The Master of the Ladder

The Life and Teachings of Rabbi Yehudah Leib Ashlag
by Rabbi Avraham Mordecai Gottleib 
Translated and Edited by Yedidah Cohen

In The Master of the Ladder  we find the story of a great Kabbalist. We experience his passion for serving God, we learn of the spiritual  path he received from his Masters, and we struggle with him in his courage and perseverance in opening up the inner wisdom of the Torah, the Kabbalah 

Told through  Rabbi Ashlag's  personal documents, interviews with  those who knew him, his letters, and his teachings, we get a vibrant, inner view of a great sage who was in constant union with his Creator.

Friday Morning 

Friday morning, before dawn, 
Breathing in the clear air,
The barrier is lifted, blown away, past.
Now His salvation is forever.

His delights pour forth, unending.
The light! He shows, like that! with a finger. 
He will show me wonders in His Torah, 
I will be satiated by His delights all my days. 
 
​Poem written by Rabbi Ashlag given to his student Rabbi Sinkovsky