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Hana Bat Haim
Shavuot was the day that the first wheat of the year was brought to the Temple, baked into sacrificial loaves. It was the beginning of the fruit season - grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates - which would ripen during the summer, the first of which would also be brought to the Temple. The Qumran sect celebrated additional first fruit festivals during the summer: the festival of wine forty nine days after Shavuot and the festival of oil after another forty days. After the destruction of the Second Temple and the exile, Shavuot lost much of its original significance, to the extent that R. Eliezer ruled that with respect to the laws of mourning, Shavuot was not to be treated like one of the pilgrimage festivals but like Shabbat. Shavuot was reinterpreted as the anniversary of the giving of the Torah, even though the date of the festival did not coincide exactly with that anniversary.
It is interesting to note that according to the biblical calendar of special days, as understood by the rabbis, the day which expresses connection with Eretz Israel precedes the anniversary of the giving of the Torah. Perhaps, the Torah is teaching us that a true Torah life can be lived only in Eretz Israel.
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P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: Twin Foundations
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
D'varim Judaism’s Social Vision
Re’eh
Giving is more than an act of generosity—it is an essential part of human dignity that belongs to everyone, rich and poor alike. The ultimate goal of help is to empower others to stand on their own.
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.
