Kabbalah is basically the study of the Torah, to uncover the deeper, hidden meanings. Once the providence of elite rabbinical scholars with years of yeshiva training, it was assumed that only they could decode God's answers to the existential questions of man. Kabbalah's teaching were first written down in the 13th century, in a collection of books called the Zohar.
The founders of the Kabbalah Centre, Philip and Karen Berg, did something revolutionary; they opened ancient Jewish mysticism to everyone, women and Gentiles included. Philip Berg was an Orthodox Rabbi, the product of ultra-Orthodox yeshivas, and certainly qualified to translate the Zohar. At first, some criticized the Kabbalah Centre for welcoming famous Hollywood celebrities
The founders of the Kabbalah Centre, Philip and Karen Berg, did something revolutionary; they opened ancient Jewish mysticism to everyone, women and Gentiles included. Philip Berg was an Orthodox Rabbi, the product of ultra-Orthodox yeshivas, and certainly qualified to translate the Zohar. At first, some criticized the Kabbalah Centre for welcoming famous Hollywood celebrities