“The Ladder He Left Behind.”
Baal HaSulam lived a difficult life Filled with trouble, pain and strife Yet through it all he found a way To bring the wisdom to our day He saw a world consumed by hate And knew mankind could not just wait He knew the answer had to be For man to rise above the me To join together heart to heart For this is where the work must start He showed us how to organize How through the friends a man can rise How ten can gather and become As if the many were but one He worked and wrote both day and night To open for us the path to Light Not for riches, not for fame Not so the world would know his name But for the souls who someday might Need his words to find the Light His troubles came, his hardships grew Still he continued what he knew For somewhere deep within his heart He knew his writings were a start A road for those who came behind A way for mankind to finally find That all the hatred we must rise above And build between us only love Baal HaSulam has gone away Yet still his words are...