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One Friday, while he was waiting in line to speak with the rabbi, Harel overheard a story someone else was telling Rabbi Eliyahu. "I’ve brought a family member here who experienced clinical death this week and saw the rabbi in the Heavenly Court above," said the man.
Rabbi Eliyahu didn’t appear to get excited about what he had just heard.
"She wants to ask the rabbi a few things," the man continued.
Rabbi Eliyahu went out of the synagogue to speak with her. Waiting there was a woman in her late thirties, who didn’t appear to be religiously observant. The family member who accompanied her introduced her to Rabbi Eliyahu, saying, "She was in the hospital just a few days ago."
Apparently, she had felt unwell, and then her condition suddenly and rapidly deteriorated. Within moments, she was dead. After the doctors had determined her death, and the family had signed all the forms, they noticed that she was waking up. She related that she had experienced clinical death and had been to the Heavenly Court above…
On hearing these things being related, the woman became very emotional and began to tell the story herself. "I began to cry. I told the Heavenly Court, ‘Not long ago I gave birth to a daughter, and I also have a son. I want to bring up my children. I don’t want my children to be orphans. I ask you to give me another chance.’ But the Heavens didn’t agree."
She looked at Rabbi Eliyahu and said, "And suddenly you came, and turned to me, and said, ‘If you observe the laws of modesty — head covering and everything that a woman needs to do — you can come back down to this world. Do you take it upon yourself to do this?’ I told you that yes, I would take it upon myself so that I could return below. And then in Heaven it was announced that if Rabbi Eliyahu said that I could return, so it would be."
The rabbi didn’t deny anything. "And now I’ve come, because I want the rabbi to tell me what to do," she said, finished with her story.
"I already told you there," the rabbi answered. He finished abruptly, "Do what I told you to."
The woman nodded, like someone who was once more taking it all upon herself.
"It’s possible that she came just to confirm everything, to make sure she hadn’t just imagined it all," Harel said. "It wasn’t imagination. With my own eyes and ears, I saw and heard the rabbi’s reaction. I was left open-mouthed."
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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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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.
