Jerusalem – Pop music icon Madonna, who took Israel by storm earlier this week with two back-to-back concerts in Tel Aviv, wrapped up her tour with a visit Thursday night to the Safed tomb of a kabbalistic great.
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Rabbi Isaac Luri – or the Ari – was one of the founders of kabbalism, a tradition Madonna has embraced over the last few years.
Pilgrims flock year round to his grave and the neighboring ritual bath at the foot of the ancient northern city.
Madonna was accompanied in her visit by Rabbi Michael Berg, her own rabbi’s brother, as well as her partner Jesus. At the site, she sang the Sabbath song “Lecha Dodi,” ringing in with a kabbalistic tune.
During her visit, the material girl has paid tribute to Jerusalem’s Old City, where she toured an ancient tunnel near the Western Wall – the holiest site where Jews can pray.
Madonna isn’t Jewish, but she’s a follower of Jewish mysticism and has even taken the Hebrew name Esther.
She arrived early Sunday for a pair of concerts in Tel Aviv this week. It was be her first performance in Israel since 1993, though she came on private pilgrimages in 2004 and 2007.
Madonna is also set to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday.
tzei tumei…
Wouldnt it be a wonderif she converted to Orthodox Judaism and brought thousands of followers with her? That would really signal Ikvisa D’meshicha.
Yuck!!!!!!!!!!
she is a shandah………..
It was a real kovod to the memory of the Ari to have a world famous artist such as Madonna sing l’cha dodi by his kever. The few fortunate yiddin who were at the kever at the time will remember this moment for a lifetime.
At least she doesn’t claim to be jewish
she spread filth all over the world, how do people have the chutzpa to take her to the gravesite of such a holy tzadik?! Thats crazy.
uch this is disgusting. it shows how the klipah is attracted to the kedusha.
It looks like the frum person in the picture is actually touching her
Hashem Yishmor!
If only the Arizal could take one more dip in his mikveh to rid the shmutz she left there.
(By the way who sings Lecha Dodi on Thursday night?)
The Ari HaKadosh came to me in a dream that night . . .
. . . and asked me to help him run away.
rely to #3 : surely you ust be sarcastic. ITS KOL ISHA or KOL CHAYA; berg is over every simgle avery except suicide
TO #3 SATIRE?
To #6 Great finding the good points. However at present Nebach the Tzaddikim had to tolerate her presence. But maybe just maybe even someone like her really wants to turn to Hahsem but has not found the right guides yet just the e Berg boys’ counterfeit Kabala.
blah blah blah. so she went to the gravesite.. she is not the most perfect person.. I know I am not to good and I go to krevers for help. everyone is allowed to pray no one sees wats in her soul. how can anyone judge her. the high hoildays are coming up and I am happy none of u (above posters) are not judging me. everyone has a spark in them.. don’t b so fast to judge.. so her style in life is different.. she’s not sitting in brklyn telling u to look at her or listen to her..
To #11
You would too, if you ever had the chance.
OK, the word “freakish” comes to mind.
Some people can never see the bright side of things. Haleli es Hashem KOL Goyim, Shabchihi KOL Huimim.
its a bitter laugh (TZCHOK MACHAIV)
Gevalt! Gevalt!! Such a terrible bizayon to the tsion of the heilige Ari Hakodesh!
The Sitra Achra is taking over everything…….!!!
Eeewww what a shande!!!
I wouldn’t be surprised (and I suspect ) that she is Jewish.
We yidden believe in hashgacha pratis, divine providence. Interestingly the holy composer of Lecha Dodi rests about four graves from the Ari Hakadosh.
‘al ale ani bociah….shesalim holchu bo’
At least she has Ahavas Yisroel, and is not a sonei yisroel. Baruch to her.
mamish mashiach tzeitun
Truth speaks out.
It’s a Kiddush Hsem that even a non-Jew embraces Judaism.
Welcome Madonna
Anyone who thinks that this is a kavod in any way and doesn’t hurt from reading this story is far – very far. There is only one way to get close. Find someone who will learn Torah with you – anything. mussar, chumash, navi, mishna, gemara, aggada, halacha, etc. but it must be something that works with your particular learning strength. Do it. Stop Waiting. There are so many people who would learn with you if only you asked them.
Modana is in Kabala, and she is calling her self “Esther” in Hebrew
One of the biggest scientists of all time Isaac Newton (who was not Jewish) studied a lot of Kabala.
there is so much hate on this article. relax everyone she isn’t Jewish but shes allowed to be interested in mysticism shes not about to convert so there’s no halachos shes obligated to follow. out of all people in this world madonna treats Judaism with respect and honor and its a shame on whoever posted nasty, slanderous and hurtful comments on this blog. it should be equal to lashon hora at its absolute worst.
hashem yerachim
#6 …there is no mitzvah whatsoever she or anyone should convert. let her stay a righteous gentile and she will have her share in the world to come like all gentiles .ifshe does something wrong as a gentile in her profession? I dont know.but we ehrliche shomrei torah yidden are oiver on the ‘lo sasuru achrei einichem and other laven when we look and observe and think on this subject.’ kol huoimar rachov nikrah’
I don’t know why everyone is going so crazy about HER, what does she know…she wasn’t bought up with anything better in fact she might have a jewish soul deep down as known from the ger tzedek of Vilna …the one to focus on is the so-called rabbi Berg I wonder how much $$ he’s getting out of this whole kabbalah-business is probably worth millions between all the other lost souls… membership must be on the rise..just check out its website!
Someone who is not burn to a Jewish mother doesn’t have to follow the “Taryag Mitvos”.
If they keep the 7 laws of Noah thay will go to haven.
The Ari Hakadosh is either laughing or crying, but either way its an embarrassment. If the Chareidem there can beat up women not up to their standards of tznius and fight with cops, where were they when this Prutza Reshanta showed up?!
# 37 is hate.
You don’t know what the Ari Hkudish is doing.
I know “Vrei kol ami hetretz ki shem hsem nkru alach”
I see in this a “Kidish Hsem”
All I can see that this is a wake-up call! Even someone as succesful and popular as Madonna – sees herself as an emty wastful life without any spirituallity which she fulfills via kabbala without that she feels her life as meaningless as ever! The moral of the message in Elul is; Ashrenu Ma Tov Chalkenu! and wee shall all focus on strenghting our rightful given Torah at least with the same “hislahavot” (le’havdol)as she does!!
There are plenty goyim who come and daven at the Tzion of the Lubavitcher Rebbe ZT”L. I did not see anyone condemn or put a stop to this. Also, in Iraq the arabs go and pray at the our neviim’ tzionim. What is the whole todo? The only thing she should have kept her mouth shot, and not one comment would have come.
we are sure that the same we see in the khaballa books that it isn’t posseble that the shaceina should rest on the western wall when a man full of sin is there the same when titus did what he did in go-ds temple the same was when this so called ester that spreads zinus all over the world was on the grave of this great tzadik that his soul wasnt there hasem yarachiem
Hashem Yerachaim, its mamash nevie ball its mamash like it says in micha peruk 5 posuk 10 vehurasto kol mivtsoracho.
Why is she “sprading sins all over the world”?
She is not Jewish she can dress and sing they she wants. You are not allowed to watch it. That’s it.
First fix yourself
It must Acharis Hayomim and the first of the non-Yiddishe of the nations is coming to pay homage to our greatness. I can’t figure out anything else 🙁
I don’t hear anyone getting excited when the worst of the worst(obama and others) go to visit the kosel one of the biggest mokom kodosh there is even more then the arizal kever
Which Lacha Dodi did she sing – from Gur or Carelbach?
Lecha Dodi was NOT written by the Ari”zal!!!
Goyim were allowed to donate korbonos in the Beis Hamikdosh. I’m sure thay were no better that Madonnna. So what’s so terrible for her to go to a kever.
Why are you people so bitter and excited about this? The woman is genuinely moved by Jewish ideas and this is how she expresses it. Maybe you don’t agree with her, but I see nice things here, not a cause for such hysteria that I am reading on this blog. There is something hypocritical about it. It’s not very nice.
I dont understand what the big deal is, jews who daven say on the sholosh regalim in mussaf “ki baysi beis tefilla yikoray l’chol haamim” EVERYONE jew and gentile is welcome to daven in hakodosh barchu’s house, so surely they are all welcome to come and pray at a grave. And since when are all you complainers, such authorities to be judge and jury and decide what is or isnt an appropriate tefilla?
Madonna is a Pritza, singing her Shmutz, whose Tumah should never have been allowed in the Holy Land, let alone near the grave of a holy sage.
WHH
Accompanied by her partner “Yushkah” ??? She can go wherever she wants but if she is truly interested in the teachings of the Kabbalah, she would do well to stay away from the Holy Ari with “Yushkah” at the very least.
I don’t know how many people are aware of this but, a few years ago she made a music video wearing tefillin. Nuch a kiddush hashem!
You frum ppl are so full of hate, its no wonder the frei hate the chareidim. I am frum but dont care if she or any other goy visits EY she is a goy she is allowed to sing whatever she wants. Plenty of jewish israeli singers are worse than her in the matter of pritzus.