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Balancing How Much Make-Up & Jewelry (?)
via the Kedusha of Shabbat, Jerusalem & the Family
Rav Kook deals here with the eternal question: how much make-up & jewelry is good, and how much is too much. What is the difference between being attractive or "attracting"? Rav Kook innovatively answers through the Talmud's recounting the story of R. Akiva buying a "Jerusalem of Gold" ornament for his beloved wife Rachel, exemplifying their unique & loving relationship (as well as his unique biography & Torah), together with our relationship to Jerusalem, as well as the rabbinical decree that one cannot wear that jewelry in the public domain on Shabbat. This classing paragraph touches upon many topics in Rav Kook's thought on.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tishrei 5786
What was King Solomon's Mistake? Truth must be 100% Clarified
Ayn Aya Shabbat v, 71
Rav Kook deals with the basic difference between emotion (which sometimes must be overcome) as opposed to intellect and truth, which must always be clarified, for there is no such thing as 99% true! Accordingly, he suggests an innovative explanation as to what caused King Solomon to sin, and the great challenge in running a Jewish State.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 5785
The Expanse of Unity
Sometimes division seems good and constructive. But already at the very start of the creation of the world, the Sages of the Land of Israel impart to us that division is extremely undesirable.
Rabbi Michael Linetsky | Tammuz 26 5781
Loneliness and Faith
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Sivan 8 5780
From Kriat Yam Suf to Yom Ha'atzma'ut
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.
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 4 5777
Miketz
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5773
Olive Oil Concerns
All you wanted to know about Olive Oil and its Kashrut considerations.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771
Revealing Our Inner Essence
Rabbi Chanan Morrison | 5770
Assembling Portable Cribs and Adjusting Shtenders on Shabbos
Milechet Boneh with movable items, removing leaves from the table, Assembling Portable Cribs, adjusting Shtenders on Shabbat and more.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5770
Daf Yomi - Bava batra 18
Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Elul 19 5769
'Walking and Living 'them
Parashat Acharei Mot
Parashat Acharei Mot
Rabbi Shubert Spero | Nisan 5763
The Laws of Chanukah - Part I
A Festive Meal? How Many Lights Should Be Lit? Refraining from Labors While Candles Burn Chanukah Candles and Oils Placing the Chanukiah
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
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