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The painter immediately knew what he had to do. He went to the horse and cut the painting into two parts. He placed them side by side, with some distance between them. Suddenly, people stopped. They stopped and looked at the wonder – a horse split in two!
Rabbi Shlomo Kluger related this parable (I heard a slightly different version from Rav Yonatan Billet in the name of Rav Shalom Shwadron z’l) in order to explain the significance of the Splitting of the Sea for us. What is more wondrous – a complete sea, flowing from side to side, or a split and broken sea? Obviously a complete sea, flowing normally. The way nature’s systems work is much more impressive! However, we were accustomed to seeing a whole sea, and we no longer acknowledge the wonder of creation. Only when the sea split, did everyone look at G-d’s wonders – "They had faith in G-d and in Moses, His servant."
We need to observe the whole creation, to view with wonder everything around us, and to understand that all of this is emanates from G-d. "There is no artist like G-d" (Brachot 10a) – from everything in existence we can reveal the wonders of G-d’s creation – if we would only wake up and observe. The split sea will teach us to be amazed by the entire sea and by nature which is constantly being revealed to us.
In many poems, my poet grandfather Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon z’l, emphasized this idea. I will quote a few lines from one of them (Collection of Poems, P. 86):
I knew, that the solution to everything – is G-d’s Light!
G-d’s Light – He made all like an artist:
The morning sun shone with it,
And the night moon hid its magic,
The afternoon, too, is glory
And my day today doesn’t compare – to yesterday!
My every moment – G-d,
And all my ways – G-d!
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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.
Chukat "HOW ENTEBBE STOLE THE BICENTENNIAL
The Difference Between Historic & Eternal"
As we approach America's 250th birthday, it's worth remembering her 200th Bicentennial birthday, on Jul. 4th 1976, when Israel "stole the show" by shocking the world & miraculously saving 101 hostages in a foreign continent. As Pres. As Pres. Trump decides which countries get priority in his new Middle-East, it's worth reminding him of the difference between historic events and eternally historic ones. This obviously connects with this week's parsha, as well!
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 6 - The Parable of the King of India
The advantages of testimony over circumstantial evidence or philosophical speculation.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 5- "Proofs of G-d"
This may be the most important class of the entire book, where we finally get to the Jewish proof of the existence of G-d and truth of the Torah. We should follow His own direction where He tells us how to get to Him: through the Nation of Israel: Jewish history, Jewish prophets (and today, prophecies fulfilled), and national reward & punishment towards Am Yisrael.
Ein Aya One Humanity, One Creator, One Jerusalem
Rav Kook innovatively and beautifully explains this aggadeta where our sages say that after Jerusalem was destroyed her cinnamon fragrance is only found locked in a particular kingdom's treasury.
