The Zohar: Annotations to the Ashlag Commentary »

Michael Laitman, PhD, is a professor of Ontology, a PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and an MSc in medical Bio-cybernetics. He is founder and president of Bnei Baruch and Ashlag Research Institute (ARI), two Israel based international educational organizations with branches all over North America and Canada, Central and South America, as well as Eastern and Western Europe. On his website, kab.info, he teaches free, live daily lessons on Kabbalah and spirituality to an audience of approximately two million people worldwide, simultaneously broadcast and translated into eight languages: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, French, Turkish, and German. Prof. Laitman also presents regularly on Channel 66, which is distributed by Israel's Satellite TV provider, YES.

The Zohar: annotations to the Ashlag Commentary elucidates Kabbalah's primary source of wisdom-The Book of Zohar (The Book of Radiance). This is a book to read with patience, contemplating each sentence as one unveils its meanings. As the text covers its theme-the revelation of the Creator-from many different angles, it allows us to find the phrases or words that will carry us into the depths of this profound and timeless wisdom.

Prologue 7

About Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yochai 7

About The Book of Zohar 11

Introduction 15

List of Abbreviations and Explanations 21

An Example of the Original Text of The Zohar 29

The Rose 41

Flower Buds 63

Who Created These 73

Who Created These (by Eliyahu) 91

The Mother Lends Her Clothes to Her Daughter 101

The Letters of Rabbi Hamnuna-Saba 117

Supernal Wisdom 179

The Lock and the Key 181

Avraham 189

The Vision of Rabbi Chiya 193

Who Is Your Partner? 209

The Donkey Driver 223

The Two Points 271

The Night of the Bride 281

Heaven and Earth 315

Among All the Sages of the Nations of the World, There Are None Like You 337

Who Is This? 347

He Who Rejoices on Holidays 355

The Torah and Prayer 365

Rabbi Shimon's Departure from the Cave 375

The First Commandment 379

The Second Commandment 385

The Third Commandment 393

The Fourth Commandment 399

The Fifth Commandment 405

The Sixth Commandment 411

The Seventh Commandment 415

The Eighth Commandment 421

The Ninth Commandment 427

The Tenth Commandment 433

The Eleventh Commandment 445

The Twelfth Commandment 449

The Thirteenth Commandment 451

The Fourteenth Commandment 453

The Intention in the Prayer 465

Raising a Prayer 473

App. 1 Further Reading 507

App. 2 About Bnei Baruch 515

How to Contact Bnei Baruch 519