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Product Description 'And [Hashem] called to Moshe.' Vayikra 1:1 What set Moshe Rabbenu apart? Why was he chosen to lead the Jewish people and receive the Torah at Sinai? In Ladder of Light: Parashah Insights on Sefer Vayikra, Rabbi Yaakov Hillel, renowned Kabbalist and Rosh Yeshivah of Hevrat Ahavat Shalom in Jerusalem, answers these questions and many more. With his distinctive, in-depth approach to the Parshiot of the Torah, he applies the wisdom of the Sages of the Mishnah and Talmud and the teachings of generations of great Kabbalists to many fundamental principles of Judaism and a variety of contemporary issues, including: -Retaining the benefits of the sacrifices -A spiritual approach to eating -Why keep kosher -Circumcision: perfecting an imperfect world -Leprosy: healing the soul -From Egypt to the Holy Land -Life's gray areas -The dimensions of space,time, and soul -Cycles of seven The Parashah Insights Series has touched the lives of readers worldwide in English, French, Spanish, Turkish, and Russian. Newly revised and expanded in Ladder of Light: Parashah Insights, these essays are a readable guide to the Torah outlook for laymen and advanced scholars alike. About the Author Rosh Yeshivah of Hevrat Ahavat Shalom in Jerusalem and the scion of illustrious Baghdadi rabbinical families, studied in the esteemed Yeshivot of Gateshead in England and Ponevizh in Israel. He is the founder and director of Ahavat Shalom institutions, a growing Torah network with many braches throughout Israel, including yeshivot, tens of kollelim, a bet din and bet horaah, girls' high school and seminary, outreach division, and a publishing house that has produced over five hundred volumes to date, the majority from manuscript. Rabbi Hillel had taught Kabbalah on a high level to select groups of distinguished Torah scholars for forty years. He is a sought-after speaker and the author of numerous works in many fields of Torah scholarship, in both Hebrew and English.