Kabbalistic Authors

Join us to research authentic Kabbalah through the writings of Baal

HaSulam, Rabash, and Rashbi. These Kabbalistic authors, selected
among others of the past, have preserved for us the true, scientific
approach to explore man's origins, his purpose in life and the
method of achieving a perception of reality beyond the five senses
of the body. Baal HaSulams writings in particular, speak to our
current generation in a language that best illustrates the path which
enables us to delve into and study the purpose of existence.

Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (1884-1954) is known as

Baal HaSulam (Owner of the Ladder) for his Sulam (ladder) commentary on The
Book of Zohar. Baal HaSulam dedicated his life to interpretations and innovations
in the wisdom of Kabbalah, disseminating it in Israel and throughout the world.
He developed a unique method to the study of Kabbalah, by which any person
can delve into the depth of reality and reveal its roots and purpose of existence.

Rabbi Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (the Rabash) was the

son and successor to the greatest Kabbalist of the generation, Baal HaSulam. He
was a prolific writer who rewrote his fathers materials in a form that the world
could understand. The fact that we are able to advance using Baal HaSulams
method is possible only thanks to Rabash. In addition, Rabash took the

revolutionary step of opening up the study of Kabbalah to anyone who was

interested, in defiance of the Hassidic community in which he lived. For the last
12 years of Rabashs life, Michael Laitman was his student and personal
assistant. Dr. Laitman carries on the teaching lineage of authentic Kabbalah that
was brought to our age by Baal HaSulam and his son Rabash.

Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yochai (Rashbi), author of The Book of

Zohar (The Book of Radiance) was a great sage in the 2nd century CE. Rashbis
name is tied to numerous legends, and he is mentioned constantly in the Talmud
and in the Midrash, the sacred Hebrew texts of his time. He was a student of the
greatest Kabbalist of the time Rabbi Akiva who was brutally executed by the
Romans. Rashbi hid in a cave with his son for 13 years until it was safe to return.
He then gathered 9 students who helped him write the The Book of Zohar. Baal
HaSulam described Rashbi and his students as the only beings who achieved
perfection, the 125 spiritual degrees that complete the correction of one's soul.

Dr. Michael Laitman (1946-) is the founder and president of

the Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education & Research Institute, which is dedicated to
teaching and sharing the wisdom of Kabbalah. He is a professor of Ontology, and
holds a PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah as well as an MSc in bio-Cybernetics.
After a lifelong search for a place where he could study the comprehensive
systems of reality, Dr. Laitman finally found his teacherKabbalist Rabbi Baruch
Shalom Ashlag (the Rabash), the firstborn son and successor of the great
Kabbalist Baal HaSulam (see above). For the next twelve years, 1979-1991, he
never moved from Rabash's side until his death.
Dr. Laitman served as Rabash's personal assistant, secretary, and prime student.
With Rabash's encouragement, Dr. Laitman wrote and published his first three
books in 1983. After the passing of Rabash, Dr. Laitman began to develop the
knowledge he had acquired and circulate it openly, as Rabash had instructed him
to do. In 1991, he established Bnei Baruch, a group of Kabbalah students that
implements the legacy of Baal HaSulam and Rabash on a day-to-day basis.
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Today, Bnei Baruch has developed into an extensive international organization

with thousands of students the world over who research, study, and circulate the
wisdom of Kabbalah.