# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5136
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5136 "2025-06-16T21:33:24Z")
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](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-kabbalh-and-cultural-appropriation/1019724): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._