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Looks like a clockwork.

>While the prevalence of this kind of ritualistic abuse is pronounced among the Orthodox Jewish community, the initial report written by investigative journalist Noam Barkan conveys that it is not limited to that religious sect alone. While the author notes that most of the women he interviewed came from a religious Zionist or ultra-Orthodox background, he also received testimony about similar abuse within secular Israeli society. Thus, he suggests that a deeper cultural element is driving this kind of ritualistic abuse in Israel.

>A senior clinical psychologist cited in Barkan's report attributes the motives driving the ritualistic abuse to the practice an esoteric dimension of Judaism: Kabbalah. According to the psychologist, the Rabbis leading these abuse rituals draw upon the study of Jewish mysticism as a means of furthering their spiritual transcendence. "These individuals distort Kabbalistic sources through misinterpretation. I believe they're psychopaths using Kabbalah to objectify and exploit victims. When 'Kabbalistic' forces combine with sexual exploitation desires, that creates an explosive situation. Anyone truly God-fearing should carefully avoid this movement," he stated.

>Kabbalah itself originated as a study of Jewish esotericism in the 12th-13th centuries following the publication of its foundational doctrine, the Sefer Zohar, attributed to the author Rabbi Moses de León, who would become known as Moshe ben Shem-Tov. The publication of the Zohar occurred during an era and within a region where the iconoclastic Jewish thought put forward by a group known as the Tosafot would challenge Halakha, existing Jewish law codified by Rabbis in the Talmud. Tosafists challenged that established order through their own commentary on the Talmud, which itself serves as the basis of Rabbinical Judaism and foundation of Halakha.
Now that that's out, I must say: cool to know everything Tillman Knechtel said about the kabbalah and talmud is true.