
He later returned to Williamsburg, where in 1951 at age 22 he received ordination from Yeshiva Torah Vodaas.

In his youth, Berg underwent Talmudic education at Lakewood Yeshiva under Aharon Kotler. His father, Max Gruberger, immigrated from Nadvorna, Galicia (now in Ukraine), and worked as a clothes presser in Williamsburg. Biography īerg was born as Shraga Feivel Gruberger in 1929 in Brooklyn, to an Orthodox Jewish family. In poor health following a stroke in 2004, Berg died on September 16, 2013. Some Jewish scholars emphatically reject such teachings, deeming them as foreign to both the Kabbalah in particular and to Judaism in general. There is disagreement about whether Berg's teachings, as relayed through the Kabbalah Centre, have sufficient grounds and/or genuine authority according to halakha (Jewish law), as they include some dogmas and translations differing markedly from those of more-traditional Kabbalists. Berg initially aimed at returning alienated Jews to their heritage through the teachings of Yehuda Ashlag, however he later adopted a more universalistic approach. Having written a number of books on the subject of Kabbalah, Berg expanded its access to a greater audience than traditionally permitted, one which included secular Jews, non-Jews and women.

Berg (original name Feivel Gruberger, Hebrew: שרגא פייבל Aug– September 16, 2013) was an American rabbi and dean of the worldwide Kabbalah Centre organization.īerg was a great populariser of Ashlagian Kabbalah.

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