it's not apikorsus b/c someone who says "i don't beleive in god" is not an apikorus, there needs to be study and consistency, not emotional arguments. i daresay that stephen hawking is an apikorus but i am not a mumcha on apikorsus and i could very well be wrong

to say kabala is fairy tale, my dear shmuly, is apikorsus. i chalk it up to your probable lack of knowledge, and therefore, it is probably am haratzus. 

shmulyz18 wrote:



my dear shmuly

a few points:

1. congrats on your accomplishments so far. you have made progress, and beezras hashem, you will grow more and more. as we say, keep on truckin'.

2. kaballa is perhaps the highest and most elite form of torah study. it was started when raziel hamalach gave the first kaballah sefer to adam harishon at the exit point of gan eden, continued by avraham avinu who wrote the sefer yetzira, rabbi nechunya ben hakana, rabbi akiva and rabbi yishmael writing the sefer habahir, midrash osios, and midrash heichalos respectively. and finally, rabbi shimon bar yochai with the zohar, which the ramak and arizal work to explain. during the times of the mishna, kabbala (called maaseh merkava - see second perek of chagiga) was only taught to students who met certain criteria. the gemara realtes that three tannaim reached further than they could handle, and were permanently harmed. during the rishonim, rabbi yehuda hachasid and his father rabbeinu shmuel (called in tosfos in gittin shmuel hanavi), the ramban, rokeach, the raavad, his son rabbeinu yitzchak sagi nahor, rabbeinu bachye, and the rikanti, were all noted kabbalists. many if not most of them were ashkenazim, as the ashkenazim only recently (1650's) started to shy away from kabala.
kabala is traced back to adam. to say kabala is fairy tale, my dear shmuly, is apikorsus. i chalk it up to your probable lack of knowledge, and therefore, it is probably am haratzus. nonetheless, for you to offer your "personal belief" and perspective against a sefer, you have to be well-versed in the subject yourself. for example, i would be a fool to read a book on brain surgery and argue with the author if i was not educated in the subject myself. why should the holy kabala be any less? are you well versed in it?
if yes, why would you call it fairy tale?
and if not, why do you argue in something you have no education in?

3. regarding the subject matter: al pi kabala, and al pi chazal, at times, keri at night may be a negative sign. but it must be dealt with properly. not dwelled upon and used for fuel or as an excuse for more acting out. and though it is always convenient to "believe" that it means nothing, and it does nothing - take a look in the yom kippur davening. part of the viduy is הרהרנו ביום ובאנו לידי קרי בלילה.
therefore, let us not focus on the past, let us focus on how to not focus on the past by focusing on the future.

Hello everyone, I had a wet dream on Wednesday. I am kinda unsure on how to deal with these. I think that HaShem is trying to warn me about something. What it is, I don't know. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop thinking about woman? I think that is the cause of it. I got to go get ready for Shabbos. Good Shabbos.

Shmuly you're the best!!!!