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Perhaps the answer is that in Parashat Shemini we read the story as and when it actually happened. Weeping at the time of misfortune, feeling someone else’s pain during their time of tragedy is natural and meritorious. But when we read the same story on Yom Kippur, we empathize with Aharon after the event, we weep at the memory of his tragedy. That is more extraordinary, and, therefore, warrants forgiveness.
This year, concurrently with the reading of Parashat Shemini, Klal Yisrael will observe Yom HaShoah. Outside of Israel the observance of Yom HaShoah is not universally accepted by the Jewish community. In Israel, however, the presence of the day impresses itself on our consciousness. We cannot forget because the nation as a whole remembers. When a nation remembers the suffering of Klal Yisrael and identifies with its holy martyrs sixty-five years after the event, it is worthy of God’s grace.
Zachor, "to remember," has two aspects. On the one hand, we remember the Kedoshim who perished in the catastrophe that befell Klal Yisrael in the years 1939-1945, and we mourn the destruction of European Jewry. On the other hand, we also remember and reflect upon the Kedoshim as models to emulate. We must reflect on their lives, their achievements, and what they created. We must remember their Torah lives and values, their goodness and kindness, their quest for spiritual perfection through mitzvot and good deeds. We who live in Israel and are the heirs of those Kedoshim must continue their devotion and loyalty to the Torah of Israel in a living and vibrant State of Israel.
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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.
