Matt. 23

[Dawid]

Khaver, I have heard the "mixture of truth and error" argument before. I cannot agree with it. Yes, it is a mixture. But then, so is the Massoretic text family. In fact, so is every known textual family of the TN"K. Does that mean we should not study them? As Sha'ul HaShlachi says, we must be able to rightly divide the Word of Truth. Every idea I have from the Zohar or the Tanya I have tested against the Scriptures, and I only accept those which withstand this test. Many of the ideas from these Kabbalistic texts fall short.

As a Trinitarian, though, I think you should appreciate what I am attempting to communicate. You see God as a tri-unity. All are one, but all are separate. I am simply emphasizing the separateness of the various attributes of God (yes, I believe Yeshu'ah is an attribute of God, known in the Kabbalah as the Ayn Soph).
I maintain an emphasis on this because of my discussions with Orthodox friends, who are quite disturbed by the idea of a man being God. No, I am not saying that we should change our theology to make it more palatable. I am saying that we may change the emphasis in order to make it more palatable. I think you and I basically agree on this (I believe that the three highest Sephiroth are where the idea of the Trinity came from) we are simply emphasizing different parts of the idea.

Shalom,
Dawid