29 January 2006

Year of the Dog

Today, and the year ahead, is indeed a year of Great Revolution. The New Year's Day of the Year of the Dog. The Year of the God of the New Era. The Year of the New Era of Sirius. I walked along the road and saw a stall with four paintings of old Buddha Head Statues with a painting of Jesus the Christ below them all and a painting of a Blue Lorikeet behind the painting of Jesus the Christ. Meaning? The Fifth Buddha (Blue Lore Keta, Fifth King of the Law) is Jesus the Christ, the Melchizedek of the Fifth World of Earth.

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Over 200,000 attended the funeral of Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri in Jerusalem today. It is estimated that he was between 104-108 years old at the time of his death.
Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri
Profile
Study:
Kaduri came to Israel from Baghdad and studied under several legendary kabbalists. Kaduri has been referred to as "the senior kabbalist" because he was the last of a generation of Sephardi Jewish mystics.
Practical Kabbalah:
Kaduri is said to have been one of the few known living kabbalists who used "practical kabbalah", a type of Jewish magic aimed at affecting change in the world.
Amulets:
They say Kaduri learned from the great kabbalists the practice of writing amulets which heal, enhance fertility and bring success.
Dybbuks:
Kaduri is believed to have been involved in the removal of at least 20 dybbuks, lost souls that stray into the hapless bodies of living people totorment them.
Oaths on Demons:
Kaduri never dabbled in the most dangerous types of Kabbalah that included forcing oaths on demons and evil spirits.
Tzaddik and Rav:
More rational schools of Judaism were skeptical about Kaduri's powers, but they did not doubt his righteousness and vast knowledge of both conventional and more esoteric Jewish thought and law.
Study and Prayer:
For most of his life Kaduri led a modest life of study and prayer and worked as a bookbinder. He also served as the head of Nahalat Yitzhak Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Supernatural Mystic:
Kaduri's reputation as supernatural mystic began during and after the Yom Kippur War. Families of soldiers missing in action came to Kaduri to ask him to use his powers to determine whether their loved ones were dead or alive.
Political Influence:
Kaduri's popularity reached an all-time high in the 1996 elections. Israel's Sephardi Religious political party, Shas, used his amulets to achievesurprising electoral success (10 Knesset seats). Shas distributed 100,000 amulets before their distribution was prohibited by the chairman of theElections Committee. The prohibition was soon followed by a law.
Long Life:
Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri died in January 2006 after battling pneumonia. 200,000 attended his funeral in Jerusalem. Nobody knows precisely how old Kaduri was at the time of his death. Estimates range between 104-108. Legend has it that one of the most influential Sephardi rabbis of the 19th century, Rabbi Yosef Haim (Ben Ish Chai), blessed Kaduri with a long life. "
The following is an earlier article relating to Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri:
Disaster, Redemption and the Tsunami Source Article
At least one Kabbalist sage predicted "natural calamities" over two weeks ago. He and others call for an increase in acts of kindness, as they try to place the events in universal context. The venerated Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri, considered Israel's leading Kabbalist rabbi, was quoted in the Yediot Acharonot newspaper on Dec. 12 as saying: "We are now in the fourth year of what could be the seven-year Redemption period, according to the calculation of the Vilna Gaon. [However.] in the coming three years, uncertainty about the future will hang over our heads, unless we work and strive that the Messiah be revealed. The Messiah is already [here] in Israel. Whatever people are sure will not happen, is liable to happen, and whatever we are certain will happen may disappoint us. But in the end, there will be peace throughout the world. The world is mitmatek mehadinim (lit., becoming sweet from/of strict justice), great tragedies in the world are foreseen, that's the thing of the Jews going to the East. [emphasis added] But our enemies will not prevail over us in the Land of Israel, 'fear and trembling will fall upon them,' in the [merit of the] Power of Torah." Rabbi Kaduri said this week, "What can save the world from calamities is real repentance by Jews, who must increase acts of kindness towards one another...The cry of the many poor in Israel and the expulsion of Jews from their homes shakes the world... It's not for naught that this place was hit, where many of our compatriots went to look for this-worldly lusts." Rabbi Kaduri has told his students that the current government will be the last one of the "old era," and that the new government will already have leadership of the Messianic era. Another sage, Rabbi Chaim Kanevsky of Bnei Brak, was quoted in Yediot in the same article as saying that we are verily in the period of the beginning of the Redemption period, and that the Messiah could be revealed at any moment. He called for further outreach "in order to prevent calamities and to bring mercy from the Creator. All Jews must come to the Land of Israel." The Rabbi also called to establish Torah schools in every area, and that "Torah study will prevent calamities – from earthquakes to other natural disasters". The Kipa website, a Hebrew-language forum for religious youth, features a response by Rabbi Uziel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of the Misgav Regional Council in the Galilee regarding a Jewish approach to the calamitous events. "First of all," Rabbi Eliyahu wrote, "we should pray and ask God to remove His wrath from the world, send a complete recovery to the injured, and help and protect everyone in the world, causing sorrow to depart." Rabbi Eliyahu added that what is happening now was decreed on Rosh HaShanah [the Jewish New Year]: "It was a Divine decree that was issued regarding 'who will be killed by water, and who by fire...'" Our job now, he wrote, is to "Pray to God, to try harder in studying Torah and fulfilling the Torah and doing acts of kindness and charity. This is an hour of reckoning for the entire world!!!" Rabbi Eliyahu emphasized that God has complete control of nature, and that the Jewish People live "amidst great faith, despite questions that remain open. No question mark can break our strength of great and perfect faith in God... This does not prevent us from asking and searching for answers and [logical] explanations, but it all takes place on the solid ground of great faith in God... The Bible (Zechariah 14) mentions that in the future, when the Messiah comes, the Mt. of Olives will be split in two... The Messiah can come at any minute, even as you read these lines..." " May the parting promise of Rabbi Kaduri guide you on your Path of Healing and Performance of TOP Emissions. Peace Ross