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Ein Ayah: Material and spiritual characteristics always develop in a coordinated manner. Therefore, values can be learned one from the other because there is a secret unity that runs through all of existence. For that reason, if something exists in one element of the world, it will exist in some similar form throughout existence, just that they differ due to the difference between the situations involved. Indeed, the material and spiritual come together under the canopy of world existence. Whatever finds expression in one finds expression in the other, with appropriate differences according to the fundamental difference between these significantly different realms. However, when we place one form of the value opposite the other, we will see that one can be learned from the other in a most complete manner.
When something physical is enhanced, it must be finished up by thereby having the person to whom it is connected be completed and grow as a person. Only when the quality and quantity of a person’s physical power is complete will the person be ready to add on more fruit of life. Our Rabbis teach us that the age of eighteen is the time for marriage (Avot 5:21). When the person in question is a man of elevated status, it is proper for this to be accompanied by the accumulation of all pertinent spiritual acquisition. This is when a person knows everything that he can by remembering what he was taught and absorbing it into his mind.
Only after he has quantitatively accumulated the material available can he move on to spiritual fertility, with analysis following the amassment of knowledge. Then the blessing of creative ideas can come forward with all its attractiveness and clarity. When one excels in this regard, he realizes that the basis for the loftiest spiritual ideas is the simplest and clearest understanding of each matter. The deeper levels are best understood when the simple explanation is clear, as that is the ground-level of spirituality upon which the rest sits. One needs great depth to understand all of the spiritual levels, not just how each one stands on its own, but how the different levels must be connected from the beginning of their growth until their most beautiful flowering. Only when the simple basis is clear will one appreciate how everything is connected in a manner that is full of life, in a truthful and permanent way.
When one begins to learn, he cannot appreciate the multi-level connection and the beauty of that which is the simplest level and how it impacts all levels. That is why first a person learns on the level that is the ultimate truth. Only afterward can he appreciate how even the simple level is as beautiful as it is and that a pasuk is not to be totally removed from its simple meaning.
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
Rabbis in Midrash
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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.
