalah, called "Etz Chaim", Tree of Life by Rabbi C
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Contact a local synagogue in your area or a Jewish place of learning. Jewish Federations, Educational bureaus and/or colleges and universties. If there is a fee and you are unable to pay they can often arrange something.
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QuoterrmoderatorYes. It is possible to study the authentic Kabbalah for almost nothing if not free. It is not necessary to give the Bergs money. Rick, where can you study Kabbalah for free? I'd be interested in learning more than I currently know about it.
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Yes. It is possible to study the authentic Kabbalah for almost nothing if not free. It is not necessary to give the Bergs money.
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You can for instance take contact with a rabbi at a local synagoge and maybe study with him..I'm sure he will help you and let you borrow material for free or maybe buy them for a cheap-money. Then you can still study it without having any contact with the kabbahla Center.
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Atomiswave: You keep going around and around. The Kabbalah Center is what it is, a nonprofit run by a family much like a business that has hurt many people. If you don't care that's your choice. The same people run the center you attend as they do all the Kabbalah Centers. Again, your "experience" doesn't change the facts repeatedly reported through the media
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QuoterrmoderatorAtomiswave: OK. Enough said. But be honest with yourself though, you didn't come here for "discussion." You came here to defend the Kabbalah Center as a loyal devotee. No, I came here to discuss cults but not to discuss kabbahla. You have to see this from my point of view. When I study and volunteer at the center and SFK-school there are no "c
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Atomiswave: OK. Enough said. But be honest with yourself though, you didn't come here for "discussion." You came here to defend the Kabbalah Center as a loyal devotee.
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I have nothing to say to you anymore.
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Atomiswave: What you "experience" is not a fact, but your feelings, which are subjective. The articles are fact-based, written by journalists, not people personally involved and biased by that involvement. You don't appear to be concerned about the facts, but rather here to express your feelings about the Kabbalah Center, which can be seen as an effort to promote a positiv
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My fact is what I see with my own eyes and experience. What I see isn't anything like what the articles says. I can agree with that somethings they sell is expensive but that's all. No I won't make anymore post in this thread. Thanks for me!!!
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Atomiswave: Seems like you came here not for discussion about facts, but instead to defend and apologize for the Bergs and their "Kabbalah" centers. It's not about "right" or "wrong"--its about historical facts. Facts are facts, not subjective and based upon what you feel. Read the links. The facts are reported correctly and the Bergs have taken n
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QuoterrmoderatorAtomiswave: You are not making any sense at all. This would be like saying during the reign of Hitler, "I don't care what they say the Nazi party is doing, everything at my town in Bavaria is OK." The Kabbalah Center is an authoritarian regime run by the Bergs. Every center is under their control without exception. The bad things they have done are not s
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Atomiswave: You are not making any sense at all. This would be like saying during the reign of Hitler, "I don't care what they say the Nazi party is doing, everything at my town in Bavaria is OK." The Kabbalah Center is an authoritarian regime run by the Bergs. Every center is under their control without exception. The bad things they have done are not simply local, but
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QuoterrmoderatorAtomiswave: Have someone translate or explain the articles to you. The leader of the Kabbalah Center in Israel was arrested for fraud. The water they sell is Canadian bottled water sold at a much higher price. The Kabbalah Center is run like the Berg family business. And despite being a nonprofit charity, the Bergs appear to take whatever money they want and use it how
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Atomiswave: Have someone translate or explain the articles to you. The leader of the Kabbalah Center in Israel was arrested for fraud. The water they sell is Canadian bottled water sold at a much higher price. The Kabbalah Center is run like the Berg family business. And despite being a nonprofit charity, the Bergs appear to take whatever money they want and use it how they want, to b
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QuoterrmoderatorAtomiswave: See The Berg-run "Kabbalah Centre" has a horrible reputation and seems to go from scandal to scandal. Looks like they just want money and sell everything from red string and "Kabbalah water" to a "Kabbalah" energy drink to make money. Appparently more of a con than anything spirtual. Maybe you are studying Kabbalah with som
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Atomiswave: See The Berg-run "Kabbalah Centre" has a horrible reputation and seems to go from scandal to scandal. Looks like they just want money and sell everything from red string and "Kabbalah water" to a "Kabbalah" energy drink to make money. Appparently more of a con than anything spirtual. Maybe you are studying Kabbalah with someone else though
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I have studied Kabbahla for over six months now. I can't say I have any bad experience from it. What exactly have been bad for you?
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Someone very dear to me joined this cult too. I really need to speak to ex-members to had similar experiences. There is a support group on the internet. But it is not necessarily ex-members of Kabbalah center cult. I need to speak to people who have had bad experiences with these people.
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Inside Hollywood's Hottest Cult Part One: Red String Theory A four-month Radar investigation reveals how a renegade rabbi and his striver wife ended up atop a multi- million-dollar empire built on bracelets, bottled water, and Madonna. (from) In any case, be sure to follow Radar Online's series as it explores: The false claims the Centre has made about its distingui
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This is on tonight, i wonder if its going to be a "Puff Piece"? Coming Up on 2020 Watch "20/20" Fridays at 10 p.m. ET / 9 C Elizabeth Vargas takes an exclusive look inside the controversial spiritual movement called Kaballah. -------------- What's Behind Hollywood's Fascination with Kabbalah? New Take on Ancient Jewish Spiritual Teachings Has Drawn
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It would be interestig to see. I have known a person (a friend`s friend) who went "mad" with it. She spent huge amounts of money for Kabbalah books, courses and those red strings.
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Dear Samatha's Mum- I was so sorry to hear about your daughter. I am a journalist, investigating the practices at the Kabbalah Centre, and am very interested to discuss your daughter's situation. Also, due to my research, I think that I may have some information that may aid in getting your daughter out of the Kabbalah Spirituality for Kids program. I know it's probably too late
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I would like to get in contact with people who studied, were members, or were fulltime volunteers of ANY Kabbalah Centre in the world to share stories of the ABUSE, DEGRADATION, DECEPTION,MANIPULATION, FINANCIAL AND LABOR EXPLOTATION, ETC, we all underwent. I am looking into creating a webpage in different languages to help others not to undergo what we went through, to hopefully to help other
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I am interested to speak to someone who is or has been involved with The Kabbalah Centre to hear about their experiences - good or bad.
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Do you mean the Kabballah centre or do you mean in the terms of occultism?
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For that reason anyone considering appearing on your program needs to be assured that every possible measure will be taken to safeguard their confidentiality. (quote) Berg's Use of "Libel Chill" Berg has literally millions of dollars at his disposal. The net assets of his New York branch in 1990, according to IRS-returns, are close to 10 million dollars. Using the princip
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