At a time when a series of crises are befalling the "global village" we live in, there is an increasing need to find the right formula for establishing a happy society. The lack of such a formula is the source of all the crises affecting individuals, families, nations and humanity at large. In light of this state, Baal HaSulam's social teachings become imperative. Step by step the author leads us through an introduction to Baal HaSulam's principal works, revealing for the first time the writings of The Last Generation that were left on his desk in his final days.


At a time when a series of crises are befalling the "global village" we live in, there is an increasing need to find the right formula for establishing a happy society. The lack of such a formula is the source of all the crises affecting individuals, families, nations and humanity at large. In light of this state, Baal HaSulam's social teachings become imperative. Step by step the author leads us through an introduction to Baal HaSulam's principal works, revealing for the first time the writings of The Last Generation that were left on his desk in his final days. The book depicts a formula for establishing a society that allows each of its members and humanity as a whole, to lead a meaningful, secure and peaceful life. "Rav Yehuda Ashlag was one of the greatest Jewish philosophers of his time. His teaching did not conform to established ideologies, and today they are as pertinent as when they were when first published and even more so. Many of the events he had foreseen have come true and his teachings are still relevant as suitable tools for facing the challenging future of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel." (Prof. Eliezer Shavid, winner of the Research of the Thought of Israel Prize, 1994) "The essays that are published here for the first time include profound social and political criticism, expressed by a Kabbalist who was closely familiar with the main political events in the first half of the 20th century." (Prof. Moshe Idel, the foremost researcher of Kabbalah in the Academia and winner of the Research of the Thought of Israel Prize, 1999) "Rav Yehuda Ashlag is undoubtedly the most important Kabbalist of the 20th century. This book contains a collection of essays which shed a new light, hitherto unknown, on the teachings of Baal HaSulam." (Boaz Hos, PhD, the Department for the Wisdom of Israel at Ben Gurion University in the Negev, Israel) "Rav Yehuda Ashlag was one of the greatest Kabbalists of the last decades. Now, for the first time, his writings, which contain a fascinating and profound analysis of the socio-political options his generation faced, are being published. His criticism of cultural and social processes which accompanied the takeover of capitalism was predicted by Rav Ashlag long before it was accomplished, and is extremely valuable for our generation. The Ashlag Research Institute for Kabbalah has made great efforts deciphering the handwritten manuscripts and printing them. Thanks to this great initiative we have one of the most important Kabbalistic texts of the 20th century." (Jonathan Garb, PhD, the Department of the Wisdom of Israel at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel)