In the shadow of the ladder : introductions to Kabbalah / by Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag ; translated from the Hebrew with additional explanatory chapters by Mark Cohen and Yedidah Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashlag, Yehudah.

Contributor:

Cohen, Mark R., 1943-

Cohen, Yedidah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cabala.

Physical Description:

xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Safed, Israel : Nehora Press, 2002.

Summary:

It is with these deeply personal questions that Rabbi Ashlag opens his Introductions. Moving easily from the experience of the individual to the role of humankind in Creation and back again, he teaches the interplay of light with its vessel. It is this dynamic that makes up the drama of the Creator in relationship to the creation. Evil, suffering, compassion and joy are shown to each have its place as the path unfolds from concealment of the Source to the full experience of Divine love. Rabbi Ashlag teaches Kabbalah, not as an esoteric study limited to the mystically inclined, but as a universal pathway of the spirit. Many books are available about Kabbalah. This book is Kabbalah itself. Its uniqueness lies in that it contains authentic texts of Kabbalah, yet it is accessible to the general reader as a result of the clarity of the translation and the easy style of the explanations. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Kabbalah in Context / Mark Cohen, Yedidah Cohen 9

Chapter 2 Rabbi Ashlag and his Predecessors / Mark Cohen, Yedidah Cohen 17

Chapter 3 Introduction to the Zohar / Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag 29

Chapter 4 Introduction to the Study of the Ten Sephirot / Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag 97

Chapter 5 Keywords, Definitions and Concepts / Mark Cohen, Yedidah Cohen 203

Chapter 6 One Person's Journey in Kabbalah / Mark Cohen, Yedidah Cohen 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index.

ISBN:

9657222087

9657222079

OCLC:

52252989