Rabbi Yitzchak Kimmel

Dont know much about him but love his crackers, on a more serious note I don’t know about any supernatural abilities he has but its always a good idea to cry out your heart to HKBH.

Rabbi Kimmel was the Talmid of the late Rabbi Alfassi and he is known to be a big mekubal in Brooklyn.

My rule; don’t trust anyone who says he is a mekubal and asks for money, as for the purported “miracles” of these charlatans, you just hear the stories that are positive. As is the case by dubious diet plans and business gimmicks, you don’t hear about those who lost everything they owned, or got sick from a dangerous diet planbecause unlike positives , negatives aren’t as vocal in they’re negativity.

There is also ample evidence that these quacks, who are just there for your money, make things up as they go along such as the story where a guys son-in-law died and at the shiva, one of these phony imposters told him “I saw in heaven that it wasn’t a good match to which the father replied” when they got engaged you said that it is a good shidduch abd kicked him out of the house

there are numerous stories just like this one where one of these con artists were exposed as mountebanks and pretenders. they have no clue what they are talking about , and prey on small minded fools who are willing to believe all the drivel about amulets and kesuba reading (which has got to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard) STAY AWAY FROM THESE LOW LIFE FRAUDS!!!!

*Rant finally over*

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

The Wolf

+ 1 , Wolf !

Nothing left to say after your post.

Pretty much sums it all up clearly & perfectly.

To be, I don’t why you would, or how you may, call someone names just in case he might be a crook.

I’m 99% sure it’s a fraud.

So, RebbeDovid, the short answer is no. Nobody here so far heard of him.

Of course I heard of him. I have even seen him on the street, as his office is near my house. The question is “has he helped anyone”. That no one seems to know.

Everyone seems to say the exact same words about him – “He ‘knows’ things!” – whatever that means. That does not necessarily mean he can give brochos or even good advice. Google also ‘knows’ things.

I also know that he (or maybe his Gabbai etc…) charges quite a hefty fee for his precious time – around $360!! My niece (a single girl) went to him, and could not pay that steep amount. She offered $20 and was given about ten seconds of his time – literally. Then she was thrown out (probably not literally.) Ont the other hand, they may have felt that she was not serious and was actually just wasting his time.

Nevertheless, I try to avoid passing judgement on him without any specific evidence. Maybe the right people are being helped by him.

Personally, I would not waste my time and money though. Rabbi Yisroel Reisman is very vocally against any young ‘Kabbalists’, and SPECIFICALLY Rabbi Kimmel. I suppose He has a bad story or two, but he is not on this forum, so please don’t believe them or repeat them unless they happened to you or your family.

Here is a better question. Can anyone tell me where Rabbi Kimmel learned in Yeshiva?

He is 38 years old (max 40). The only Yeshiva anyone can find out is Tors Emes in Flatbush until around 12th grade. Where did he learn in Bais Medrash? Who are his Rabbeyim? Who gave him semicha? And then a 25 year old guy overnight tuns into “mekubal”? Who is he a mekubal from?

Charlatan alert folks.

Did Reb Moshe Feinstein ever charge a nickel to see him? Does Rav Chaim Kanievsky charge any money for a bracha?

Who ever heard of such garbage. What a fraud.

I don’t have any experiences with Rabbi Kimmel but I do know him from around the neighborhood. Here’s my two cents: if someone masters all of shas and poskim and lives a life of daled amos shel halacha and stories start emanating of certain “miracles” and the like coming from said person then maybe, just maybe, it may be something worth looking into. But when someone is not known by any stretch to be a talmid chacham and is just one of locals, and suddenly he opens up shop as a mekubal, I would stay far far away. And when people start talking about supernatural things coming out of that mekubal, I would stay even farther away.

newhere – You said it perfectly. He is just a regular “harry” from the neighborhood. I challenge anyone to meet him in shul, and ask him to explain any sugya in shas. Better yet, ask him any sugya in Tur Shulchan aruch with some geshmak bais yosef.

How about ask him to explain you a few rambans on any parsha in the chumash.

PUUUULLLLEEEEZE. This guy is a fraud taking advantage of the destitute and unfortunate – including his gabbai, who is being taken for such a ride, it’s nebach not even funny.

None of this is lashon hara, and people should be aware of this fraud.

and I thought this was about Jimmy Kimmel

The question was if someone who needs help can/should go to him to get advice, a brocha, or an outright miracle.

Whether or not he has ‘supernatural’ abilities does not entirely answer the question. It depends on where it comes from, and how it is used.

I ask my Rebbe advise all the time. I am not aware that he has any such mystical abilities. But he knows a lot of Torah, and gives me clear well-thought out practical and intelligent answers. And its free.

It also depends on what type of person you are. I know someone that went to Rabbi Kimmel and was very impressed by his advice. To me it sounded ridiculous and useless, but to him it was like a bas kol. He was told to change all of his Mezuzos because they have ‘brown spots’ on the parchment. Sure enough, they did! I asked a sofer, and he told me that 90% or mezuzahs have them and they are 100% kosher. But even after hearing this, my friend was STILL pleased with the advice he got. He said to me (seriously) “You see! – Rabbi Kimmel knew that I had the spots, and he EVEN knew that I am the type of person that would want to be makpid to get mezuzohs without them!!” And yes, he actually changed his mezuzohs.

If you are a person that PREFERS supernatural and mystical advice and methodology, maybe you can go there to get some. I am not passing judgement, but to me that would seem nonsensical and meaningless. He would probably know that about me as soon as I walked through his door, and either throw me out, or maybe give me practical advice instead. If I could afford it, that is.

Note – Generic statement, not specifically about Rabbi Kimmel: Rabbi Yisroel Reisman has warned people not to go to any ‘mekubal’ that tells you to bring along your wife’s kesubah or other such important documents etc… Some of them like to find invisible problems with them and say that you can’t have good children or whatever because of that. Rabbi Reisman claims that it is wrong to passul or to create a re’asah or doubt about such things. For example a pesul on a kesubah which applies lemafreiah, for a couple that have been married for many years!

Before visiting him (or anyone else claiming supernatural powers of this type), you also might want to google a term known as “Cold Reading.”

The Wolf