FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
Kabbalah, is a religious philosophical system claiming an insight into divine nature.
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Kabbala means "reception", that is, receiving the secrets of Torah from your master, and he from his master, all the way back to Moses.
The Torah is egalitarian; real kabbala academies (which by the way are well-hidden from the public eye) accept students on the basis of their moral righteousness, humility, excellence in Torah, and strict observance of all the Torah's commandments.
The Kabbala Center's "gear" department is the ripoff of the century, and a mockery of authentic Jewish spirituality.