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Ein Ayah: When one internally strengthens his spirit with divine-based purity, this creates a life of sanctity and goodness. The agitation that is related to blood, which can overpower the purity of the soul and pollute to the point that its nature is affected, colors the spirit with a foreign color, a red stain, so that its natural color is not recognizable in life.
The sa’ir hamishtale’ach specifically corresponds to the sins that are innately against the nature of the natural spirit of the Jew. It is only the foreign color of animal blood that colored one’s life in such a blood-like color.
This color of the active foreign influence makes one comparable to a goat, which is the image of something that damages others spiritually. This finds its place after the polluting takes place, in the thoughts of the brain, which is found in the head (where the red strip is attached). It becomes clear that these thoughts are the source of the polluting blood. They are not natural human thoughts, which are lofty and connected to the special soul, which comes from the light of the living G-d. The brain itself is that which brings forth the repentance and the mending of the deep spirit. For this reason, we tie a strip of bright red fabric to the head of the sa’ir hamishtale’ach as the pasuk says: "If their sins will be like scarlet, they will be whitened like snow."
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
Ein Ayah A Nation that Can Simultaneously Be Insular and All-Inclusive
condensed from Ein Ayah, Berachot 9:263
Rabbis in Midrash
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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.
