WHAT IS ORTHODOX JUDAISM? [5 of 5] Judaism’s Hasidic-Orthodox branch involves the practice of Kabbalah. Rather than God consciously making all of creation, Kabbalah teaches that God’s emanations (something perceptible but abstract that originates from a source) created everything, and the emanations devolved over time into what we know as angels. Though Kabballah is chalked full of wacky ideas like those, many deceived people have jumped on board because of promotion from world-famous celebrities like Madonna and Britney Spears. If fact, Madonna is more known in Israel for her devotion to Kabbalah than she is for her music. Her zeal for Kabbalah was demonstrated when she turned down a prestigious voting position on the Cannes Film Festival jury; because it would have meant missing two Kabbalah meetings. Madonna paid almost $3 million for a London mansion that she has turned into a Kabbalah facility. Through her, Britney Spears got involved with Kabbalah, and now claims it has turned her life around by clearing up negative energy. That belief is similar to what is pushed by L. Ron Hubbard’s false religion of Scientology, which promises to rid followers of negative energy; that is, if he or she gives the organization tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars. But it’s all just more repackaging of lies from Satan, leading uninformed people down false paths that steer them away from God’s truth in the Bible. This most often causes them to die without ever making a decision to rely on Jesus, and that rejection of a free relationship and pardon for their sins leaves them with an eternity of terror in hell.