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We have to look deeper and realize that the question 'Who sent you?' doesn't mean "What is His name?" When we say 'Tell me about Him.' we are asking to find out about his essence. Similarly, here, the people of Israel are going to ask Moses 'Who is the God who sent you, because it feels as though you are not talking about the same God, whom we know/feel. The God we know, decided to punish us so who is the God that you are speaking about, who decided that it's time to get us to freedom?"
God answers: "My name is the God who is now God and I will keep being God in the future too. Of course, this is also a very unclear answer, but now, when we understand that the subject of the conversation does not concern names but is all about the characters behind the name, we may explain the answer that God gave Moses: "God does everything., He meted out the punishment and in the same way, he would later free the People of Israel.
We are familiar with these types of answers. We give our children answers like them and explain to them that even though we give them a punishment, we do it because we care about them and our goal is to teach them a new lesson so that that they learn from it.
This what God tells them. He sent Moses to tell them that there was a reason for their suffering and it is because he had a special plan for them which was much bigger than they thought and this was why they did not yet recognize it. But now Moses was coming to make the change and what they had to do is keep trusting God and they would see that God was more than what that they had imagined and not to be underestimated!
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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.
