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Date and Place: Cheshvan 5666 (1905), Yafo
Recipient: Tzvi Yehuda Hakohen Kook (Rav Kook’s only son and eventual "spiritual inheritor"; he had four daughters, two of whom predeceased him. Tzvi Yehuda was 14 at the time of the letter.)
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
26 - Encouraging Torah Writers
27 - An Interested Father
28 - Are Languages the Solution?
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Body: You made me happy with your pleasant and dear words, may your strength be straight.
I very much desired to write to you at length regarding several details, especially concerning things having to do with proper behavior. However, you know of my work and the matters that preoccupy me, along with the lack of speed due to my health situation, may Hashem strengthen me and give me the ability to advance my Torah and service of Hashem.
I am very happy about what appears from your letter that you have already agreed to settle at this time in the holy city of Yerushalayim. May you have strength! Just exert yourself, my dear son, in good attributes and fear of Hashem and love of Him, in diligence in Torah study, to cover ground and delve into the topics, and to review well so that the words of Torah will be fluent and clear in your mouth (Kiddushin 30b). Develop as much as possible in all types of matters that will improve you and elevate you, and learn things that make a person more glorious. No fine attribute, as minor as it might appear, should be too small in your eyes for you to pursue. Also, no lacking, no matter how small, in your approach, your attributes, or your behavior should be too small in your eyes to have to fix and improve. Always be full of desire, and lean more in the direction of happiness and a positive outlook. Connect yourself to those who fear Hashem and who excel in Torah, those who have clean ideas and are scrupulously honest. Treat your discussions with them as something to learn from even after you applied the matters to your conceptions and intellect.
Please write to us, my dear son, about all of the details of your daily life, in the most minute details, because you cannot imagine how interested we are in knowing about everything that you are involved in. Literally, how you sit and how you get up. At what time do you eat breakfast, and what do you eat? When do you eat lunch and supper, and when do you go to sleep? Have you become accustomed to reciting Kri’at Shema upon going to sleep (with added prayers and recitations) properly? When do you get up, and in what room do you generally sleep? Are you far from the window, as it is sometimes very cold in Yerushalayim?
Sign Off: I end off with a blessing, my beloved son, and you should have great peace, as is the will of Hashem and the will of your father, who hugs and kisses you, Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook. (Regards to your honored teacher (Rav Zerach Epstein) with great love.)
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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.
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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.
