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Recipient: A young Moshe Zeidel. A close disciple of Rav Kook, from their time in Boisk, he asked Rav Kook many philosophical questions. He would become Dr. Zeidel, a philologist philosopher, and educator.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
63 - Questions about Torah Accounts of Creation – part II
64 - View of German Jewish Education and Prospects for Prized Disciples
65 - The Relationship between Good and Bad Traits
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Body: Please write to me about all of your good endeavors, what you are involved with in holy matters and secular matters, who you are close with, and what your future plans are, with Hashem’s help. I also wanted to know if you are exchanging letters with our friend, R. Binyamin Menashe Levin, and how he relates to you. [Levin was also then a young talmid chacham who studied in the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary, then led by Rav David Zvi Hoffman, and later studied in the University of Bern. In the future, the two would collaborate in the publishing of a scholarly journal called Tachkemoni.] Tell me how his connection is going with the fearers of Hashem in Germany, those who are able to find the common ground between the needs of the time and Torah and fear of Hashem. I am very happy about this connection, and I hope that you too will follow this path and will receive the advantages that these dear brethren, the pioneers in protecting the covenant of Hashem in Germany, have.
You will be able to take for yourself the highest levels, specifically because it will come on top of our [classic Eastern European Jewish] education and the two will join together. From this wonderful connection of the two, you will have before you a wonderful model, which is both original and organic, which includes and unites the following elements: sanctity, wisdom, [intellectual] bravery, the pursuit of justice and truth, and the glow of life. Be strong, my dear one, and do not be afraid of the storms of time in the material and spiritual realms.
Your dear letter has brought me happiness, my beloved. I would be very happy if you and our dear R. Binyamin Menashe Levin will be close to each other, as you are both dear to me. You are my witnesses through which I will see amazing things, namely, that Torah that is learned with the deepest possible understanding and the broadest knowledge will reach its mark. This will be able to make dear souls more pure and fine, and will give them a higher, stronger love of Torah and fear of Hashem. My best hope is that you will go on this path in a continually elevating manner. Hashem should help by shining light on your path through life.
It is the day before Yom Kippur. If not for our powerful love, it would not be possible at all to find time for any writing. But you are dear and important in my eyes, and at a distance, from the Holy Land, I think of you with a true love. This is because I know your excellent talents, your fine personal characteristics, and your heart, which is ready to conceive and to do good for others. It also touches me that you are used to my style of expression and understand what I mean better than those with whom I have never communicated in person, even if the latter are intellectually gifted.
I would like you to take a look at my second essay, Ikvei Hatzon, and I hope that what I write there will find favor in your eyes. May you know how to connect one thing to another and extract pearls from between the "wheels" of the intermingled ideas, which will prepare you to go about your service of Hashem with a complete heart and a truthful manner. This is most appropriate because Hashem created us for His honor, to serve Him, to praise Him, and to spread His glory.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
P'ninat Mishpat Limits of Interest Rate for Loan with Heter Iska – part I
based on ruling 80033 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Igrot Hare’aya Semi-solicited Advice to Calm Down Petach Tikva
#227 Date and Place: 8 Tishrei 5669, Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Raffle of Property in Eretz Yisrael for Tzedaka
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: – #220
Igrot Hare’aya Departure of an Uncle to Eretz Yisrael
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Vol. I, #1 , p. 1-2 – part II
Igrot Hare’aya Maintaining a Friendship of the Spirit – #266 – part I
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Date and Place: 11 Shevat 5670, Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Worse on the Outside, Better on the Inside – #332
Date and Place: 26 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Ties to Religiously Controversial Events/Organizations 1. #293
Date and Place: Iyar 5670 (1910), Yafo
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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.
