Rabbi Yosef Gabay was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, where he studied in the yeshiva of Rabbi Nissim Benisty, zt"l. For the past eighteen years, he has been involved in outreach for the French-, Hebrew- and English-speaking communities in Los Angeles. He authored A Bridge to Heaven, a collection of classic kabbalistic commentaries on the Torah. He is also the author of Living with God in the 21st Century, a comprehensive study of Jewish philosophy that gives one an understanding of God's Plan for mankind and the meaning of life.