Study:
Kaduri came to
Israel from Baghdad and studied under several legendary kabbalists.
Kaduri has been referred to as “the senior kabbalist” because he was
the last of a generation of Sephardi Jewish mystics.
Practical Kabbalah:
Kaduri
is said to have been one of the few known living kabbalists who used
“practical kabbalah”, a type of Jewish magic aimed at affecting change
in the world.
Amulets:
They
say Kaduri learned from the great kabbalists the practice of writing
amulets which heal, enhance fertility and bring success.
Dybbuks:
Kaduri
is believed to have been involved in the removal of at least 20
dybbuks, lost souls that stray into the hapless bodies of living people
to torment them.
Oaths on Demons:
Kaduri never dabbled in the most dangerous types of Kabbalah that included forcing oaths on demons and evil spirits.
Tzaddik and Rav:
More
rational schools of Judaism were skeptical about Kaduri’s powers, but
they did not doubt his righteousness and vast knowledge of both
conventional and more esoteric Jewish thought and law.
Study and Prayer:
For
most of his life Kaduri led a modest life of study and prayer and
worked as a bookbinder. He also served as the head of Nahalat Yitzhak
Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Supernatural Mystic:
Kaduri’s
reputation as supernatural mystic began during and after the Yom Kippur
War. Families of soldiers missing in action came to Kaduri to ask him
to use his powers to determine whether their loved ones were dead or
alive.
Political Influence:
Kaduri’s
popularity reached an all-time high in the 1996 elections. Israel’s
Sephardi Religious political party, Shas, used his amulets to achieve
surprising electoral success (10 Knesset seats). Shas distributed
100,000 amulets before their distribution was prohibited by the chairman
of the Elections Committee. The prohibition was soon followed by a law.
Long Life:
Rabbi
Yitzhak Kaduri died in January 2006 after battling pneumonia. 200,000
attended his funeral in Jerusalem. Nobody knows precisely how old Kaduri
was at the time of his death. Estimates range between 104-108. Legend
has it that one of the most influential Sephardi rabbis of the 19th
century, Rabbi Yosef Haim (Ben Ish Chai), blessed Kaduri with a long
life.
the first murderer, who’s ancestors crucified Him? Truth be known he
received a visitation from an evil spirit preparing the “sons of Cain,”
to receive the Antichrist as the prophesied Messiah.