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Ein Ayah: All moral failings do not bring about the desired goal even according to the imagination of the delusional person who carries them out.
The normal foundation of the phenomenon of hatred toward another person is connected to competition in one’s quest to acquire wealth. A basic reason that a person wants to accumulate wealth is to increase the honor of his household and bring success to the members of his family out of love for them. When he gets carried away with this pursuit, it turns the love for those around him into hatred for other people, who are out of his circle of people close to him.
If he does that, at the end, he will not acquire anything that he desires. The family itself, under the influence of internal deficiency due to a corrupt state of the spirit, will be full of animosity and exaggerated self-love. This will turn his home into a gathering of hateful people, as the pasuk says: "A man’s enemies are the people of his household" (Micha 7:6). All that he tries to accomplish will turn into things that cause him heartache. That is what Rabbi Nechemia means by saying that he will have quarrels within his household.
The progression of bad actions that stem from hatred toward other people will spiral into a destructive pattern that destroys the fabric of life. First, he loses the equilibrium and the tranquility that he needs for a productive life. Then the atmosphere of upheaval makes him lose the power he needs to progress in matters that require developing good things in practice according to their potential from among the hidden powers that develop society. In this realm, the gemara talks about his wife losing their unborn children.
When the dangerous atmosphere deteriorates further, the person loses even his greatest hopes, those that have already come into existence, and destroys them in the fullest degree. This is what Rabbi Nechemia means when saying that his sons and daughters will die when they are young.
It is the general power of love that gives the staying power to wait all the months of pregnancy with an internal understanding and without exaggerated excitement, which destroys the process. This approach also prepares the person to be able to properly give of himself or herself in caring for the children when they are young. When the ability to love properly is polluted by a spirit of hatred, the foundations are undone and the power of destruction is displayed in ways that are closest to a person’s heart and soul. It is necessary for the person to go back and cling to the ways of Hashem and love other people. After all, all people are the work of Hashem’s hand upon whom he bestowed the light of life.
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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.
