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Q: Hi, my name is carlos, from Argentina, I am jew, and in my last year of studying I ask myself if Jesus is Moshiaj ben Iosef, so when you say "In the Zohar-Book of Secret Jesus is referred to as Moshiach ben Yoseph" Could you tell me where it says? so I can read it by myself. Thanks for your help.  posted:  7/28/2010 by: carlos
A: There are numerous citings throughout the Zohar to Moshiach ben Yoseph that obviously refer to Jesus who is never mentioned by name in any Jewish book. I have written extensively about this and suggest you read my essays about Jesus.    

Q: I would like to know your opinion on the book of Raziel aka Raguel?, it seems to be an obscure text like the sefer yetzirah and seems to be associated with necromancy? I was just wondering is this a bad book and is Raziel a fallen angel?  posted:  7/16/2010 by: Javier
A: I have heard of this book but I do not own it; it is part of Torah, but not part of the study of Torah – not even the Cabala. The secrets of creation are better left to the completely righteous because when secrets are used for the wrong reason it becomes idol worship. We see what kind of destruction happened when modern man unlocked the atom, how much more so on a spiritual plane.    

Q: Do we live in a hallow earth as indicated by Edmund Halley in the 16th century or Admiral Bird in 1946 and as stated br Brooks Agnew at the present time?  posted:  7/1/2010 by: Daniel Perez
A: yes and no. According to the Zohar the solar system is referred to as earth and therefore we live within, but though the outer six planets support life within on the earth we live on the exterior.    

Q: I noticed in one of your previous answers that you say on Mars,when you strike the rock, water comes out, on earth, fire comes out. Does this mean that Moses was on Mars?  posted:  6/30/2010 by: Miriam Patrick
A: The Jewish People received the Torah on Mars. There is detailed information about this in my writings. The rock that Moshe hit was the Jewish People and God had commanded Moshe to speak not hit therefore he could not enter into the land because the ways of Torah are peace.    

Q: In your solution to peace in the Middle East, you mention that it is essential that the Jewish people live in Eretz Yisrael and keep all 613 commandments. Would this entail building a 3rd physical temple and reinstating animal sacrifices as proscribed in the Torah?  posted:  6/30/2010 by: Miriam Patrick
A: Moshiach will bring the Third Temple down from the heavens with pillars of diamonds made from elements that do not degrade, but in the meantime it is necessary for the human being here on earth to begin the erection of the Third Temple by making peace. Eventually animal sacrifices will not be necessary; Moshiach will show us what to do then the Cohenim will carry out the service.    

Q: I see questions regarding "soothsaying" and "tarot" Reading being prohibited, Yet you have a book "Kabbalistic Tarot" as well as a notation that you yourself are a student of Tarot. (I hazard to guess that you would be Kohanim or Levite) I have watched a number of your videos and read a number of your Essays I recognize that there is not in fact a conflict, yet one does seem to exist. You may wish to clarify this as to avoid any perception of hypocrisy. L'CHAIM  posted:  6/17/2010 by: Carl
A: The Tarot cards are based in the Cabala as is well known; the Tarot cards are a visual language that can act as a bridge between the person and their soul to receive a message. The message is like a spiritual mirror looking at one's life from the perspective of the soul. I use to read cards in New York where it is against the law to "soothsaye." The police bugged the tree beneath where I sat but never heard me predict the future–they did get an earful of what I thought about the police.    

Q: Why is Cabala misunderstood. Some seems to think it is a form of soothsaying. I have been warned not to study.  posted:  6/14/2010 by: pamela troiano
A: Cabala is intricate information about creation and how the light filters down into the earth. If you need to know then you are allowed to learn, but if you learn to make money or make yourself into a title of some sort than it is better left alone.    

Q: can u tell me the best way to learn your language?  posted:  5/27/2010 by: nuno
A: There are two types of Hebrew, contemporary Hebrew and Torah Hebrew. Contemporary Hebrew is learned through the sound, but Torah Hebrew is about the written word. Each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet is full of knowledge; after learning the 22 symbols one can begin fitting them together to make words.    

Q: what is seen in my love life now and in the near future with my current orthodox jew relationship?  posted:  4/21/2010 by: Zoila
A: soothsaying is prohibited by the Torah    

Q: How can I truly help humanity or with what can I be of help to its progress?I feel that just studying kabbalah,alchemy and other esoteric knowledge doesn't make me feel truly fullfiled knowing that other suffer. Respectfully,Horea.  posted:  4/6/2010 by: Horea
A: The Talmud states, Whoever says I only have Torah even the Torah he does not have–without action study is meaningless. The greatest thing to do, particularly in our time, is to bring Moshiach. No one knows how this is done, but our intentions are essential. Torah is compared to water, Moshiach will bring oil that will float upon the water, God will apply the fire, but we are the wick. Our part is essential and each individual holds the key.    

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A Few Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is Cabala?

A: The Cabala is the key to the fourth and final level of the Torah called: Zohar-Book of Secret written 2000 years ago. Zohar means Brilliant and truly the light of the Zohar were too much for anyone to comprehend. Until recently the Zohar had little to offer this reality but, due to scientific discovery, the understanding of the Zohar through the vehicle of the Cabala written 500 years ago has corroborated what modern day science has empirically exposed. It is only through the spiritual darkness at the bottom of creation wherein we exist that the Zohar, the brilliant light from the essence of the Torah filtered through the elucidation of the Cabala, can be seen.

Q: Why do you write Cabala with a "C" instead of a "K"?

A: Cabala is the most feminine, meaning the most hidden, of all levels in Torah; the feminine is defined by the curve while male energy is expressed by the line. The letter "K", written with three straight lines, is completely male; leaving out the vowels as it is in Hebrew, the next letter "b" has the curve at the bottom of the line and the last letter "l" is again a line. Together "Kbl" finds the feminine curve held captive and at the bottom of the male energy—sound familiar? When the "K" is replaced by the "C" a completely other configuration emerges: The Curve of the "C" is expressed by merging the line and the curve through the vehicle of the "b" then put into a male facade through appearance of the male line—as is known in Cabala: the essence is never seen.

Q: Is their anything cabalistic about Britney Spears?

A: Yes. Britney is trying to get naked, but she does not know how. First she tried taking off her clothes, but that did not satisfy; then she shaved off her pubic hair and made it a point of lifting her unveiled underside; finally she cut off the hair of her head. Hair is an expression of the essence—the combining of will and pleasure; shedding the hair is a way of trying to uncover the essence. Nakedness is the outer expression of essence—it is why children are born naked. If the essence could truly be revealed it would not be essence. Nakedness is a slight of hand. Britney, I think, is looking for her essence. Good luck, Britney.

Q: Why do the Righteous suffer?

A: Suffering opens up a place within the human psyche which allows the soul entry. We are commanded by God not to let the animal suffer, certainly we can learn from this not to let the human suffer—which is true. Physical suffering must be eliminated after it has served its purpose of notification, but emotional and spiritual suffering is for our continuing benefit.

In the same way physical suffering is necessary for the well-being of the body to experience pain and take appropriate action, so too is emotional and spiritual pain necessary for our well-being. If all the people of our country were allowed to suffer without the use of psychotropic pills our nation would be better off because then we would see the suffering instead of pretending it does not exist.

Q: What to do about over-population?

A: There are far too many rich people; the fewer rich people the more land and resources will be available for the moderate people.

Q: Why does a circle spiral?

A: It is the minute imbalance within the circle which breaks the whole into particulars; the particulars in turn produce more particulars. Each particular is surrounded by a light higher than cause and effect—it is this illumination which causes the circle to become a spiral through the unexplained heaviness of this exceptional light pulling together to form a singularity.

Q: How do you explain the eye of ra in egyptian mythology?

A: I believe what is pictured in the Eye of Horus is the interior of Mars as discribed in the Zohar-Book of Secret where the inside of Mars is ice surrounded by water. This accounts for Mars' lack of magnitism opposed to earth with a molten core that turns producing a magnitic field that holds in the atsmophere. In the Sefer Yitzira written 4000 years ago by Avraham states the letter Dalet/4 is connected to the right eye and the planet Mars. On earth when you hit the rock, fire is emmitted but on Mars when you hit the rock water comes out; it is why Mars looks like a flood plain. the Egyptians, like the Roman's, prayed to the planet Mars.>Horus is the God of Mars and the Eye of Horus represents the phenomenon of water come out of a rock in the form of tears because Mars like its color is a planet resembling severity. In Hebrew Ra means bad.

Q: Humans have only been on earth for 5000 years?? There are a number of alternative scientists that say that mankind has been on earth for more than 15 to 20,000 years.

A: There is reason to believe the scientists are wrong since they base much of their work on the assumption that carbon 14 has always broken down at the same rate. The Torah states that each of the Six Days of Creation was prototype to 1000 years henceforth. In the first day (the first 1000 years) only light was created. Do you think carbon broke down at the same rate as now?

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