What were you THINKING?

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Doc has created a dedicated Pit thread, which I appreciate and think is the best option on that issue, which is where I’ll personally be posting:

Smapti, Kabbalah, And Cultural Appropriation

He started a thread announcing he would be undertaking a six month long Kabbalah ritual. I had questions I objected to the fact that Smapti chose a ritual with rules he didn’t intend to follow. It also called for fasting. He is medically unable to fast. So, I asked again- why choose this particular ritual? There is indeed a reason. The basic tenets of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition that Smapti says he is folllowing insist on strict adherence to the rules and established procedure…