Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag was a major Kabbalist, opening up the whole field of the Kabbalah by deciphering the code it was written in. He was the author of In the Shadow of the Ladder: Introductions to Kabbalah. Yedidah Cohen, with her husband, translated Rabbi Ashlag's In the Shadow of the Ladder: Introductions to Kabbalah. She teaches at a gifted children's college in Northern Israel and appears frequently on Israel National Radio.
"""Yedidah Cohen has performed a wonderful service in making available to an English- speaking audience this Introduction ot the Zohar by one of the modern masters of Jewish mysticism, the late Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag. Read it and it will help open your eyes to the infinite radiance that fills the world and the seeking soul. A life-changing work."" -- Sir Jonathon Sacks, chief rabbi, United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth ""This is a text to read, savor, contemplate and learn from again and again. If you are interested in authentic Jewish kabbalah, this book is a must-have. Reading it is like having Rabbi Ashlag in the room with you."" -- Rabbi Yonnasan Gershom ""Unique and refreshing work. A valuable alternative to the vast amount of spurious 'kabbala' available."" -- Jerusalem Post"