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An Authoritative Torah View on UFO's, Aliens & Extraterrestrial Life KosherTorah.com An Authoritative Torah View on UFO’s, Aliens & Extraterrestrial Life Yeshivat Lev Torah – Collel Benei Nviim & KosherTorah.com Presents An Authoritative Torah View on UFO’s, Aliens & Extraterrestrial Life by HaRav Ariel Bar Tzadok 1 Copyright © 1995, 2002 by Ariel Bar Tzadok. All rights reserved. KosherTorah.com An Authoritative Torah View on UFO’s, Aliens & Extraterrestrial Life A significant number of people around the world, Jew and Gentile alike, are as fascinated by this topic. Indeed, long ago our holy Sages addressed this issue. Therefore, Torah Judaism does have legitimate knowledge as to what is really "out there." This book has been written to provide accurate Torah knowledge on this subject, to safeguard Jewish souls from falling victim to the vast amounts of misinformation on this topic that unfortunately lead them astray from a true Torah outlook on the universe. An Authoritative Torah View on Extraterrestrial Life Copyright © 1993 – 2001 by Ariel Bar Tzadok. All rights reserved. To acquire copies of this work, please write to: Yeshivat Lev Torah – Collel Benei Nviim 18375 Ventura Blvd. Suite 314 Tarzana, CA. 91356 Or contact us via: email: [email protected] Phone: (818) 345-0888 Fax (818) 342-9889 Visit our website www.koshertorah.com for a full library of Sephardic studies materials, kosher Torah mysticism, Benei Noah studies and anti/cult, anti/missionary materials. 2 Copyright © 1995, 2002 by Ariel Bar Tzadok. All rights reserved. KosherTorah.com An Authoritative Torah View on UFO’s, Aliens & Extraterrestrial Life Introduction In this the second half of the 20th century there has been an epidemic of strange, other worldly, other-dimensional experiences witnessed by millions of people from every walk of life and culture around the world. There have been sightings of strange lights in the sky, which have become popularly known as UFOs. A variety of different types of more or less humanoid entities have been seen around the world in association with these UFO's. These beings have come to be known as ET's (extraterrestrials). These "close encounters" as they are now called have become so popular that many movies, books and articles have been produced about the experience. In most cases, people want to believe that these UFO's and their inhabitants are visitors traveling through outer space, coming to visit us from another planet. The number of believers in this is growing in rapid fashion corresponding to the growing numbers of sightings and experiences. Many of those who believe aliens are visiting us from another planet also believe that these phenomena are not new. There are claims that these so-called aliens have been around since ancient times, and that their travels and activities have been recorded in some of the world's great literature, including the Bible. The Bible does speak of other worldly beings. These are the angels and the demons. Nowhere in the Bible is there a direct mention of any extraterrestrial connection. Yet, this does not mean that there are no references to them at all. Not all Biblical teachings have ever been made fully public to the Jew or to the gentile. Today, peoples of many nations study the written Jewish Torah as if it were there own. However, the Oral Torah has remained safely and exclusively in Jewish hands. This Oral Torah is the official and authoritative explanation of the written Torah and Bible. In the Oral Torah, many secrets have been kept about a great number of metaphysical realities. The guardians of the Oral Torah have been the Sages of Israel, better known as the Orthodox Rabbis and the Kabbalists. In light of these apparently modern phenomena of UFO's and ET's, we might ask, what are the views of the Sages of Israel on this matter? Is there any mention of extraterrestrial life and inter-planetary visitations in any of the vast resources of Torah literature? The Talmudic Rabbis have spoken on almost every topic in the physical and metaphysical universe. Are these UFO's something new? Did our Sages of old have knowledge of this, one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century? Accounts of strange lights in the sky and of meeting strange beings have been recorded in Judaic writings for millennia. What are these otherworldly visitations? Who are these "visitors" and where do they come from? I will discuss these 3 Copyright © 1995, 2002 by Ariel Bar Tzadok. All rights reserved. KosherTorah.com An Authoritative Torah View on UFO’s, Aliens & Extraterrestrial Life matters. However, I must state from the beginning, I am writing this material from the point of view of the authoritative sources of the holy Oral Torah, as documented in the works of the Rabbis and Kabbalists, the holy Sages of Israel. There are many modern attempts to undermine the authority of the Bible by applying to it strange new interpretations. I will not tolerate such religious blasphemy. I will, however, document for you what the true authorities of the Bible and the Jewish religion have to say about these otherworldly phenomena that today people are calling UFO's and ET's. I must here state unequivocally: G-d is NOT an astronaut, as Erik Von Daniken had stated in his book, Chariot of the Gods. Aliens did not give the Torah to us (G-d forbid to think) from another planet. Ezekiel's vision of the Chariot of G-d was not a sighting of a Biblical UFO, as many untrained in Biblical and Kabbalistic study try to claim. Devious characters that seek to undermine the Divine authority and legitimacy of the holy Torah, given to the Children of Israel by G-d (and not the aliens) at Mt. Sinai perpetrate all these attempts and others like them. First and foremost as a Jew, I must proclaim that whatever the truth be about aliens from other worlds, regardless of how advanced they might be technologically or spiritually, not even they (if there is a "they") have the authority or the right to (G-d forbid) speak against or act against the holy Torah and a Jew's Divine obligation to observe the commandments. Regardless of whatever "new" knowledge is yet to be revealed, "old" knowledge, that is eternal, is never abrogated. So, who are these "Aliens"? Are they really from another planet? If not, where do they come from? Are they friend or foe to mankind (Jew and gentile alike)? Although the holy Sages of Israel have recorded answers to these questions and more, for generations interest in other-dimensional and otherworldly beings has fallen by the wayside. The majority of Rabbis and Kabbalists have turned to the more rational philosophical understandings of religion and away from metaphysics and so-called "mysticism." Due to the present growth of awareness and contact with these otherworldly entities by vast numbers of people around the world, I believe that the time is right to reveal some of the deepest Kabbalistic secrets that explain what is really going on. The Sages of Israel have always possessed knowledge of supernatural and extraterrestrial realities. By this I do not mean that our Sages talk to little green men from Mars, but we have many incidents recorded in Kabbalistic literature where Rabbis had indeed met with otherworldly beings, in physical encounters. These encounters were not with demons or angels of the spiritual realms. No, the Rabbis were speaking with something entirely different. They were in touch with otherworldly, yet corporeal forces, learning from them as well as imparting wisdom to them. This was true throughout Biblical times, Talmudic times and is still true today. 4 Copyright © 1995, 2002 by Ariel Bar Tzadok. All rights reserved. KosherTorah.com An Authoritative Torah View on UFO’s, Aliens & Extraterrestrial Life In the 11th century Kabbalistic classic, Sefer Hasidim, The Book of the Pious (Sec. 530), a strong admonition is given that the one who has revealed to him secrets (from Heaven) has the obligation to reveal them. If not, then that person is held accountable to Divine judgment. In all due respect to the Sefer Hasidim, there are so many profound teachings within our holy Torah that the revelation of them all would dramatically alter the way the vast majority of people view reality. Nonetheless, what can be revealed is being revealed. Whoever has an open heart and mind will be able to receive that knowledge which I am imparting here. In light of the many social shifts in our modern world, it is time for the Torah to shine its light and be a beacon to G-d as it was meant to be. The Rabbinic-Kabbalistic Teachings on Extraterrestrial Life Forms I most certainly am not the first Rabbi to reveal material concerning life on other planets. Other Kabbalistic Rabbis before me have written books revealing some of the best-kept secrets in the world. We will discuss just a few of them here. The late 18th century was a turbulent time for Jews living is Europe. The so- called age of enlightenment and science was spreading even into Jewish circles. This new religion of science sneered at the valued teachings of the Bible and sought in every way to contradict them, to "prove them wrong scientifically." One of the great Kabbalistic Sages of Eastern Europe, Rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu Horowitz of Vilna, arose to meet this challenge. He authored a monumental work on Kabbalah and science the likes of which has not been duplicated to this day. In 1797, Rabbi Horowitz published his monumental work Sefer HaBrit, The Book of the Covenant. The work begins by discussing the order of the physical universe, the stars, planets and the like, continues to discuss the physical world and finishes with long, rich metaphysical discourses on the nature of man, consciousness and prophecy.
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