Philip Berg
Rabbi, Author
1927 – 2013
Who was Philip Berg?
Philip S. Berg was an American rabbi and dean of the worldwide Kabbalah Centre organization.
Having written a number of books on the subject of Kabbalah, Berg believed that the philosophy should not be taught exclusively to a select few Jewish scholars but become a shared wealth of practical wisdom available to all of humankind.
There is disagreement about whether Berg's teachings, as relayed through the Kabbalah Centre, have sufficient grounds and/or genuine authority according to Jewish law, as they include some dogmas and translations differing markedly from those of more-traditional Kabbalists. Some Jewish scholars emphatically reject such teachings, deeming them as foreign to both the Kabbalah in particular and to Judaism in general, while others applaud his populist advocacy.
In poor health following a stroke in 2004, he died on September 16, 2013.
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- Born
- Aug 20, 1927
Brooklyn - Spouses
- Karen Berg
(1971 - )
- Karen Berg
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Sep 16, 2013
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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