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When Shaul’s secret service told him that David was in Nayot in Rama, it says that "Shaul sent messengers to seize David, and he saw a band of prophets prophesizing and Shmuel was standing (nitzav) over them, and the spirit of Hashem was on Shaul’s messengers and they also prophesized" (ibid. 19:19).
First, when Shaul heard about David’s prophesying with Shmuel, he was aware of David’s prophecy about Goliat. After all, David had already relayed it to the troops and then repeated it to Shaul, in persuading Shaul to let him try to fight Goliat (see Shmuel I, 17:29-38, which is analyzed in the soon to be published Tzofnat Shmuel).
Regarding Shaul’s sending of his agents, it does not say that they saw the prophets prophesizing, but that he (presumably meaning Shaul himself) did. But how did Shaul see it if he remained at home and did not yet come himself? We can solve the problem with help from a parallel pasuk about Yaakov, which says: "Yaakov saw that there was shever (food) in Egypt" (Bereishit 42:1-2). There too, we can ask how Yaakov saw what was doing in Egypt if he was in Chevron, as he should only have been able to hear accounts. The midrash explains that from the time Yosef was abducted, Yaakov lost much of the clarity of his prophecy, and yet at that time he saw in prophecy that his sever (hope) was in Egypt (Bereishit Rabba 91:6). Thus, with the return to improved prophecy, Yaakov was able to see that he had special opportunities in Egypt.
The same thing, then, happened to Shaul. Once Shmuel and David started dealing prophetically with the matter of the building of the Beit Hamikdash, Shaul was able to see things prophetically that he had not been able to for a while, and his spirit improved. At the same time, Shmuel’s students (the band of prophets) also were privy to the wave of prophecy, and they too prophesied in a way they had not before, as the pasuk says. Even Shaul’s agents, who were not prophets or students of prophets, started prophesying once they approached David and Shmuel. Finally, when Shaul came himself, he prophesized fully before Shmuel, prompting people to say, "Hagam Shaul banevi’im?" (Is Shaul also a prophet?) This is something that he merited first, soon after he was anointed to be king (Shmuel I, 10:11-12), and now again when he was affected by the swelling of prophecy along with the Divine Presence.
May we merit seeing Hashem’s return to Zion and to "the honor of Hashem filled the Mishkan" (Shemot 40:35).
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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.
