Monday, October 10, 2005

I'm Glad I'm Not Her!
Madonna may have gotten herself into BIG trouble. This time with the Creator of the universe. That's the fear of some Rabbis in Israel after they learned of a song on her upcoming album about Rabbi Yitzhak Luria, a 16th Century mystical teacher of Kabbalah. Here from Yahoo! and Associated Press:

Rabbis who oversee Luria's tomb and a seminary in the northern town of Safed are unimpressed with Madonna's musical tribute and see the inclusion of the song about Luria on the album as an attempt by the pop star to profit from his name.

Rabbi Rafael Cohen, head of a seminary named after Luria, suggested Madonna's actions could lead to divine retribution.

"Jewish law forbids the use of the name of the holy rabbi for profit. Her act is just simply unacceptable and I can only sympathize for her because of the punishment that she is going to receive from the heavens," Cohen told the newspaper.

Another rabbi called for Madonna to be thrown out of the community.

"Such a woman brings great sin on kabbalah," Rabbi
Israel Deri told Maariv. "I hope that we will have the strength to prevent her from bringing sin upon the holiness of the rabbi (Yitzhak Luria)."

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