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External and Internal Preparations
(condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:35)
Ein Ayah: Daytime and nighttime work together to influence a person, just as they work together in the natural world, whether in terms of weather, on growth in the world of vegetation, and generally in keeping life going.
Daytime is the time when external things influence man’s spiritual side. A person absorbs that which abounds in his surroundings and is enriched and develops through this. Night is the time to deepen one’s personality from within. External stimuli retreat at night, and the spirit internalizes and dives to the depths of one’s own personality, more fully reaching self-understanding than it can during the daytime of activity.
Only when both elements, that which is sensitive to the outside world and that which is focused internally, are working in a broad yet pure manner, can there be a complete enrichment of the spirit. Then he can stride in an improved path of life. Just like the sanctity itself, the preparation for sanctity must also encompass all the content that completes the function of the soul, and this requires the contribution of both the day and the night. The beginning of the beginning of the preparations for sanctity must be without lacking, just like the nature of the sanctity that people yearn for. If either the external or the internal is missing, the matter will "limp along" and is considered a flawed preparation to which complete sanctity cannot connect.
For this reason, just as the second day of preparation for the giving of the Torah included a night and day, so too the first day had to have a night and day. Since the first night had already passed, the full day that was needed to complement, based on Moshe’s initiative as Hashem’s greater intention wanted, had to relate in a complete manner to the highest levels of sanctity.
Any Push and then Balanced Growth
(condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:36)
Ein Ayah: It turns out that the initial spiritual push happened when there was only daytime (the first, half day), corresponding to the idea that spiritual growth from external factors does not have to be complete. The stage that precedes listening can be divided into partial pieces and come from any number of sources. Only afterward, when the spirit proceeds toward completion, does it become clear that the spirit cannot be monolithic. Thus, the next two days must have uninterrupted preparation which includes day and night, which fill the soul with complete characteristics.
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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.
