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| Shemot – Exodus, Ch. 3 | |
| יב וַיֹּאמֶר, כִּי-אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ, וְזֶה-לְּךָ הָאוֹת, כִּי אָנֹכִי שְׁלַחְתִּיךָ: בְּהוֹצִיאֲךָ אֶת-הָעָם, מִמִּצְרַיִם, תַּעַבְדוּן אֶת-הָאֱלֹהִים, עַל הָהָר הַזֶּה. | 12 And He said: 'Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the sign unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.' |
The Sign – Ha’Ot Heb. – is a hint to the covenant between G-d and Israel. Shabbat is also called Ot and so is the Tefillin.
The Arizal and sages say the children of Israel went down to Egypt to redeem the holy sparks and receive the Torah at Sinai.
The future and final redemption will likewise be in order to elevate the holy sparks of Judaism and rebuild the eternal holy Temple.
4 and 40
The 4 letters of the word הָאוֹת are parallel to the 4 expressions of redemption of Hashem and the 4 cups of wine we drink on Lel Ha’Seder. 4 expressions (Ex. 6):וְהוֹצֵאתִי וְהִצַּלְתִּי וְגָאַלְתִּי וְלָקַחְתִּי – I shall 1/ exit you, 2/ save you, 3/ redeem you, 4/ take you.
Each word ends with the letter Yod, numerical value 10.
Add them together and you have 40.
40 days and 40 nights Moses spent on Mount Sinai each time he went up to study the Torah.
40 years is the travel time the children of Israel spent travelling from Egypt to the land of Israel.
5 and 50
The fifth expression is that G-d would bring the Israelites to the land of Israel; וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם.This is the fifth letter Yod at the end of the fifth expression. The 5th cup will be drunk by the prophet Elijah who will come to redeem us with the messiah. 50 = the 50 levels of impurity that our forefathers nearly sank to while in Egypt as they stooped to the 49th level, and had to be redeemed.
Both Moses and the king Solomon could attain 49 levels of purity and wisdom but the 50th eluded them.
King messiah will attain the 50th level of purity, sainthood and wisdom.
According to Bnei Tzion, quoting Rabbi Pinchas Friedman and Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Rujin – Jacob prophesied about Samson from the tribe of Dan, who would save the Israelites from the Philistines.
Samson went after his eyes and chose Delilah for a wife but not for physical attraction. He saw in her the potential to redeem and attain the 50th level of purity from the depth of the abyss of defilement but unfortunately he did not succeed in his extremely brave attempt and lost his eyesight.
The name Delilah Heb. דלילה make the following acronyms, derived from Song of Songs (Shir ha’Shirim) 6, the first 4 words:
| ב דּוֹדִי יָרַד לְגַנּוֹ, לַעֲרֻגוֹת הַבֹּשֶׂם--לִרְעוֹת, בַּגַּנִּים, וְלִלְקֹט, שׁוֹשַׁנִּים. | 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. |
Only Hashem is able to, and will empower the messiah to go down so low to pick us precious souls from the abyss of 50 levels of defilement and elevate them up to redeem the holy sparks. This helps to explain why the greatest personalities in Judaism could not do so until the messiah is crowned and empowered by G-d to bring upon us the final redemption, speedily in our days, amen.
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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.
