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Yaakov Israel Ifargan (יעקב ישראל איפרגן, born 1966), also known as the X-ray (Hebrew: ha-Rentgen), is an Israeli Kabbalist rabbi and spiritual adviser who operates in Netivot, a town in southern Israel. He is known among his followers for his supposed healing and prognostic powers. Ifargan's admirers includes a mix of low income Mizrahi Jewish people from southern Israel, as well as high profile Israeli politicians, businessmen and celebrities. Ifargan also has a following among a group of Breslov Hasidim.〔(The New Age of Kabbalah and Postmodern Spirituality ). Boaz Huss〕〔 Ifargan is the son of Shalom Ifargan (Baba Shalom), and he transformed his fathers tomb in Netivot into an ultramodern, pyramid shaped mausoleum, where he conducts an annual gala event, and holds his midnight Tikkun (reparation) ceremonies.〔The Making of Saints: Contesting Sacred Ground. James F Hopgood (ed.) p.36-40〕〔Huss, Boaz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Rabbi Yaakov Israel Ifargan, the X‐ray (Ha‐Rentgen): Kabbalah as Healing in Contemporary Israel.〕 Ifargan provides blessings and business advice to some of Israel’s most prominent businessmen and politicians for a fee, and adherents believe he has the ability to diagnose patients by eyesight only. Others claim he is a charlatan who has grown into a multimillionaire from selling amulets and from other illicit businesses.〔(Netivot mystic picks favorite in French race ). Gil Shefler. Jerusalem Post. 03/13/2012.〕 He is one of the wealthiest rabbis in Israel, with an estimated net worth of $23 million as of 2012.〔Hody Nemes. (Israel's Richest Rabbi on Forbes List Is $367M Man ). November 11, 2013〕〔(Israel's richest rabbis become savvy businessmen ). DANIEL ESTRIN. July 13, 2012〕〔(In Israel, Rabbis Rank Among The Rich And Famous ). Daniel Estrin. July 30, 2012〕 One of the foremost followers of the Rabbi is Nochi Dankner, a leading Israeli businessman, who's donated hundreds of thousands of Israeli shekels to the Rabbi's causes.〔(SMS from the supernatural ). Haaretz. Nati Toker. Sep. 18, 2009〕 A 2001 report by the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, claimed that most of the sums donated are not made known to the Israeli tax authorities,〔(A 'baba' is born ). By Tamar Rotem. Haaretz. Oct. 2, 2005〕 although this is denied by Ifargan. ==Biography== Ifargan was born in 1966, in Netivot, a town in southern Israel, as the ninth and youngest child of Shalom and Esther Ifargan. In his childhood, he was no different than other children of his age, and did not exhibit unusual personality traits. Like most other residents of the town, the Ifargan family was a low-class family who originally came from Tiznit, Morocco.〔Feldman, Anat. Mapping Religion and Spirituality in a Postsecular World. Chap. 5〕 Ifargan did not undergo formal rabbinic ordination.〔(A 'baba' is born ). Tamar Rotem. Oct. 2, 2005.〕 He studied in a religious Yeshiva, but dropped out at the age of 17. He spent a year studying mysticism in seclusion, in the forests of northern Israel. Then, at the age of 18 he was enlisted to the Israeli army, and served for three years as required by law. When his father died in 1995, Ifargan began spreading legends on the mystical powers of his father, which he claimed had healing powers and predicted the future. He started performing spiritual activities out of his parent's house, as well as the gravesite estate that he purchased for his father, outside of the Netivot cemetery. Ifargan started claiming that he possessed prophetic powers, by which he can see the future as well as diagnose the health problems of people. A diverse community of miracle-seeking admirers began to form around the young mystic, then 30 years old. His followers were impressed with his supposed abilities, dubbing him "The X-ray".〔 In 2008, Ifergan's "Netivot Shalom" list won four seats in the Netivot city council elections.〔(Politicians seeking blessings flock to 'X-Ray Rabbi' ). Yanir Yagna. Dec. 5, 2008〕 In 2010, Netivot's city comptroller, Shimon Alon, a confidant of a rival Netivot kabbalist, Baba Baruch, was arrested for allegedly paying a young woman to seduce Ifargan and photograph him in intimate positions, with the aim of tarnishing his image.〔() Tomer Zarchin. Aug. 27, 2010〕 Ifargan is also a rival of Netivot rabbi Yoram Abergel. In 2013, Abergel ase well as the Israeli crime boss Shalom Domrani was arrested for threatening Ifargan to support Mayor Yehiel Zohar in the Netivot municipal elections. Abergel’s supporters lobbied for the reelection of Mayor Yehiel Zohar, while Ifergan supported the challenger, Eyal Mesika.〔(Israeli mob kingpin arrested after twin car bombings ). Yaniv Kubovich 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yaakov Israel Ifargan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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