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| Rabbi Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (1907 - 1991) |
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 Rabbi Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag, more commonly known as Rabash, was the first born son and successor of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag. Rabash was a well-known Kabbalist who did much to expand the teachings of his father. For over 30 years, Rabbi Baruch studied and assisted his father. After his father’s death, Rabbi Baruch continued to teach and expand Kabbalah teachings. Rabbi Baruch was the author of a number of books; Shlavey ha Sulam (Runs of the Ladder), Dargot ha Sulam (Steps of the Ladder), and Igrot Rabash (Letters of the Rabash). Rabbi Baruch is succeeded by a number of disciples, the most prominent of which are Rabbi Avraham Mordecai Gotlieb, Michael Laitman, and D'zerke Rebbe Rabbi Aharon Brizel. Rabbi Baruch Ashlag on the powers which are needed for work:"When one begins to work in order to bestow, and this goes against ones nature, this is called "toil," since the body (refers to ones wills and desires) opposes it, being that any movement which the body does not see that it will be use for itself, it opposes with all of its strength, and tremendous powers are needed to overcome it." |
Date of Birth: 22 Jan, 1907
Location: Israel
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Rabbi Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag was born on January 22, 1907, in Warsaw, Poland. He was the first born son of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag. At an early age, he began his studies of Kabblah under the guidance of his father. In 1921, at the age of thirteen, he immigrated with his family to Israel, formerly known as Palestine.[1] There, he continued his studies at the Hasidic institution “Torat Emet”.[2] At the age of twenty, he was ordained as a rabbi. His ordained was overseen by Rabbis Abraham Isaac Kook, Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, and Yaakov Moshe Harlap.[3] Rabbi Baruch for many years did not teach, instead he earned his living doing clerical work, construction, etc. As his father's notoriety drew more and more people to him, gradually Rabbi Baruch started to assist his father becoming his principle disciple. [4] Rabbi Baruch studied with his father for over thirty years.[5] When Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag fell ill he appointed his son to give the teachings. When Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag passed away in 1954, Rabbi Baruch took over as leader of the Ashlag Hasidim School, continuing the mission of his father. A few years later, Rabbi Baruch had a dispute concerning the rights to publish his father’s commentary on of The Book of Zohar, so he moved to the United Kingdom.6] After a few years, he returned to Israel where he continued to study and teach. For many years, Rabbi Baruch declined most public speaking engagements teaching only select few students. However, in the late 1960s, Rabbi Baruch started to teach Kabbalah more openly traveling all over Israel giving public lectures on Kabbalah.[7] In 1976, he expanded his teaching and his home became a synagogue.[8] For the next 15 years, he taught an ever growing group of Kabbalists. In 1984, Rabbi Baruch started to write weekly articles on spiritual evolution of an individual. In time, these articles formed the base of the publication Shlavey ha Sulam (Runs of the Ladder). Rabbi Baruch died on September 13, 1991, at the age of seventy-four.
References:
[1] Eliezer. Sscweid, The Redeeming Revelation - Justification of God in Rav Yehuda Ashlag's Kabbalistic Doctrine, in Between Ruin and Redemption, Reactions of Haredic Thinking to the Holocaust in Its Time, Hillel Ben Chaim Library, HaKibutz HaMeuhad Publication, 1994 p. 194[2] F. Ashlag, A Prayer of a Kabbalist, p. 6; Rabbi Abraham M. Gotlieb, Ha Sulam, pp. 233-234[3] F. Ashlag, A Prayer of a Kabbalist, p. 7; Rabbi Abraham M. Gotlieb, Ha Sulam, pp. 233-237[4] F. Ashlag, A Prayer of a Kabbalist, p. 7; Rabbi Abraham M. Gotlieb, Ha Sulam, pp. 239-241[5] F. Ashlag, A Prayer of a Kabbalist, p. 8[6] Rabbi Abraham M. Gotlieb, Ha Sulam, p. 254[7] Rabbi Abraham M. Gotlieb, Ha Sulam, p. 260; F. Ashlag, A Prayer of a Kabbalist, p. 10[8] Rabbi Abraham M. Gotlieb, Ha Sulam, p. 260
Related Links:
www.ashlagbaroch.org/pticha
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www.kabbalah.info/engkab/rabash/index_rabash_eng.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/baruch_ashlag
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