When did Rav Baruch Shalom Halevi Ashlag die?
Rav Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag died on September 13, 1991. He was interred on Har HaMenuchot . Ashlag’s primary engagement was interpretation and expansion of his father’s compositions. Ashlag’s essays are a far easier read than compositions of earlier kabbalists, since they are written in a simple language.
How old was Baruch Ashlag when he started Kabbalah?
Baruch Shalom ha Levi Ashlag (also known as the “Rabash”) was born in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire on January 22, 1907. He began his Kabbalah studying with his father’s (Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag) selected students at the age of nine, and joined him on his trips to the Rabbi of Porisov and to the Rabbi of Belz.
What did Baruch Ashlag believe about human beings?
Baruch Ashlag. Rabbi Yehuda 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. As his father before him, the Rabash believed that an individual is constantly affected by the environment he is in.
Why did Baruch Ashlag write the Igrot Rabash?
Igrot Rabash (“Letters [of the] Rabash”): These are letters Ashlag had sent to his disciples while he was overseas. In his letters, Ashlag answers his disciples’ questions concerning their spiritual path and progress, indicates the spiritual meaning of the Jewish holidays according to Kabbalah, and addresses many other issues.