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Ein Ayah: The glow of the Divine Presence is the enjoyment from the pleasantness of Hashem. This enjoyment exists according to the level of the people who are exposed to and receive the enjoyment. After all, it is impossible to fully grasp Hashem. However, even the small element that a person is capable of grasping according to his level is enough to fill him with light and eternal joy, wherever the light reaches.
An especially great talmid chacham, whose ways are lofty, whose intellect is deep, and whose heart has pure emotions, cannot be evaluated by those who are much lesser people than he is. This is because they are not able to receive the light of such a great person. The extent to which the great person is able to influence them depends on their level, and this is comparable to the glow of the Divine Presence. The simple people are able to receive something only when they have contact in a palpable physical context, such as at a meal. In that context, a great scholar and a simple person are both at least involved in the same activity of eating.
At the same time that the simple person connects himself to the great person, the simple person is connected to the light of Hashem, to the service of Hashem, and to the path of the Torah. It is specifically the connection that takes place in the context of physical interaction which has an impact that does not exist when the simple people are exposed to his great wisdom and sanctity. The latter may indeed show how the great talmid chacham is on a different plane than the simple person, but that will specifically cause the latter to give up any hope of emulating the great person, who is beyond the simple person’s grasp. In contrast, when they have a joint physical experience, it is much more beneficial in the ability to learn certain significant fine characteristics of the great scholar.
The image that the simple person is exposed to of the person who is so far beyond him, but nevertheless is a physical person who eats and has physical needs, is very instructive. Such a human being can arrive at high levels of sanctity, good characteristics, and purity of the heart and of actions. It inspires the simple person to aspire to the elements of which he is capable, according to his level. This is parallel to benefiting from the glow of the Divine Presence, which depends on the level of the perceiver.
Ein Ayah lessing for Those Who Know How to Appreciate the Future
Ein Aya Shabbat Chapter B Paragraph 226
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.
