Israel’s Richest Rabbis Make Hollywood Stars Look Poor

They’re richer than you or I will ever be, and they didn’t get their money by inventing products, curing illness, or benefiting society. They got it by graft, by charging people for ‘blessings’ and by exploiting tax laws. Who are they?

 Rabbi Pinhas Abuhatzeira

Israel’s Richest Rabbis Make Hollywood Stars Look Poor
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com

They’re richer than you or I will ever be, and they didn’t get their money by inventing products, curing illness, or benefiting society.

They got it by graft, by charging people for ‘blessings’ and by exploiting tax laws.

Who are they?

They’re Israel’s richest rabbis, and Forbes Israel has just released its list that really should be called a hall of shame.

Who are they?

1. Rabbi Pinhas Abuhatzeira. Israel’s richest rabbi is the Sefardi ‘kabbalist’ Rabbi Pinhas Abuhatzeira, the son of Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira and the great-grandson of the Babi Sali, the famous Moroccan Jewish ‘mystic’ and ‘kabbalist’ who died in 1984. He inherited his father Elazar’s ill-gotten gains after Elazar was murdered last year by a disgruntled follower, upset that a guaranteed blessing he paid thousands of dollars for didn’t work.

How much is Pinhas Abuhatzeira worth? $335 million.

2. Rabbi Pinchas Abuhatzeira's uncle, Rabbi David Hai Abuhatzeira, is another ‘kabbalist’ and ‘miracle worker’ who makes millions selling his blessings. How much is this grandson of the Baba Sali, who has much political influence in Israel, worth? $194 million.

3. The Gerrer Rebbe Rabbi Yaakov Arie Altar. When he’s not protecting pedophiles like Avrohom Mondrowitz and threatening to topple Israeli governments, the Gerrer Rebbe has amassed a fortune worth a cool $90 million.

4. The Belzer Rebbe Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach. $46 million.

5. Rabbi Nir Ben-Artzi. The freelance ‘mystic’ and ‘seer’ is worth $26 million.

6. Rabbi Yaakov Ifargen, the so-called “X-Ray Rabbi,” is a Sefardi ‘mystic’ and ‘seer.’ His blessings and advice, often given in return for large ‘donations’ from the gullible, have netted the the X-Ray Rabbi $23 million.

7. Rabbi Rabbi Yeshayahu Yosef Pinto. A close relative of the Abuhatzeiras and great-grandson of the Baba Sali, Pinto is known as a ‘kabbalist,’ ‘mystic’ and a business advisor to the stars. Linked to shady real estate deals, and tax irregularities in New York and Israel, the shifty rabbi, still in his 30s, is worth $19 million.

8. Baba Baruch Abuhatzeira. The son of the Baba Sali is worth $13 million for the same basic reasons the other Abuhatzeiras and Pinto have millions.

9. Rabbi Reuven Elbaz. He’s worth $10 million. How’d he get it? Public corruption.

10. Rabbi Yoram Abergil. $9 million. How did he get it? Like the Abuhatzeiras.

11. Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak. $8 million. The ‘Revival Rabbi’ makes his money promising penitents spiritual redemption.

12. Rabbi Yekutiel Abuhatzeira. $6.5 million. How did he make his millions? Like his relatives.

Many of these rabbis have their wealth in nonprofit organizations. But each has absolute control over their nonprofits and each uses them for any purpose they choose, often as their personal checkbooks.

For example, Pinto allegedly buys custom made suits for his teenage son and high end collectible watches by the fistful using money donated to help the poor.

Many of these rabbis have extensive private real estate holdings and business investments, as well and some have paid millions of dollars in settlements to Israel’s Tax Authority, its version of the IRS, to settle tax fraud charges.

But the Israeli government is reluctant to press criminal charges against most of these rabbis because they control large voting blocs and, in the case of the Gerrer Rebbe, control a political party that has often had the ability to make or break government coalitions.

[Sources: Forbes Israel and Globes.]

Comments

[ruthie]

so why are almost all their followers on food stamps, medicaid, and section 8?

[Warren Burstein]

At the Globes article: "the social protest hurt the fortunes of the rabbis' activities, by greatly reducing their income from donations from tycoons."

http://boards.420chan.org/1701/src/1336481877420.jpg

[Gefilte Fish]

Ruthie,

It's because they are impoverishing their followers. Brachot don't come cheap!

[DAVID]

ALL THE MONEY THAT ELAZAR ABUHATZEIRA GOT OUT FROM PEOPLE.... WHO CAME FOR BLESSINGS HE THREATHEN TO CURSE THEM OR PAY CASH THAN YOU WILL SAVED.. SHAME ON THEM

[PrettyBoyFloyd]

As far as I know, the Gerer Rebbe earned his fortune fair and square, as a real estate investor I believe.

[Izzy]

Maybe we can get some of them to donate to Shmarya? Champion of Jewish causes. Almost a Jewish hero!

[Abu Jihad Schneerson]

I wonder what ever happened to the Jews' trust in Hashem ONLY!Why are there so many idiots who believe a human being like themselves is able to cure/protect/enrich,etc. them and why don't they put their trust in Hashem instead?Imo kabbalah and its amulets,magicians,sorcerers,astrology and charlatans have ruined Judaism's original monotheism!

[the usual chaim]

i wonder why the vast majority on the list are sepharadim? only 3/10 are ashkenazi.

[Abu Jihad Schneerson]

Because Sephardim are more involved in this kabalah magic/sorcery and have always been.

[Ganev Baheima]

PrettyBoyFloyd. If The Gerrer Rebbe read Ganev does have a seperate fortune besides his hassidic empire, the shame is a lot greater.

[esther]

what is a "seer"?

[Abu Jihad Schneerson]

A seer is a charlatan who claims he can see the future,I think.Obviously he does it for good money only!

[just asking]

everyone's got a problem.. and everyone wants a quick fix... step in the so-called Rabbis, kabbalists and chasidic rebbes.

Please remind me how they got their "special powers" and als if they give you a refund if their blessing doesnt work (patient died from cancer.)

[Abu Jihad Schneerson]

Wasn't magic and sorcery forbidden in a long ago published book called,if I remember well,Torah or something similar?

[Abracadabra]

It is sad because it is usually the most desperate people who seek out these people as a last resort, a last hope to their desperate situations. And these fraudsters take the money, and enrich themselves to no end.

It is good business, to be sure. Offer nothing, and get rich. But it is only for sociopaths with no conscience. The majority of us couldn't live with ourselves knowing that we are taking money for false promises. Perhaps these people rationalize to themselves that they are selling "false hope" which may help people. It doesn't help people. It devastates lives and adds to financial burdens which only make their lives more difficult.

The legend of the Baba Sali spread far and wide, probably in part to his having lived to a very old age, during a time of major communication developments. Not only did the Sephardim hear about him, but with telephones, now all the Ashkenazim heard about him too - and ran to him like a magic man of God.

For some reason they think that his children and grandchildren inherited this magic quality (which he never even had in the first place).

And for an even more strange reason, Ashkenazim believe that Sefardim have stronger kabbalistic powers. Why? Is it in their genes? No, they say, they have a "mesorah" - they have a knowledge that Ashkenazim don't.

Well, um, why not read the same books then?

No, they say, this "mesorah" can only be given over from teacher to student. And naturally the student of a Sefaradi will be a Sefaradi.

Even the teaching and the passing down of the mysterious is shrouded in mystery and given a mystique that it never had in the first place.

I'm sure it helped that Sefaradim didn't have their faith tested by holy Rebbes who told them to stay in their towns and that nothing would go wrong, and then suffer a Holocaust. To be sure, that stole the faith of many an Ashkenazi Jew who happened to have survived the Holocaust. My own grandfather tells of the rabbi in his town who told him to stay and that there was no reason to flee during the war, that it wouldn't come to Hungary or affect them. My grandfather consulted with his father about it. His father was a big talmid chochom who agreed with my grandfather that he should make a run for it if he could (my great-grandfather was sick and elderly and wasn't able to travel).

Though my grandfather stayed frum after the war he strongly believed in thinking for oneself and not drinking anyone's koolaide.

The Sefardim didn't go through that kind of thing on such a massive scale. Their faith in their holy Kabbalists remained simple and largely unchallenged.

It doesn't help that cuturally Sefaradim value being emotional about their kabbalistic beliefs, vs being rational about it. Culturally Europeans valued rationality more. I'm sure this added to it.

Anyway, gotta run, I have all these poor souls waiting to give me their last dollars in exchange for my brachos for all that ails them!

[Yosef ben Matitya]

if they don't pay taxes for money they make, why are they not all in jail?
is the Bivi chicken?

[Simon Saiz]

A must read. Half of the people on this list are there:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/a-baba-is-born-1.171168

[Abracadabra]

Just asking -

No refunds. If their blessings didn't come true it must be that the person who received the blessing had chata'im (sins) that blocked the powers of the blessings. The holy kabbalists can do just so much, after that, if the "Heavenly Court" (magic powers above) determine that a person's sins are too many, the strength of the bracha is not enough to counter the gezeira (Heavenly ruling) of the death of a loved one, or whatever else the Holy person's powers were trying to conquer.

Oh, and I see here, in this holy obscure book that only holy kabbalists can understand, that your loved one's mazal was wrong. You should have changed the person's name. That would have tricked the angel of death. Did I not suggest that to you? I'm sorry. It's standard practice for overcoming powerful gezeiros. I was sure you knew about it. Besides, it's written on the poster in my waiting room. But you should be comforted knowing that the power of my holy blessings do not go for naught. The blessing will help other things in your life, and will conquer gezeiros that you didn't even know were forming against you! It is fighting the bad gezeiros as we speak! As a matter of fact, I can see with my holy ru'ach hakodesh connection to a spiritual world that only some of us are gifted to be in touch with, that you would have been injured in a car accident, but it was avoided due to my holy blessing which you paid $5,000 for. You see - the brachos of us holy kabbalists never go to waste! (But don't go to that other guy down the road - he's a fake!)

[Abu Jihad Schneerson]

Abracadabra,which town in Hungary?

[fm]

Shmayra, I read your website a lot and share it on Facebook, but these charges like elbaz and Pinto are they just alleged or they are pretty substantiated. I know you have a thing against any rabbi with a spec of suspicion, but do you post it with little evidence? I'll believe what you answer me.

[Shmarya]

Posted by: fm | June 10, 2012 at 06:09 PM

Substantiated.

[Rocky]

How much of our foreign aid money eventually finds its way into the hands of these charlatans?

[formerly desperate]

To all you naysayers there are rabbis out there that give real blessings and dont charge one penny. As a matter fact i went to a Rabbi in Lakewood named Rabbi Yonah Carlebach and everything he told me came true . i tried to give him money but he refused it. There are many other legit rabbis . If you look you will find them

[Jake]

Anyone here ever meet Rav David Hai Abuchatezra?
Howse about Rav Moshe Leon?
Rav Bentov?
Rav David Pinto, not mentioned in this article?

People go for interssionary prayers which is part of Judaism. Note receiving a brachia does not mean what you have requested will occur.

BTW many askenazi gedolim were kabbalists, ie Vilna Gaon, Maharal of Prague even Rav Yosef Karo author of the Shulchan Aruch was one. Although the Ashkenazi proliteriate did not get involved because of Christian persecution at least until the time of the Baal Shem tov.

Note I am not saying that rant scams.
Every religion has their scams.

But the story is more complex then presented in haaretz and here.

[Jake]

Sorry should have written Forbes and Globe.
If anyone can read the articles in Hebrew, do so.

[Isaac]

Please have a little more respect you trash talking pervet..

[Fakewood NJ]

Corruption exists everywhere here in Lakewood we Have a Charlatan by the name of Gavriel Finkel who uses his position as head of Bais Din Vaad Hadayonim for his own personal use to enrich himself and his relitives his oldest son Chesky finkel is a Drug addict at a Chabad Rehab in California his second son avifinkel who fixes computers here in Lakewood is accused of secluding himself with woman and inapropiate behavior than there is gavriel finkels famous nephew Moshe Finkel from shevach chicken in Monsey ny caught selling Treife chicken however no one can do anything because Finkel is R Malkiel Kotlers uncle even though Malkiel himself doesnt trust him

[Yosef ben Matitya]

who are u talking to isaac? are u a kabbalist too? I am looking for a free of charge kabbole clinic! do u know of one?

[Jake]

The Gerer Rebbe inherited his wealth.

His father purchased for unknown reasons vast amounts of undeveloped property before the establishment of the state of Israel.

He lives in a small modest apartment in bnai brak and has a second apartment in Jerusalem.

Doesn't manage his inheritance and leaves to professional managers.
He has no expectation of receiving money from his Chassidim.

From Forbes.

[oooooh]

You can mock 'til your hearts content, but for every crooked Rabbi, there are huge numbers who are totally honest and perfect role models. They wouldnt make the news though. Way too boring.

As far as those who enjoy mocking religious people, wait until they see how their kids who werent brought up with religious values treat them when theyre old and gray. If they get a card sent once a year theyll be doing good.

The greater majority of religious kids treat their parents and grandparents with kid gloves.

If theyre lucky enough to reach old age, after experiencing everything secular culture has to offer, theyll see what I mean and weep. Itll be too late though. Perhaps theyll have pleasure from the fond memories of mocking the religious people they so despise.

Yeah yeah yeah, all religious people are despicable, yeah yeah yeah.

[Moshe]

As Jake mentioned the Gerrer Rebbe's father earned his wealth honestly as a shrewd investor, so shut your mouths.

Shmarya,

You neglected to mention how much your arch enemy, Rabbi Elyashiv is worth. Perhaps you don't want to mention the fact that he raised his ten children in a two room meah shearim apartment because it doesn't fit your agenda.

[frum]

You morons here are hybrids of ignorant haters and communists. The wealth isn't personal wealth but the value of their organizations. The value of New York Presbyterian Hospital is probably north of 2 Billion dollars (7.75 billion shekel), so that gives you an idea how wealth is calculated by Shmaryah. He would write that the CEO of NYP is a billionaire even though he is "only" worth several million bucks. And the morons who begrudge Rabbis who are savvy investors (such as gur Rebbe), are just pinko marxists.

[Shmarya]

You neglected to mention how much your arch enemy, Rabbi Elyashiv is worth. Perhaps you don't want to mention the fact that he raised his ten children in a two room meah shearim apartment because it doesn't fit your agenda.

Posted by: Moshe | June 10, 2012 at 10:11 PM

Ooooh! No kindergarten today, eh? Does mommy know you're playing with her computer?

Process, moron: Rabbi Elyashiv is a mean, nasty, horrible person. How much money he has or does not have doesn't change that.

[Jake]

When I met rav David hai abucharzera and ask his " office manager " how much to give he told me whatever I want or even nothing at all.

You meet with the rav and if you want after the conversation you can give him some money. The Israeli before me gave 20 shekels. I had prepared $100 in a envelope which I gave him after my conversation. He didn't look in the envelope and just put into a wooden box on his desk.

At any given time there were 40 to 60 people waiting to see him in a sort of beit midrash waiting room on his yeshivas campus.

Forbes article is correct in that he is influential. While there 3 non ortho Knesset members came, 1 army general and the chief rabbi of Nahariya.

Forbes noted that he is valued for giving advice on real estate and stock investments.

A cousin of mine consults with him regularly. He flys to Israel for two or three days. He once presented 5 projects to r. David. After whatever discussion they had the rav told him not to invest in one project and to go ahead with the other four. Ps the the one the rav told him not to invest in went bust and my cousin would have lost around 5 million if he had invested. The other projects are gangbusters.

The Israeli before me gave 20 shekels, I gave a hundred bucks and I don't know what my cousin gives him but he can easily afford a million a year. Obviously my cousin finds value by going even though he is a Wharton graduate and was wealthy before knowing rebbe David.

[Jake]

Frum
The CEO of NY Presbyterian dr pardes as in פרדס only earns between 2-3 million a year. Not bad for a psychiatrist. Though his main job is fundraising. He doesn't actually practice psychiatry anymore.

[Bob Guthrie]

Jewish "Mystics"?, "Kabbalist"?, "Miracle Workers"?, "Seers"?, "Penitents Spiritual Redemptions"?, "Jewish Magical Papyri"?,...

Uh, I am freakin Goyim, and I even know that these practices, items and "professions" were considered forbidden since the Second Temple Judaic Torah days, from my college times reading about the "Indulgencias", "blessings" given by Roman Catholic "perdonadores", to absolve any and all sins, a practice killed at the turn of the 20th century after the Council of Trent.

Are you telling me this practice, against the Torah's orders, is still in effect/being done in 21st century Israel, and done by Israeli Rebbe?... for Money?.

Pagan rituals done in the name of G-d, for self monetary gratification >.< Even Fundies (well, except for the Opus Dei), found this practice to dangerous to be done under the gaze of G-d.

Well, FM is indeed a wealth of information about Rabbi malfeasance.

[Bob Guthrie]

(And before all the extremist haredi automata jump out all over this post, Yes, I know you have Jewish Blessings [nach], and these Pagan Jewish "Blessings" [duh]).

[Abu Jihad Schneerson]

It's sad that so many people stoop so low!If they had proper faith in Hashem as they should,they wouldn't need to resort to these crooks!Isn't it idolatry in Judaism to put one's trust in human beings'allegged supernatural powers rather than in God?

[Jeff]

If you look you will find them

Posted by: formerly desperate | June 10, 2012 at 06:34 PM

What about those who do look and don't find them? Their emunah wasn't great enough, I suppose.

This is the same rationalization New Age people resort to to defend their psychics - "Mine is legitimate; everyone else's is fake!" Please.

[Jeff]

As far as those who enjoy mocking religious people, wait until they see how their kids who werent brought up with religious values treat them when theyre old and gray. If they get a card sent once a year theyll be doing good.

My Lubavitcher nephew has pretty much kicked his mother to the curb, and his handlers don't give a damn, because she's of no use to them. She isn't part of their world (although she's becoming more observant in a desperate attempt to remain close to him, but that isn't quite good enough for them), and she has nothing to give them. She has no money, and she's already given them her only child.

BT's are told by you people to cut their parents loose all the time. Of course, you'll deny this; it doesn't square with what you want so desperately to believe about your world.

[Jeff]

It's sad that so many people stoop so low!If they had proper faith in Hashem as they should,they wouldn't need to resort to these crooks!Isn't it idolatry in Judaism to put one's trust in human beings'allegged supernatural powers rather than in God?

Posted by: Abu Jihad Schneerson | June 11, 2012 at 02:23 AM

Unfortunately, I've found both to be highly unreliable.

[s]

its unbeleivable how they get away with such a crime why does the goverment of isreal let these babas........ get somuch money out of people who come for a blessings to be robbed and conned isnt tis called a charalteen

[Bassy the Haredi Slayer]

IBT's are told by you people to cut their parents loose all the time. Of course, you'll deny this; it doesn't square with what you want so desperately to believe about your world.

You are so right! BT treat their parents worst than anybody. I always tell friends who consider marrying BT, 'look how he treats his non-religious relatives. If he treat them badly he will treat you badly".

[Yochanan Lavie]

I know MO BT's who are still close to their non-observant parents. I'm still close to my mother, and she's not observant. One of the things that turned me off to Lanner is that he encouraged adolescents to cut ties with their families if they objected to observance. He was a money grubber, too. (He wore an expensive fur coat he claimed was a gift from his in-laws. But his car and other clothes were shit- he mainly wanted the money for his organization).

This kabbalah crap is not Jewish; it's pagan. Kesef, kesef tirdof.

Real Sephardic Jews, from Spain and Portugal, usually are not into kabbalah. And they did die in the Holocaust. Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and even the Netherlands had large quantities of Sephardic Jews. A handful were even deported from Tunisia. (Italy and Bulgaria protected their Jews- except after Hitler propped up a fallen Mussolini).

That's my rant for this thread.

[Nigritude Ultramarine]

what is a "seer"?

In the old days, these were the charlatans with crystal balls. Later, when LSD fell out of fashion, they moved on to Tarot card readings. Next came psychic readings. Then it was back to "rebbe" blessings and amulets at confiscatory rates. While these still have their fans, Bleigiessen -- pouring molten lead into water, by a certified, well-paid, expert -- a New Year's tradition taken from Germans is popular these days.

Basically, anytime someone uses phoney-baloney words like Zohar, Kaballah, Ein Sof, Sefirot or bogus stories about creating "robots" out of clay -- victims have reported feeling their wallets attempting to levitate from their pockets.

[Jeff]

I know MO BT's who are still close to their non-observant parents. I'm still close to my mother, and she's not observant.

Yochanan, as I keep saying, there is no more Modern Orthodoxy. The number of people who share your outlook could fit into a modestly sized synagogue auditorium.

And if I'm wrong, then your Invisible Friend could prove it to me by moving me to NYC, because there sure as hell aren't any here in Boston. All of the MO up here are Haredi Lite.

This kabbalah crap is not Jewish; it's pagan. Kesef, kesef tirdof.

You know, I hear this, and I find it depressing. Frankly it's the only thing about Judaism I could potentially respect.

If I had a talent for "spirituality" (I hate the term, but I haven't yet found anything to replace it), and if there's something there, but Kabbalah really is nonsense, I'd probably gravitate toward Indian nondualism, which is similar. If you're right, then there's genuinely nothing there for me - which invalidates the Orthodox belief that God wants all Jews to practice Judaism.

[Nigritude Ultramarine]

"People go for interssionary [sic] prayers which is part of Judaism."

Depending on their nature, intercessory prayers are not a part of Judaism. In the Pesach Haggada, in a midrash expounding on some Torah verses, the emphasis is on divine agency: The Lord took us out of Egypt not by an angel, not by a seraph, not by a messenger, but by the Holy One, blessed be He, in His glory, Himself.

Not even Moshe Rabbeinu is mentioned at this point. But these days, the spotlight is being place on people who have a hand out for money or fame -- the very antithesis of Moshe Rabbeinu's character.

Why do you think the types of intercessory prayers you describe are permitted?

[Jeff]

Posted by: Nigritude Ultramarine | June 11, 2012 at 11:13 AM

Not to mention this business of praying at the graves of dead rebbes.

[Jack M]

What else have they done?
9/11, US and Israel:
http://www.amazon.com/America-Deceived-II-Possession-interrogation/dp/1450257437

[Bob Guthrie]

Posted by: Jeff
Not to mention this business of praying at the graves of dead rebbes.

Oh, I forgot about that post last year,... At least they don't have chartered tours for pilgrims for those.

...They don't, right?.

[Jeff]

I assume you mean the Lubavitcher Rebbe. They actually pray at the graves of dead rebbes all the time, but to answer your question:

http://www.umanexperience.com/

[Bob Guthrie]

@Shmarya
Re: Jack M

Anti-Semite book spammer post 12:00 o'clock high!.

[oooooh]

"BT's are told by you people to cut their parents loose all the time. Of course, you'll deny this; it doesn't square with what you want so desperately to believe about your world".

Have you ever said anything nice about any religious person? Or are they all diabolical fiends?

From what I see the parents of BT's get invited to their religious childrens' homes way more often than the irreligious kids of these parents invite their parents.

The BT's I know have great relationships with their parents, possibly better than the relationships before they were religious.

Take the wool off your eyes. Respecting and cherishing parents isnt on the list of commandments of secular culture.

[ej]

Globes said shekalim, Forbes says millions, which one?

[Jeff]

Have you ever said anything nice about any religious person?

Religious liberals, yes. You know - the people you think are kofrim.

Take the wool off your eyes.

I've said it before, and I'm quite certain I'll say it many more times: fundamentalists have no sense of irony.

[Nobody]

FYI the fool who thinks Karo was ashkenazi - no, he was sephardic, as well as hallucinating drunkard who got lots of messages from a spirit maggid who, ironically, constantly repremanded him for being such a lush (for example, 7 glasses of strong wine to be able to talk to the maggid).

Who says? Karo himself in a book he wrote about his maggid...

[Abu Jihad Schneerson]

We need a Jewish Abdul Wahab i.e. the Muslim reformer who destroyed (even using violence)all superstitions,magic,politheism and pagan practices in Islam:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabism

[Jeff]

We need a Jewish Abdul Wahab i.e. the Muslim reformer who destroyed (even using violence)all superstitions,magic,politheism and pagan practices in Islam:

Yes, but the end result was a society even harsher and more repressive than that of the Haredim.

[oooooh]

"I've said it before, and I'm quite certain I'll say it many more times...."

All those who are equally passionate in their putting down everything about fundamentalists- its your "Ki Heim Chayenu-youre raison d'etre, your religion, and the source of your joie de vivre. Youre equally addicted to your lifestyle and important persons.

Fundamentalists can do no right.
Secularists can do no wrong.

Thats whats inscribed in your Luchot and deeply embedded in your heart, as given over by the prominent spokespeople of secularism.

Hee hee. Enjoy it.

[Abu Jihad Schneerson]

True.But I was implying that Judaism needs a theological revolution that cleanses it of all this avodah zarah;I would not want to live in a theocracy either.

[Jacob Katz]

Money mongers using name of God. Vile.

[Jeff]

True.But I was implying that Judaism needs a theological revolution that cleanses it of all this avodah zarah

Yes, it does.

[David]

http://www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi000.htm

We have found the Ark of the Covenant. It is priceless!

[bush_is_a_moonie]

In response the following
Posted by: Abu Jihad Schneerson
Because Sephardim are more involved in this kabalah magic/sorcery and have always been.
--------------------------------------------
That is because Ashkenazim spend most of their time planning wars and attacking other countries and killing the people who live there or spying on the U.S. They have to spend quite a bit of time making up false reasons and writing propaganda to justify their immoral wars and murder of innocent men, women, children and babies.

[oooooh]

"Ashkenazim.... their immoral wars and murder of innocent men, women, children and babies"

Have you by any chance discovered the Ashkenazi perps who flew planes into two tall buildings, on one fine September 11? Why not let the media know?

[Bob Guthrie]

Posted by: Jeff
http://www.umanexperience.com/

o.O

"We offer you "The PROMISE"

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov PROMISED with witness:

"Whoever travels to his gravesite in Uman and recites The "Tikkun Haklali", the "General Remedy", that is 10 psalms: # 16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, 150, and gives a pruta (very small) amount of money for charity, Rebbe Nachman will intervene in the heavenly courts for that person!"

...Oh G-d.

...with the unique location and its magical powers; with a wind up tour outside the Retreat visiting various kevrey tzadikim, holy men's shrines...

And this "practice" is not prohibited by the Rabbinate why?...

...its magical powers. Well, so much for the Mishneh Torah and the "The Laws of Strange Worship". A shekel is a shekel for these שרלטן.

[oooooh]

Hey you can mock all you want. It must have been a dumb coincidence, but a close relative who was a childless guy, went to Uman and did just that and they had a child exactly to the year on Rosh Hashana. Im sure it doesnt happen with everyone but... it was unique for this individual who I know very well.

[Bob Guthrie]

From YNet (http://goo.gl/t0l9L):

"Rabbi Yosef's chair missing from the Tiferet Yerushalaim synagogue alarms congregation"

Okay, theft of a sitting implement, what is so imp...

...However, the synagogue's chair is still very special to Rabbi Yosef's disciples, some of whom believe it can make wishes come true. This has served to boost the chair's value.

>.wish it to stay in place next time. *Sigh* "There's a sucker born every minute". P. T. Barnum

[Abu Jihad Schneerson]

...However, the synagogue's chair is still very special to Rabbi Yosef's disciples, some of whom believe it can make wishes come true. This has served to boost the chair's value.

Plain,simple,utter and unadulterated idol worship!

[Richard Stern]

While the Lubavitcher rebbe had a salary of $30k and a house.

[Hometown Postville]

I will bless you for only $50 each. Message me!

[anon.please]

Hi to Jeff - tell you sister not to bother trying to be observant for the sake of her son. I am observant, but it did not matter to Chabad Charlatans. Tell her more important to get money, they will respect her far more and treat her much better if she has lots of jewelry, wears low cut anti-tznius clothing, and has lots of money to give the rabbi.

[Jeff]

Hi to Jeff - tell you sister not to bother trying to be observant for the sake of her son. I am observant, but it did not matter to Chabad Charlatans. Tell her more important to get money, they will respect her far more and treat her much better if she has lots of jewelry, wears low cut anti-tznius clothing, and has lots of money to give the rabbi.

Oh, I'm quite sure.

[Mike]

It's interesting how we judge rich people but maybe they donate a lot of their riches to good causes? They may have worked really hard to be that rich. Don't they then deserve it?