Gottlieb, like Rabbi Baruch Shalom Ashlag, teaches Kabbalah according to the method of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag. Ashlag's Kabbalistic method involves thorough textual analysis, similar to methods of
Talmud study. In Rabbi Gottlieb's editions of the works of
Isaac Luria, the commentaries of Rabbi Yehuda and Baruch Ashlag are utilised in a similar manner to the
Rashi and
Tosafot commentaries on the Talmud. This method garnered support from
Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri. Rabbi Gottlieb's method of studying Kabbalah is to study the spiritual worlds from the perspective of the human world. This is in contrast to the
Sephardic method, mainly perpetuated by the students of
Rabbi Shalom Sharabi, who study Kabbalah in the abstract. This method is primarily focused on transforming an individual from the "desire to receive" to the "desire to give." His views on various social issues are characterized by a marked social progressivism within a
Haredi cultural context. In regards to the LGBT+ community, and other minorities living in Israel, Gottlieb advocates for a broader tolerance of these communities by the Israeli public. Gottlieb is a strong critic of the Israeli government's handling of the
climate crisis and of the
meat industry, and has advocated a reduction in the use of disposable plastics. == Social Advocacy ==