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Do you know how many prophecies of doom about the end of the State of Israel I have heard during these 34 years?
There was the Gulf War. They told us that the State of Israel was going to be destroyed by Saddam Hussein's chemical missiles. Today’s youth do not even know who he is.
After Rabin's assassination, there was also talk of a civil war here, that the country was going to be torn apart.
There was, of course, the Oslo Accords and the expulsion from Gush Katif, which the theory was that everything should be given to the Arabs because the Palestinians were going to conquer the State of Israel any second.
There was an economic crisis, a social protest, people decided that if Berlin is the cheapest place to buy a Milky, then the country is collapsing.
There was the corona crisis not long ago. Remember? The media scared us, we were all going to die.
Even now, there is some rain in the State of Israel, and they call it "Hurricane Barbara", what a hurricane. Always drama.
Every morning we put on tefillin, "it shall be a sign for you on your hand and a remembrance between your eyes". "For with a powerful hand the Lord took you out of Egypt." We keep coming out of the tight places. We've been through Pharaoh, we will also get through this. There will not be a civil war here!
The bottom line is that despite all the prophecies of doom, the State of Israel is becoming a better and better place from year to year:
Economically, we have a wonderful standard of living. Ask your parents, ask your grandparents - how they used to live here before and how they live here now.
From a security point of view, the State of Israel is an empire today. Once they feared that Syria and Jordan would conquer Israel, today all the Arab countries and the Gulf nations are making peace with Israel. Why? Because of our beautiful eyes? No, because the State of Israel is a superpower.
Socially, too, an absolute majority of the Jewish people love each other. A civil war occurs when there are two equal sides. Here, there is a solid majority that wants tradition and nationalism and a small minority that thinks that if it pumps lies into the media then it will change reality; this is the same worldview that thinks that likes for an emotional post will turn black into white and white into black. I don't know exactly how this legal reform will pass, with amendments, without amendments - but I promise you that we will get through that as well. In a year's time, we will be sitting here, trying to remember what it was all about.
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based on ruling 83117 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
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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.
