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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 717003" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Well, if he were blessed by one, he'd know how to spell "Rabbi". Second of all, having been raised Jewish, It would have to be a VERY Reform Rabbi to combine "blessing" someone (Judaism doesn't include "priestly" blessings like Christianity does.) with a sage smudging ceremony which is a Native American religious custom. To do so would be offensive to both religions, in fact, unless the Rabbi was some sort of Kabbahlist (Jewish mystic, which isn't mainstream Judaism at all), and it would still be offensive to Native Americans. Very weird. Kabbahlism went through a period of popularity in Hollywood, with Maddonna and others professing to be followers; I assume there are still followers out there. My grandfather, a Rabbi and Talmudic scholar, knew an awful lot about it, but didn't practice in any way. My concern here is that your son, in his mental state, is vulnerable to entanglement in all sorts of cults.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 717003, member: 1963"] Well, if he were blessed by one, he'd know how to spell "Rabbi". Second of all, having been raised Jewish, It would have to be a VERY Reform Rabbi to combine "blessing" someone (Judaism doesn't include "priestly" blessings like Christianity does.) with a sage smudging ceremony which is a Native American religious custom. To do so would be offensive to both religions, in fact, unless the Rabbi was some sort of Kabbahlist (Jewish mystic, which isn't mainstream Judaism at all), and it would still be offensive to Native Americans. Very weird. Kabbahlism went through a period of popularity in Hollywood, with Maddonna and others professing to be followers; I assume there are still followers out there. My grandfather, a Rabbi and Talmudic scholar, knew an awful lot about it, but didn't practice in any way. My concern here is that your son, in his mental state, is vulnerable to entanglement in all sorts of cults. [/QUOTE]
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