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Recipient: An open letter
Greeting: In honor of our young brothers who live on the holy ground, Shalom!
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
11 - Supporting Non-grafted Etrogim
12 - The Need to Be Connected to our Past
13 - The Need to Be Connected to our Past
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Body: I am hereby turning to you, beloved brothers, to present before you a holy moral obligation, to remove from you the great disgrace that was, without proper regard, brought upon you, especially those who live in Eretz Yisrael. This was done by the editor (Eliezer Ben Yehuda) of the periodical Hashkafa (Outlook) in edition 48, ch. 7, in an opinion piece called "The Voice from the Newspapers," regarding the argument with the "Zionists of Zion."
The last part of his words reached my heart [in a negative way], and it is my sincere belief that they also reached the heart of everyone whose Hebrew heart has still not totally died. Perhaps it has impacted also those who only have their human (not their Jewish) heart still alive. I presume that all of these who felt the great disgrace will not find respite for their souls until they express openly their sharp protest against such lowly things as were sadly published in a periodical written in Jerusalem of all places.
The following is an exact quote of what they wrote: "There is one more great and fearful claim made by the Zionists of Zion against the Ugandists – that they turn their backs on their whole history. How hypocritical this claim is! People who turn their backs on our past rebuke others with that same claim! Let us not use sleight of hand! It is only the members of the council of "Searching for Sins" (i.e., a zealously religious group) who did not turn their back on our past. The rest of us have turned our backs on our past, and this is our pride and glory."
I know, like you, that this is not the first time that we see such words of blasphemy, which touch the Israeli spirit, which are published in the new and negative literature. But for one writer to testify in the name of the entire community that everyone turns their backs on our past, and to contrast that with the council of "Searching for Sins" (ed. note - I do not know that such a council existed), which is always brought as the epitome of lack of wisdom and culture, he is in essence saying that every person who has stature and honor, at least among the young who live in Eretz Yisrael, turns his back on our past, and this is the pride and glory of all! [It is unacceptable that] one person should take such a broad opinion and claim it as his own, to speak with such a light head, on the matter of how a whole nation relates to its history! It is not just that he is expressing his opinion but that he claims to speak in the name of the whole nation – this is uncommon chutzpa.
I do not see any way for us to exempt ourselves from open protest, so that our quietness not be taken as admission. We will gain that these foreign ideas will not be seen as a broadly held opinion but as an individual opinion of the editor of "Hashkafa" and those individuals who are dragged along with him. The rest of us are not responsible for these opinions.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
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based on ruling 80033 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
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P'ninat Mishpat Payments after a Gradual End of Employment
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based on ruling 80047 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
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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.
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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.
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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.
