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Beit Midrash
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- Shavuot
Today: Rockets lighting up the sky, Iron Dome, fire bombs.
Then: Mount Sinai shaking and trembling from G-d's presence.
Today: Houses shaking and windows shattered by explosions and riots.
Then: Mount Sinai hoisted over our heads to accept the Torah- 'kfiyat har kegigit'.
Today: Forced into bomb shelters, we go underground.
Then: Woken up early to receive the Torah.
Today: Can't sleep a full night. (So perhaps we hardly felt learning all night on Shavuot?).
Then: "Well, what does it say in it?", The B'nei Yishmael, the Arabs, refused to accept the Torah.
Today: Hamas rejects and scorns the Ten Commandments.
Then: We count the Days of the Omer.
Today: We count the numbers of rockets, hits, misses, and interceptions.
Then: We bring our 'first wheat' and colorful fruit to Jerusalem for the First Fruits, Bikkurim.
Today: Our crops and fields of wheat in the Gaza Belt are burning.
Then and Today:
We accept Hashem's Torah and acknowledge our eternal covenant between
Hashem and the Nation of Israel. We are grateful for all miracles and
hashgacha (Divine Providence) that we see and feel so strongly. The eternal
covenant, brit olam, continues and will be eternal.
Then and Today:
We stand together, strong, and united--One man and one heart
Rabbis in Midrash
Lessons
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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.
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.
