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Recipient : This time we complete the letter to Rav Yitzchak Isaac Halevi, author of Dorot HaRishomin, whose letters we have featured several times.
Body : You wrote: "We must be very careful to avoid new paths." I say with confidence, that you will agree that the historical sefarim you wrote greatly helped the situation of Judaism more than the works of several other authors, who wrote classical Talmudic analysis in the old style, even though, compared to classical Torah scholars, you went on new paths. We see the destruction increasing, and there is no escape, not in the Diaspora and not in Eretz Yisrael. The yeshivot that are full of Torah with sharp analysis and breadth of knowledge in Russia will not be able to withstand the flow of destruction, and all of the toil of the small corrections will prove futile.
Rather we need to provide new paths, which are in truth the oldest paths, which our mentors, the Rishonim, followed, especially those who were active in the periods of Jewish history that were more difficult from the spiritual and material perspective. They lit up the path of the nation with the light of their Torah, based on both their brilliance and their righteousness. If these paths were mainly forgotten, we must reestablish them. The first foundation must be in the Holy Land, in the New Yishuv, as Hashem has planned that it should be increasingly built. We can be sure that whoever helps, will be one of the first of those who will be called to from the tops of the mountains in the ideal future (see Yerushalmi Shabbat 6:9).
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
102 - Lessons from Europe?
103 - Do We Need New Paths?
104 - The Study of Machshevet Yisrael in Yeshiva - part I
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Certainly, the lower divisions [of the proposed new yeshiva in Yafo] can serve the same functions as the school for teachers. However, it too must be "wet with the dew of life" of the different aspects of Torah. This must include new elements that are very necessary at this time in a manner that complements traditional Torah knowledge, without leaving out anything. The higher level is the yeshiva itself. That will include only Torah study; however, it will be Torah studied with all of its richness and glory.
I am just doing what I need to do, as Hashem has sent me to the Holy Land "to provide sustenance" (a take-off on Yosef’s depiction of his arrival in Egypt – Bereishit 45:5). I find it to be a holy obligation to speak according to my inner spirit, on behalf of His great name and on behalf of His nation.
With this, we complete our presentation of this letter.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
Igrot Hare’aya Raffle of Property in Eretz Yisrael for Tzedaka
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: – #220
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
P'ninat Mishpat A Commercial Rental for a Closed Business – part II
based on ruling 80047 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Igrot Hare’aya Connecting Disciplines in Torah Study
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook #103 – part II
Igrot Hare’aya Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part III
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya What Requires Protest? – #279
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook Date and Place: 15 Adar I 5670 (1910), Yafo
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Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
