Shamati: I Heard

by Yehuda Ashlag

Among all the texts and notes of Rabbi Baruch Shalom Halevi Ashlag (the Rabash), there was one special notebook he always carried. This notebook contained the transcripts of his conversations with his father, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Halevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam), author of the Sulam (Ladder) commentary on The Book of Zohar and of many other works on Kabbalah. Not feeling well on the Jewish New Year in September 1991, the Rabash summoned his prime disciple and personal assistant, Michael Laitman, to his bedside and handed him that notebook. Its cover contained only one word, Shamati (I Heard). As he handed the notebook, he said to Laitman, "Take it and learn from it." The following morning, he perished in his student's arms, leaving him and many of his other disciples without guidance in this world. Committed to Rabash's legacy to disseminate the wisdom of Kabbalah, Laitman published the notebook just as it was written, thus retaining the text's transforming powers. Among all the books of Kabbalah, Shamati is a unique and compelling composition whose power persists long after the reading is through.

Genres: Judaism

410 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 8, 2008

About the author

Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag

Reviews

[hillels]

assez compliqué à lire et à comprendre sur certains articles, mais extrêmement intéressant; procure énormément de questions et de réponses, surtout si lu avec la bonne attitude

[Mark Likvornik]

Not feeling well on the Jewish New Year in September 1991, the Rabash summoned his prime disciple and personal assistant, Michael Laitman, to his bedside and handed him that notebook. Its cover contained only one word, Shamati (I Heard). As he handed the notebook, he said to Laitman, "Take it and learn from it."

[D.M. Campbell]

A fellow parent at my son's school got me interested in kabbalah, and so I splurged and bought a copy of this book. It's on the table next to my bed, along with my Wisden cricket almanacs and two honking-huge volumes of the annotated Sherlock Holmes.

[Eliyahu (Marc)]

I love it. More so I understand all he is talking about from experience.

[Oliver Oyanadel]

This is a book of Angelic wisdom. The deepest mysteries of the Bible revealed with nothing gratuitous.

[Andrius]

Deep and thought-promoting

Writing on diverse topics which help to better understand and feel the subject matter. Definitelly a book to read and re-read many times.