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Ein Ayah: In essence, there is no bad among all of life’s inclinations. All of their healthy expansions are for good purposes, just like they spread out in the spirit in regard to matters of the material world and the spiritual world. We all wait for times in which the inclinations will not need to be stopped, as all will be directed toward the proper goal which they were created to enable.
However, at this point, the world has not yet come to that level of perfection. In these times, when the physical and spiritual inclinations spread out from their pure state, they miss the mark, and therefore they need to be checked by the Torah and the intellect. However, the internal force within a person’s spirit, which can eventually make all the extensions of his inclinations end up being for the loftiest goals, requires that man will reach this level in his intellect before it becomes part of his nature. For that reason, a person’s analytical thoughts and emotions have to develop broadly so that he can use them to reach the highest levels that a man can reach.
This is referred to as the Torah of the person’s youthful period, when he is freest and follows his eyes and his heart. Indeed, from the perspective of the Torah, the person is already ready for an ideal life. It is just that this high level of Torah has not yet been deeply enough rooted in his heart with all its power, and his heart of stone has not yet been turned into a heart of flesh.
For that reason, practical ethics need to have a more limited scope. The person must be reminded of the truth that Hashem will reckon with everyone and hold them responsible for their corrupt and evil ways, which can be brought about by the freeness of a person’s youth and the exposure to a variety of things that his eyes perceive.
This is only in regard to practical life, which follows the way matters are in the present. In that realm, his inclinations can take him to horrible places. However, while one is involved in Torah study, he is elevated to a world that is all good, and the light of Hashem that will exist in the ideal future throughout the world will already show its aura to each person according to his value and his preparation to receive this light of Torah. That is why the intellectual inclinations, which analyze everything within the prism of Torah, have to remain at their broadest. In that realm he will be able to grasp the ways of Hashem in the depths of his own spirit, and through that gaze into a world that is full of grandeur.
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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.
