18 Facts About Baruch Ashlag

Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag was a kabbalist, the firstborn and successor of Yehuda Ashlag known as Baal Hasulam, the author of "The Sulam" commentary on the Zohar.

Baruch Shalom ha Levi Ashlag was born in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire on January 22,1907.

Baruch Ashlag began his Kabbalah studying with his father's selected students at the age of nine, and joined him on his trips to the Rabbi of Porisov and to the Rabbi of Belz.

Baruch Ashlag did not want to use the knowledge of Torah he had acquired for a living.

Baruch Ashlag joined his father on his trips, did his father's errands, and provided for his father's every need.

Baruch Ashlag is known as Baal HaSulam for his Sulam commentary on The Book of Zohar.

Baruch Ashlag studied Kabbalah with his father for more than thirty years.

When his father, Baal HaSulam, fell ill, he appointed Baruch Ashlag to give the lessons to his disciples in his stead.

Baruch Ashlag taught kabbalah in Gateshead and in other cities in the UK.

Baruch Ashlag did not want to become publicly known as a kabbalist; hence, as did his father, he declined any offers for official posts.

Baruch Ashlag himself moved to the second floor of the building.

In 1983, some forty new students joined the group of kabbalists that Baruch Ashlag had been teaching up to that point.

Baruch Ashlag's essays are a far easier read than compositions of earlier kabbalists, since they are written in a simple language.

Baruch Ashlag's disciples testify that "the Rabash believed that any person, man or woman, and even the youngest child can study the internality of the Torah, if they only wish to complete the correction of their souls".

The book title comes from the writing that appeared on the cover of the notebook in which it was written, where Baruch Ashlag himself wrote, "Shamati".

Baruch Ashlag asserted that a human being is a social being and that one cannot exist without a society that provides for one's basic needs, and projects its values upon its members.

Baruch Ashlag spent many years formulating the fundamentals of building a co-operative society that strives to achieve spirituality, the way kabbalists perceived it throughout the generations: achieving love of God by means of first attaining love of man.

Baruch Ashlag asserted that two elements are imperative to one's spiritual path.