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One who prays should wait one hour [not clear if it is literally an hour or some period of time] after his tefilla (prayer), as the pasuk says: "However, the righteous will praise Your name, the upright will sit before Your face" (Tehillim 140:14).
Ein Ayah:
The impact of prayer should extend not just during the period that the prayer is being said. Rather, the spiritual elevation and sanctity of the experience should sanctify the person’s normal activities, so that they should be focused on the goal of truth and righteousness, in line with the pasuk: "In all of your paths, know Him" (Mishlei 3:6). That is the function of the time after prayer: to connect one’s lofty thoughts and emotions during prayer to his whole physical life. The ability to accomplish this connection earns one the title of one who is upright, as he does not leave activities in the physical world but expands them and glorifies them by connecting them to true success. The patriarchs were able to do this and for this reason their ostensibly mundane activities are recorded in the Torah. They were called upright (Avoda Zara 25b), as they were happy with whatever Hashem bestowed upon them, as the pasuk says: "For those with a straight heart there will be happiness" (Tehillim 97:11).
The purity of a person who is able to integrate spiritual experiences into his mundane life allows one to improve himself from every experience. He is able to add on to the proper inhabitation of the world while still bringing himself true spiritual success because his activities are connected to lofty thoughts and emotions. While a righteous person enjoys righteousness, he should have the righteousness spread out into those areas that seem distant. That is what is referred to by the pasuk that "the upright will sit before Your face." When you take that approach into the marketplaces, you show that Hashem is upright. Praise of Hashem comes from a glorious world of charm and beauty and refines the spirit of mankind, thereby bringing about true spiritual completeness.
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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.
