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Tosafot (ad loc.) cites the midrash that like a small child running away from school, "so [Bnei Yisrael] were running away from Mt. Sinai a path of three days, for they had learned there much Torah." The simple understanding is that they were afraid that if they remained longer they might receive even more commandments, and so they left hastily. There seems to be a hint of the haste in the phrase the midrash repeats twice, "a path of three days," that they actually traversed it in one day (see Rashi on chumash). But it is still difficult to understand the criticism for diligence to follow Hashem’s lead on a path pointing toward Eretz Yisrael.
Bnei Yisrael were correctly happy to move on their way toward the future challenges and opportunities ahead. However, they did not properly appreciate the importance of the spiritual provisions they were to bring from Mt. Sinai, or the difficulty of the road ahead. The midrash’s stressing of the fact that the path should have taken three days implies that the speed of the travel was part of the problem, in addition to the desire to leave. Bnei Yisrael did not appreciate that a path of three days should take three days. One cannot always arrive at the destination earlier than ordained.
Rashi (on the gemara, ibid.) says that the first puranut was, "the rabble in their midst had a desire, and Bnei Yisrael also wept again, saying, ‘who will feed us meat’" (Bamidbar 11:5). This is very difficult, as this event is found after the miton’nim, and the encapsulated p’sukim do not separate between them. We can explain as follows. Bnei Yisrael’s lack of readiness to leave Mt. Sinai in an orderly fashion lead to a lack of spiritual balance, which gave rise to the subsequent ascendance of the rabble to prominence. It is this root of the problem that the Torah identifies as the puranut.
There is a lesson in all of this for our lives. We often correctly identify a distant goal as a Divinely ordained challenge in our lives. But we do not always appreciate how the tools we received at Sinai are ones we need to gather up carefully and lovingly to accompany us on the path and make it a safe one. We are also not always patient enough to know that it takes a long time to cover a long distance, and we need to pace ourselves appropriately to arrive in peace.
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.
