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Ein Ayah: The sechel (intellect) and the regesh (feelings/emotions) are the controllers of the spirit. These enable a person to, respectively, investigate every matter with logic and draw him to feel good about doing that which is upright. Pure sechel is certainly more refined and internal than regesh, which is affected by the nature of the body.
The pure divine sechel is the foundation of the Torah, and a person can embrace it when he studies Torah for the right reasons and with great effort. The foundation of fear of Hashem is pure regesh in the correct direction, in which one’s moral spirit and his good actions join together to prepare the heart for a life of sanctity. Proper regesh is called "fear of Heaven" when it is enhanced by awe that inspires a person who contemplates the wonders of nature done by the Creator, as the pasuksays: "When I see Your heavens, the work of Your fingers" (Tehillim 8:4).
The inner regesh reacts enthusiastically when it sees the sechelfinding deep truths even of cold and dry logical statements. The finely tuned holy heart "hears" the result of the pure sechel in a unique way. Therefore, one who lacks pure regesh, even though it is external in comparison to pure sechel, will not be able to grasp and feel the truths involved in grasping elements of Hashem. He may have intellectual command of the philosophical ideas, but he will not reach their inner essence. This is because truths have their full significance only when they reach the person at his inner point and his sprit clings to the light of life. For this to happen in more than a superficial manner and for it to allow a person control of the power, one’s regesh needs to reach a level of sanctity and purity. Otherwise, his relationship with the truth will be theoretical and not practical.
This is what the gemara means by "How will he be able to get in?" Personal characteristics, even though they are external matters, determine whether a person will have his sechel light up the interior of his soul. This is because when they are improper, they separate between the sechel and the inner soul.
That is why one who has Torah, which is the pinnacle of thesechel, is lacking when he is missing fear of Heaven. He is like a treasurer, as he is not the owner of the intellectual attainments but one who theoretically has access to them, while they are actually foreign to him.
The situation would still be relatively good if he had actual access, in that they could impact the way he acts, even if they could not destroy the evil in his heart. However, since he is like one who has keys to the inner doors but not the outer ones, he is not able to use them at all. It is true that he will be able to do some impressive things, as is hinted by the metaphor of having received keys at all, as any type of Torah attainments makes an impression. However, they will not be able to do what they are supposed to. That is because inner morality is needed to grasp the inner element of the intellectual truths. These are the external keys that the person is missing.
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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.
