Rishon LeZion Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar comes out against the phenomenon of self-proclaimed 'Kabbalists' and 'Tzaddikim' that is sweeping the public.
The Grand Vizier Amar said: "Usually we refrain from condemning and not naming people, because today there is no truth. If someone says so and so, he goes around saying, 'Look how I am persecuted,' making himself look like a poor man, a martyr. So we
"We don't take it seriously, only when it comes to blasphemy and offenses - then we come out strongly to beware of these people.".
The Gersham added: "We need to be careful because people are not careful. There are all kinds of pictures. One comes who knows a lot, another is humble and lowly in spirit, a person who hasn't read two lines of the Gemara. And if he reads and remembers - does that make him a great person? People make mistakes and mislead and don't want to learn the truth.
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""This is what is called holy and this is what they seek titles for. We should stay away from all of these, not look at them and not come within four cubits of them, like idolatry - the farther away you are, the better.".
