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[In the Beit Hamikdash they would make a beracha, read the Ten Commandments, Shema, "V’haya im shamoa," "Vayomer" (the commandment of tzitzit), ...] Even outside the Beit Hamikdash, they tried to institute the daily recitation of the Ten Commandments, but this practice was already cancelled because of the arguments of the heretics.
Ein Ayah: The heretics are mistaken when they say that the main goal is the spirit of the Torah, in other words, its true ideas and the good moral attributes that it promotes. Based on this, they distinguish between that which they consider central philosophical themes and other stories and mitzvot. However, they are very mistaken for thinking that the philosophical ideas are already the final goal. In truth, the goal of human shleimut (completeness) is truly achieved when one can live and act, both on a general and on a specific basis, based on these philosophies and the good attributes seen through the Torah. To accomplish this, one needs all of the matters of the Torah, which make the entire nation used to a proper approach to life.
When even a small part of the Torah is not followed in practice, the philosophies will remain as an independent thing, and life will run as according to a person’s desires and whims. Under such circumstances, even the more general ideas of the Torah will, Heaven forbid, be undone. They will not succeed in having part of the Torah, as Hashem, whose word stands forever, instructed how success must be reached.
It is heretics who rail against the practical mitzvot, which incorrectly seem to them as a burden and unnecessary because they see the philosophical side as the main thing. However, this is a mistake because the actions all direct a person generally and specifically toward a path of life. When one’s specific actions are not delineated based on the Hashem’s Torah, the ideas cannot play their role at all. As time goes on, opposition to the proper ideals will increase, based on the habit of actions that the individual chooses. These random actions are antithetical to the pure ideals, and thus the philosophical idealism will be forgotten over time and nothing of them will last. Only about those who follow the Torah does it say "And this is My covenant with them, said Hashem: My spirit that is upon you and My word that I put into your mouth will not stray from your mouth and the mouth of your offspring and the mouth of your offspring’s offspring, said Hashem, from now and forever" (Yeshaya 59:21). The spirit refers to the general spirit of the Torah; the word refers to the specific required actions. When they are followed in detail, then they will not stray from your mouth, referring to those things that need to be pronounced with the mouth because the heart does not remember them by themselves like those things that are "My spirit that is upon you." Under such cases, there is an eternal covenant of "from now and forever."
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.
