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from American Christian leaders about the true character of Judaism in Israel today.

How come we are not hearing it from our Christian media figures, our well-funded, large
organization Christian media figures that are making a windfall from tours where these same
gentleman (Orthodox Jews who practice sorcery) are leading the tours - sort of a Disney trip to see
an idealized community there, when they do not realize that the people who lead these tours over
there, when we are out of earshot, and in the Hebrew press, excoriate us as idolaters and look
forward to the day when we will be destroyed? The thing that has disturbed me most about this
writing project, as someone who has been a staunch Zionist, and a staunch prophecy buff..., and been
hardcore in that direction, is when I read the contempt they give for our Lord and Savior. That is the
part in the writing that disturbs me the most - the slanderous words that are said against the Savior
of the universe and you and me.

Mr. Bennett then proceeds to give a quote out of his yet unpublished book titled Judaism and Its Holy
Wars.

Earlier books on mystical Judaism had been in use, such as the Sefer Yetzirah, since the second
century C.E., which according to the Talmud was used by pupils of the esteemed nasi Judah, the very
wealthy leader of the Sanhedrin and compiler of the Mishnah, who was well liked by the Roman
Emperor, to magically create a calf to eat on the Sabbath, as well as allegedly being responsible for
miracles produced by other rabbis of the Tannaitic era. The 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia notes that the
Sefer Yetzirah featured magical notions originating from the Babylonians and Egyptians, also with
an astrological and gnostic emphasis and that “this work had a greater influence on the development
of the Jewish mind than almost any other book after the completion of the Talmud,” while noting the
document’s assertion “that the dragon rules over the world,” and “good and evil have no real
existence.”

Mr. Bennett then comments on the Kabbalah, once more sharing a quotation from the Jewish
Encyclopedia.

“It is necessary to ascertain where and when the Jews became intimately acquainted with the Hindu
philosophy, which more than any other exercised an influence on the Zohar (the principle writing of
Kabbalah).” They note that Jewish groups in Persia were influenced by the Vedanta school of Hindu
philosophers, abstaining from meat, and developing a mystical versus literal interpretation of the
Torah, and developed secret writings which formed the basis for the Zohar as a “mystical
commentary on the Pentateuch as the Upanishads are the mystical interpretation of the Vedas and
other Brahmatic scriptures.” They also note that it was so widely adopted “that it was to be placed
on the same level with the Bible,” and that “representatives of Talmudic Judaism began to regard
it as a sacred book and to invoke its authority in the decision of ritual questions.” Highly regarded
are “its glorification of man, and other principles” which are more in keeping with the spirit of
Talmudic Judaism.

Dr. Michael Bennett then shares further about the transformation of Judaism to the apostate
Luciferian system in place today.

A turning point in my book was the appearance of rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Akiva took it upon himself to
save Judaism after the fall of the Temple, and develop, and basically cement what we begin to see