Rav Berg – Kabbalah World Founder

Rav Berg models himself upon those who preceded him as teachers of the Kabbalah – Rav Ashlag and Rav Brandwein. Rav Yehudah Ashlag was a leading Kabbalist who was active at the start of the 20th century, and is best known for his monumental work, HaSulam, The Ladder, on the Zohar. (This is a Hebrew commentary and explanation of the Aramaic text of the Zohar.)

Ashlag was followed by his prime students who included his sons and Rav Yehuda Tzvi Brandwein. Rav Brandwein was active in Israel, teaching Kabbalah to many different groups of students. One of these groups included Phillip Berg, soon to be Rav Phillip Berg who was to found the Kabbalah Center in the US. (Berg studied in Israel with Brandwein.)

Rav Berg teaches the Kabbalah himself, and heads the Kabbalah Centres around the world where you can learn Kabbalah the way Rav Berg teaches it, and in English.

Rav Yehuda Ashlag, the author of the prime commentary, HaSulam (“The Ladder”), on the Zohar, which is the central text of the Kabbalah, taught the Kabbalah in Israel at the opening of the 20th century. Rav Ashlag’s prime student, Rav Yehuda Tzvi Brandwein took over leadership of the center where Ashlag taught after Ashlag passed away.

Rav Berg, founder of the Kabbalah Center, studied Kabbalah in Israel, and he was one of the students who would attend the classes of Rav Brandwein. Indeed, Rav Berg felt that he was given the mandate by Brandwein to take over the position of teacher of the Kabbalah, and to open the secrets of the Kabbalah to the world. Founding the Kabbalah Center has made Rav Berg a leading figure at the forefront of adult spiritual education.

The Kabbalah Center has flourished under the leadership of Rav Berg, his wife, Karen, and his sons, Yehuda and Michael Berg.