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The solution to this dilemma is at once simple and profound. Indeed, we cannot grasp God Himself, but we can perceive His doings in the world. Through His actions, God is perceived by us as creator and conductor of the entire universe. There is no place in all creation where He is absent, "His glory fills the earth" (from the Sabbath Keushah prayer). All of creation evinces the greatness of God's actions. We perceive God's absolute sovereignty over creation with all of our senses. As far as God's revelation through His actions, He is very close to us; regarding God's essence, He is sublime, transcendent, and beyond comprehension, and there is no adjective that can accurately describe Him. He is above all.
The sages hinted at this idea when they said God resembles the soul of man in five respects:
1. Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world.
Foundations of Faith (51)
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
16 - 14. Contradictions between Science and Torah
17 - 15. Perceiving God
18 - 16. God's Hand in Nature
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3. Just as the soul sustains the body, so God sustains the world.
4. Just as the soul is pure and above the body, so God is pure and above the world.
5. Just as the soul resides in the innermost chambers, so God resides in the innermost chambers.
Though the soul itself cannot be seen, it is revealed through the actions of the body. Even though the soul itself is invisible, speech and every bodily movement testify to the existence of this inner life force. Similarly, God Himself can be neither seen nor felt, but His existence is revealed through His actions. This is the profundity of the faith that permeates man's entire being, saying, "There is none like You, God." Such a faith lifts man to the highest of heights, to a place which the eye cannot penetrate and the mind cannot grasp.
According to this principle, the sages fixed the wording of the benedictions so that they begin in the personal (second person) - "Blessed are You ..." - and then change over to the impersonal (third person) - "...Who has sanctified us..."
The sages did this in order to teach us the proper manner of relating to the Almighty. On the one hand, He reveals himself to us; on the other, He is hidden from us. He reveals Himself to us through His actions, and it is through His actions that we become acquainted with Him; yet, He Himself remains hidden from us.
"You are He" - there is no contradiction here, rather, an accurate description of God. Hence, "You are He - the first, and You are He - the last, and without You we have no saving and redeeming king."
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.
