Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag

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Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag was a prominent 20th-century Kabbalist and rabbinic scholar best known for his comprehensive commentary on the Zohar and efforts to make Jewish mysticism accessible to a wider audience.

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Ba'al HaSulam 1
Baal HaSulam 1
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag canonical 1

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instanceOf 20th-century rabbi ⓘ
Kabbalist ⓘ
Torah scholar ⓘ
commentator on the Zohar ⓘ
halakhic authority ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ba'al HaSulam ⓘ
Baal HaSulam ⓘ
birthPlace Congress Poland ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Łódź ⓘ
birthYear 1884 ⓘ
burialPlace Har HaMenuchot cemetery ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
deathPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
deathYear 1954 ⓘ
doctrine centrality of intention in spiritual work ⓘ
concept of equivalence of form with the Creator ⓘ
importance of love of others as a spiritual principle ⓘ
fieldOfWork Halakha ⓘ
Jewish mysticism ⓘ
Kabbalistic exegesis ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
fullName Yehuda Leib Ashlag ⓘ
influenced Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag ⓘ
contemporary Kabbalah movements in Israel ⓘ
various modern Kabbalah study groups worldwide ⓘ
influencedBy Isaac Luria ⓘ
Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag's rabbinic teachers in Poland ⓘ
The Zohar ⓘ
linked to: Zohar
knownFor comprehensive commentary on the Zohar ⓘ
emphasis on altruism and love of others ⓘ
making Kabbalah accessible to wider audiences ⓘ
systematization of Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ
languageOfWork Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
movedTo Jerusalem ⓘ
Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh
movement Hasidism ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ
Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ
nationality Israeli ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
notableWork HaSulam ⓘ
Introduction to the Book of Zohar ⓘ
Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah ⓘ
Sulam commentary on the Zohar ⓘ
Talmud Eser Sefirot ⓘ
positionHeld rabbinic judge in Warsaw ⓘ
rabbinic leader in Jerusalem ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
teachingFocus integration of Kabbalah with daily life and ethics ⓘ
structured study of Kabbalah for the public ⓘ
yearOfAliyah 1921 ⓘ

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Old Cemetery of Safed → hasGraveOf → Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag ⓘ
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag → fullName → Yehuda Leib Ashlag ⓘ
linked to: Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag → alsoKnownAs → Baal HaSulam ⓘ
linked to: Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag → alsoKnownAs → Ba'al HaSulam ⓘ
linked to: Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag