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The other side of this coin is that the people of Israel were commanded to give extra honor and deference to the kohanim. Being a kohein one wears a special Godly crown. And it is that heaven granted crown that people are to admire and honor.Since there are no perfect human beings it is easy to find faults and weaknesses within individual kohanim. People would therefore denegrate the kohein whom they felt to be imperfect, for after all did not the prophet himself state that the kohein must appear to his public as though he were an angel of the Lord. Yet respect for the kohein, every kohein, is built into Jewish custom and ritual. His blessings are to be sought, he is to redeem our first born males, he is to have the opening aliya at the time of the public reading of the Torah, he is to lead us in the prayers after meals and he is to be exmpted from tasks of labor and service that often fall upon other Jews. Thus the kohein was charged with the task of living up to his role as an elite leader of his people while the people were charged with the value of giving honor and a place of primacy in Jewish public life to the kohein. Even though there is presently no Temple in Jerusalem that requires the epecial and exclusive attention of the kohanim, their status in Jewish life and society has been preserved throughout our long history. That is ceratinly the reward of the father of the kohanim, the great Aharon.
This Shiur is published also at Rabbi Kaganof's site
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
