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- Modesty - Tznius
Modesty means recognizing that the main thing is inner world, and not the outer one. Extraversion can be physical or possessive, and may also be an exaggerated attitude towards publicity at the expense of the truth.
Singers are people with a beautiful voice (and in exceptional cases, if they are also the writer, then they have lyrical talent) - and nothing more. They are not halachic adjudicators, nor experts about security or relationships, nor a standard of moral behavior or the quality of the air conditioner we bought. Today’s culture advocates that if someone is famous, then we should seriously consider their opinions in every field. I wish the singers and all the other celebs all the best in the world, but forgive me, they are not the standard in the issues noted above; I suggest that we all leave them alone.
The reason we mourn the destruction of the Temple during this time is not because of the destruction of a magnificent building that was in Jerusalem, but because people thought that external splendor could cover internal decay; that is why our Sages describe what the Divine Voice said to the destroyer of the Temple: "you burned a Sanctuary that was already burned, you ground flour that was already ground" - burning the physical Temple was meaningless since it had already been destroyed in the hearts of the Jewish people.
A newly religious woman approached me a while ago and said that she had gone to pray at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. While praying at the tomb, a famous model entered the compound, and then - she said - everyone present left the grave site and went to ask for a 'selfie' with the celebrity. The same woman was unable to accurately articulate her mixed feelings about the incident, and hesitantly asked: "Is it acceptable from a religious point of view that I did not go to ask for a selfie?"
I replied, "You've made it".
Rabbi Haggai Lundin
Family and Society There Will Not Be A Civil War!
(Told to the students of the Hesder Yeshiva in Holon)
Ein Aya How Unclean Thoughts, Speech & Pornography Bring Depression & Loneliness
Ein Aya, Shabbat 2, 234
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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.
