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The Torah portion of Pinchas, which we will read this Shabbat, deals with the continual offering. Every morning and evening, a lamb was sacrificed in the Temple. The lamb represents the natural and simple way of life. This means that the main way to get closer to God is not through dramatic actions and media noise, but through constant, quiet and successful effort. One of the reasons for marking the 17th of Tammuz fast which we will observe on Thursday is that from the day the Temple was destroyed, the continual offering stopped - in other words: since the destruction of the Temple, people relate more to the audible noise and listen less to the quiet sounds that operate below the surface.
Think of the thousands of hours of watching and listening to inflammatory media that time and time again turn out to be full of hot air – political babble that we don't even remember exactly what it was about a year later. Look at how the noise of Netanyahu's files collapses into itself; look at how the progressive fantasies of the left are collapsing in France. Note the discrepancy between the IDF's quiet operation in Jenin and the noise of those who block the airport. Anyone who listens knows that while the screamers threaten civil disobedience, the systems below the surface are quietly moving in the right direction – demography, education, settlement, economy, security and tradition. The best of our sons act quietly. a continual victory of continual sacrifice; always quietly.
The bad will pass
The good will prevail
With God's help
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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.
