concerning the rights to publish The Book of Zohar with the Sulam commentary that his father wrote, Ashlag left Israel for three years, spending most of that time in the United Kingdom. During that period, he also held discussions with Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch, Joel Teitelbaum of Satmar, and other prominent rabbis. He also taught kabbalah in Gateshead and in other cities in the U.K. Upon his return to Israel, Ashlag continued to study and to teach. He did not want to become publicly known as a kabbalist; hence, as did his father, he declined any offers for official posts. After the end of the 1960s, he changed his ways and began teaching kabbalah in broader circles. He would travel to wherever there was even the smallest demand to hear about kabbalah. Among the cities he frequented were Hebron, Tiberias, and Jerusalem. In 1976, he expanded his seminary, and his humble home in Bnei Brak became a spacious synagogue. He himself moved to the second floor of the building. He would occasionally travel to Tiberias for purposes of seclusion. In 1983, some forty new students joined the group of kabbalists that Ashlag had been teaching up to that point. To help them "fit in" with the group more easily and quickly, he began to compose essays describing the spiritual evolution of an individual, and the basics of the work in a group of kabbalists. From 1984 and up to his last day in 1991, he would write a weekly article and give it to his disciples. In time, his disciples collected the essays he had written and published them in a five volume publication known as Shlavey ha Sulam ("Rungs [of] the Ladder"). Rav Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag died on September 13, 1991. He was interred on Har HaMenuchot. Publications Ashlag's primary engagement was interpretation and expansion of his father's compositions. Ashlag's essays are a far easier read than compositions of earlier kabbalists, since they are written in a simple language. Ashlag dedicated most of his efforts to elaborate on an individual's spiritual path, from the very first steps, when one asks, "What is the meaning of my life?" to one's climb toward the revelation of the spiritual reality. His disciples testify that "the Rabash believed that any person, man or woman, and even the youngest child can study the internality of the Torah, if they only wish to