BURN! (or: when cultural/religious appropriation catches up with you)
Madonna has been warned that she faces divine retribution after she is rumoured to have included a paean to a 16th century Jewish mystic on her next album.
The album, entitled ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor’, includes a song called ‘Isaac’ and apparently in reference to Rabbi Isaac Luria, founder of the Kabbalah school mysticism which Madonna is a devotee of.
However, she now faces the wrath of the custodians of Luria’s tomb and seminary in Israel who have accused her of breaking a taboo.
Director of the seminary, Rabbi Rafael Cohen told Israeli newspaper Maariy: “There is a prohibition in Jewish law against using the holy name of our master, the Sage Isaac, for profit."
He added: “This is an inappropriate act, and one can feel only pity at the punishment that she (Madonna) will receive from Heaven. The Sage Isaac is holy and pure, and immodest people cannot sing about him."
Rabbi Yisrael Deri, caretaker of Luria’s tomb blasted Madonna, saying: "This kind of woman wreaks an enormous sin upon the Kabbalah."
In other news, the album cover is HOT:
The album, entitled ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor’, includes a song called ‘Isaac’ and apparently in reference to Rabbi Isaac Luria, founder of the Kabbalah school mysticism which Madonna is a devotee of.
However, she now faces the wrath of the custodians of Luria’s tomb and seminary in Israel who have accused her of breaking a taboo.
Director of the seminary, Rabbi Rafael Cohen told Israeli newspaper Maariy: “There is a prohibition in Jewish law against using the holy name of our master, the Sage Isaac, for profit."
He added: “This is an inappropriate act, and one can feel only pity at the punishment that she (Madonna) will receive from Heaven. The Sage Isaac is holy and pure, and immodest people cannot sing about him."
Rabbi Yisrael Deri, caretaker of Luria’s tomb blasted Madonna, saying: "This kind of woman wreaks an enormous sin upon the Kabbalah."
In other news, the album cover is HOT: