Yehuda Berg is an American author and former teacher of

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. Until 2014, Berg was a co-director of the

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, which was founded by his parents

Philip Berg Philip S. Berg (original name Shraga Feivel Gruberger, ; August 20, 1927 – September 16, 2013) was an American rabbi and dean of the worldwide Kabbalah Centre organization. Berg was a great populariser of Ashlagian Kabbalah. Having written a ...

and Karen Berg. However, after allegations of sexual assault and allegations of offering drugs from one of his students, he stepped away from the organization. He was later found liable in a civil suit and ordered to pay damages to his victim for inflicting malice and intentional harm. Berg was an international speaker and author. One of his many books, ''The Power of Kabbalah'', became an international best-seller as did another of his books, ''The 72 Names of God''.

Biography

Berg was born in 1972 in

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. Until May 2014, he was co-director of the

, founded by his father Rav Shraga Feivel (Philip) Berg. Following accusations of drug abuse and sexual assault, he withdrew from the organization.

Works

He has written numerous works such as: ''The power of Kabbalah'', ''The 72 names of god: technology for the soul'', ''Kabbalah the power to change everything'', ''Satan: an autobiography'', ''True prosperity'', ''Angelic intelligence'', among others.

Lawsuit

In 2014, a former student at the

brought a lawsuit against him alleging that he had assaulted her sexually. She claimed that Berg offered her alcohol and

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while she visited him at his home and then made sexual advances. In November 2015 a Los Angeles Superior Court jury found that Berg had acted with malice and was liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress and therefore, he was ordered to pay $135,000, which included a punitive damages component. The

itself was also ordered to pay $42,500 for being negligent in its supervision of Berg, who was one of its co-directors at the time of the alleged assault.

Awards

In 2007, Berg was named Number 4 in '' Newsweek's'' list of America's Top 50 Rabbis.

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