Madonna explains what Kabbalah means to her.
And rabbis all over the world reach for their Alka-Seltzer: Madonna tells NBC’s “Dateline” tonight that she’s raising newly acquired son David in Kabbalah. But she’s a little confused about actual Kabbalah — which is a study of mysticism in advanced teachings of Judaism — and the Kabbalah Centre, which is a Hollywood-based business to which she donates millions. Buyer beware: Proceeds from Madonna’s latest children’s book, like the five that preceded it, go to the Kabbalah Centre. She gets the tax deduction, by the way, not you. Maybe that’s why the new one is ranked at No. 816 on Amazon.com. Madonna tells “Dateline”: “I believe in Jesus, and I study Kabbalah. So, I don’t see why [David] can’t too. The essence of the Kabbalah is the teachings of Jesus. You know, love your neighbor as yourself. If David decides he wants to be a Christian, then so be it. Studying Kabbalah doesn’t mean you can’t be a Christian or a Buddhist or a Muslim or a Jew or whatever.” Well, yes, Madonna, it does mean exactly that. Meantime, it’s pointed out that her adopted baby’s father told the Malawi court he was happy his child was going to a “nice Christian woman.” Ouch!
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August 24th, 2009 at 12:39 am
I’m sorry, but you are dead wrong about Madonna. Absolutely anybody CAN study Kabbalah. It is NOT an ancient branch of Judism, as some would have you believe. Kabbalah is a spiritual science- a technology of the soul, so to speak, and it matters not what religion a person belongs to if they wish to be a kabbalist. Kabbalah does not teach about God in the same manner that religions do. Kabbalah teaches that God is much bigger than the religions of man, and that religions are only a part of what divides man, and that there really is only ONE truth, ONE way: and that way is the way of the Creator, the Infinite, the Apha & Omega. They believe that there is an unknowable part of God (or, what they refer to as His “true name”), that nobody can ever really get to know or understand, because our minds cannot perceive it. This is why the religions/divisions of men are so pointless to begin with. Everyone claims they have the truth, but most do not of course. Madonna is just like the rest of us- she is on her spiritual path, doing her best to figure out why she’s here, and what this world is all about… same as you or me. I for one am just grateful that (a) she gives a crap enough to take poor, orphaned children into her home, when she could keep her riches all to herself and do nothing for others, and (b) she’ll be teaching her children about God, the wonderment of nature, and of His creation, and teaching them to live by it’s principles, and loving all mankind, and as we are ultimately ALL called to do (in almost every religion under the sun).