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Ein Ayah: When a woman focuses on the horrible moral phenomenon of putting her focus on attracting others with illusions of what she is not, she becomes hollow and an empty vessel. Specifically because she is guilty of this internal deterioration, she becomes guilty of intentional haughtiness and desire for self-aggrandizement.
When a person tries to attribute to himself distinctions that are untrue, he will internally realize the effort’s futility because he is subconsciously aware that he is actually lowly. He may have an exaggerated need to show love to himself, but his internal recognition of his shallowness will disturb his heart even though it will not be expressed clearly.
In any case, the outcome of this complex phenomenon will start to have a negative impact immediately. The person wants to complete that which is lacking specifically by means of making his external side fancy, so that others will show him respect. Somehow, he does not consider that this will not complete that which is innately and internally lacking. Such a foolish thought will never succeed; rather, it will destroy the foundations of general society and the individual’s well-being.
This is what happened to the Daughters of Zion, whom tragedy hit as a result of their internal moral fall. The seal of their general deterioration found expression in a horrible way to the extent that they totally lost their self-value. Rather, their entire interest was to find favor in the eyes of others, even if it was to a foreign nation, as long as it made them feel that it filled the emptiness of their degraded spirits.
The infliction affected their heads, the part of the body that housed all of their strange thoughts, and they actually received the exact opposite of what they sought. Their heads were afflicted with leprosy, which is a growth that is secondary to the body and does not have its own essence. Rather, what it does is to make that part of the body despised by others that look at him. Such an affliction tortures the soul and makes the groundless haughtiness disappear. Then a person is forced to look inwardly to find any positive meaning. That is actually the opening of hope for recovery from the pointless lightheadedness that existed previously. Then the person can realize that his hope is not in shallow attraction that others have toward him or her but from the depths of the spirit. The benefit that comes from the depths of the spirit when the divine light shines upon him will be the beginning and the purpose of the recovery.
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
Moreshet Shaul Moreshet Shaul: A Crown and its Scepter – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 294-5
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.
