Talk:Michael Laitman

Neutrality of This Article
Kol hakavod to Rabbi Dr Laitman, whom I respect very much indeed. However, in all fairness I must say that the current article is an advertisement for Rabbi Laitman and the Kabbalah organisation he leads. Also there are serious language issues in the first third of the article.

I would suggest putting this on Wikipedia and letting it evolve and then retransfering it to this site after work has been done on it, as this site is less likely to attract revisions and improvement.

Further, there are issues and legitimate criticisms of Rav Laitman's view both of Kabbalah as a science and in particular his philosophy that Kabbalah can be shared as a "one-size-fits-all" course for both Jews and Non-Jews. The issue of neshema yehudi vs. bnei noach in studying Kabbalah and its relevance cannot and should not be overlooked! Gunnar

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Is Michael Laitman a Rabbi???

For some strange reason every article online about this man seems to read like an "advertisement."

Does Laitman have documentation, ordination or letter from his teacher to show publicly that he is ordained as either a rabbi or Kabbalist? According to all kabbalists of history, you must show proof of lineage and a connection to a teacher. Otherwise you are a self proclaimed Kabbalist which is not a Kabbalist at all. He would qualify as an intellectual teacher for high school or college to teach history of Kabbalah, but not as a spiritual Kabbalist who carries the secrets and traditions handed down from master to student. There must be written proof demonstrating the sacred bond between master and student. So far, we only hear one side of the story which means there no story yet.