Kabbalist Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (RABASH)

“Ascend in degree, choose a bridesmaid.” That is, accept a friend as greater than you. “Descend in degree, choose a […]

“The reward of the bride—pressure” (Berachot 7). A “bride” means faith, and all the benefit is that when a person feels

“A certain man once gave his slave to his friend to teach him a thousand different ways of making pap

“Hear, my son, your father’s morals and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.” Musar [morals] comes from the verse, “Should one

“He who is commanded and does is greater than he who is not commanded and does” (Kidushin 31a). We should interpret

March 7, 1962 “Rabbi Shimon Ben Elazar says, ‘If children tell you ‘Build!’ and elders tell you ‘Break!’ heed the

March 1962 “Who is rich? Rabbi Yossi says, ‘Anyone who has a toilet next to his table’” (Shabbat 25b). A

January 31, 1962 “Raba Bar Rav Yitzhak said to Rav Yehuda, ‘There is idol-worship in our place, and whenever the

The light that was created on the first day, Adam saw in it from the end of the world… the

“Before the dead, only the words of the dead are said” (Berachot 3b). Interpretation: When the dead is lying before them,