In these days after the seventh day of Pesach and around the time of the declaration of the State, we will try to explain the connection between two national historical events – “Brit Bein Hab’tarim” (covenant with Avram) and Kriat Yam Suf (splitting of the sea). David Hamelech describes Kriat Yam Suf in Hallel Hagadol as “to cut (gozer) the sea into strips (gezarim), forever is His kindness” (Tehillim 136:13). The use of the word “gozer” brings us to a new understanding of that event. The root of the splitting of the sea starts at the historical event of Brit Bein Hab’tarim. There the Torah used the word “Bein Hagezarim” (Bereishit 15:17) to describe the covenant with Avram.
A person must maintain total integrity in all his dealings – after all, we are
commanded to act like Hashem in all our deeds, and Hashem’s seal is truth (Shabbos
55a). Furthermore, someone who is meticulously honest and truthful will merit
receiving the Presence of the Shechinah.
A couple who are divorcing own two apartments, which are both registered in the Land Registry as jointly owned. Each wants to live in the nicer one, in which they now live.
Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook served as Head of the Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva for thirty years. During these years, an entire generation of students was nurtured upon a philosophy which combined the Torah of Israel, the nation of Israel, and the land of Israel.