In the Shadow of the Ladder

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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 PhD and Yedidah Cohen MBBS

This is an authentic translation into English of two Kabbalah texts written in Hebrew by the modern Kabbalist, Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag (1886-1955).
  • What is my essence?
  • Do I have a soul?
  • If I do, why can’t I experience it?
  • Why do I feel alienated?
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.
  This is the dynamic that makes up the drama of the Creator in relationship to the creation. Evil, suffering, compassion and joy, are shown to each have their 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.

​In the search for meaning and self-transformation, Jewish mysticism is one of the great spiritual resources, attracting ever-wider circles of devotees. Drs. Mark and Yedidah Cohen has made available to an English-speaking public the work of an important, though little known, master of the genre, Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag. Through it, readers will discover a fascinating path to inner harmony and growth through receptivity to the Divine light that fills creation.”
Rabbi Lord  Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain
"This book while seemingly short is thick with very profound information. I found myself constantly rereading sections in an effort to understand the material. The book contains much material and expresses ideas I have not only ever seen expressed before but the style and clarity is superb. While I found myself learning all sorts of new things I was constantly amazed with the concepts shown throughout the book. The authors did a remarkable job of bringing this mostly unknown information out to the masses. A must read for anyone serious about Kabbalah and certainly not a book for the beginner." Robert Marks, Miidlothian USA   read more reviews>>
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