Baal HaSulam

Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar

Accessible introduction to the Zohar and Kabbalah

Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar

Essay addressing why one should learn the Zohar, focusing on existential questions like why suffering exists.

Giving; The Essential Teaching of the Kabbalah

21st-century English translation by Aryeh Siegel of R. Yehuda Ashlag’s Kuntres Matan Torah

Introduction to Sulam Commentary

Introduction to Ashlag's Zohar commentary, with a focus on explaining the sefirot and the relationships between them.

Kuntres Mattan Torah

Collection of assorted short treatises

Ohr Penimi on Talmud Eser HaSefirot

20th-century definitions of kabbalistic terms, alongside the author’s more detailed explanation of Rabbi Isaac Luria’s teachings.

Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah

Introductory essay to the study of kabbalah, explaining basic concepts such as light and the breaking of vessels.

Talmud Eser HaSefirot

20th-century detailed explanation of the kabbalistic teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria.

About Baal HaSulam

Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, also known as the Ba’al HaSulam, was a rabbi and kabbalist. Born in Poland, he emigrated to Israel in 1921 and was appointed rabbi of Givat Shaul, Jerusalem. He is best known for his work Talmud Eser Sefirot, a commentary on the work of Isaac Luria, as well as HaSulam, a commentary on the Zohar. While kabbalah was traditionally treated as a body of secrets reserved for elite students, Ashlag believed that kabbalah held the keys to finding meaning and achieving personal and social reform, and should be made accessible to all. He and his students were instrumental in the contemporary popularization of kabbalah study.

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