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Yehuda Ashlag

1886 - 1954

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Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag (1885–1954) or Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag (Hebrew: רַבִּי יְהוּדָה לֵיבּ הַלֵּוִי אַשְׁלַג), also known as the Baal Ha-Sulam (Hebrew: בַּעַל הַסּוּלָם‎, "Author of The Ladder") in reference to his magnum opus, was an Orthodox rabbi, kabbalist and anarchist born in Łuków, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, to a family of scholars connected to the Hasidic courts of Porisov and Belz. Rabbi Ashlag lived in the Holy Land from 1922 until his death in 1954 (except for two years in England). In addition to his Sulam commentary on the Zohar, his other primary work, Talmud Eser Sefirot is regarded as the central textbook for students of Kabbalah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yehuda Ashlag has received more than 162,160 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Yehuda Ashlag is the 9,171st most popular politician (down from 8,252nd in 2019), the 550th most popular biography from Poland (down from 494th in 2019) and the 145th most popular Polish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yehuda Ashlag ranks 9,171 out of 19,576. Before him are Dean Rusk, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Sabin of Bulgaria, Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Hosokawa Tadaoki. After him are Janet Jagan, Raymond Roger Trencavel, Valerius Romulus, Mohammad Afzal Khan, Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria, and Frédéric François-Marsal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Yehuda Ashlag ranks 114. Before him are Salvatore Maranzano, Tarsila do Amaral, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Armin T. Wegner, Ferenc Münnich, and Wilhelm Marschall. After him are Firmin Lambot, André Marty, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Kurt Schmitt, Olga Rozanova, and Ma Rainey. Among people deceased in 1954, Yehuda Ashlag ranks 60. Before him are Emil Leon Post, Wilhelm Schmidt, Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, Herms Niel, Thành Thái, and Franz Neumann. After him are José Millán-Astray, Fritz London, Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, Mikimoto Kōkichi, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, and Onofre Marimón.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Yehuda Ashlag ranks 550 out of 1,694. Before him are Paul Löbe (1875), Lidia Zamenhof (1904), Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909), Kazys Grinius (1866), Franz Neumann (1900), and Hans Stuck (1900). After him are Johann Schobert (1720), Hagen Kleinert (1941), Emil Krebs (1867), Jan Łaski (1499), Olga Boznańska (1865), and Maryla Rodowicz (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Yehuda Ashlag ranks 145. Before him are Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (1846), Joseph Serchuk (1919), Duchess Amelia of Württemberg (1799), Bolesław the Pious (1225), Paul Löbe (1875), and Kazys Grinius (1866). After him are Stanisław Poniatowski (1676), Stanisław Kania (1927), Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1801), Vyacheslav Kebich (1936), Bronisław Geremek (1932), and Wincenty Witos (1874).

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