Philip S. Berg (original name Feivel Gruberger) is an American rabbi and current Dean of the worldwide Kabbalah Centre organization.[...]
Berg was born as Shraga Feivel Gruberger in Brooklyn to an Orthodox Jewish family. He is said to have been educated at a yeshiva where he was allegedly ordained as a rabbi in 1951 and then started working as an insurance salesman at New York Life two years later. His first wife was named Rivkah with whom he had several children. It was Rivka's uncle, Rabbi Yehuda Brandwein, dean of the prestigious Yeshiva Kol Yehuda, who Berg first met on a trip to Israel in 1962, and who would become his Kabbalistic mentor. There is some disagreement over who succeeded Rabbi Brandwein as dean of Yeshiva Kol Yehuda - Berg has claimed to have replaced Rabbi Brandwein in that role, but that claim is disputed by Brandwein's son Avraham, who is the current dean. Despite this, Articles of Incorporation were filed with the IRS for U.S. branch of the "National Institute for the Research of Kabbalah" in 1965. These Articles of Incorporation were signed by both Rabbi Brandwein and Rabbi Philip Berg. Later, the organization's name was changed to The Research Centre for Kabbalah and finally, The Kabbalah Centre.For over thirty years Karen Berg has directed the Kabbalah Centre along with her husband Rav Philip Berg. Because of Karen Berg’s efforts the world is a completely different place now. The mystery and secrets of the Kabbalah, which were only available to the select few for over 4,000 years has begun to see the light of day as its message is spread to all who seek its wisdom.
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