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Recipient : Rabbis in the Diaspora. We only have the first section of the letter, and it is unclear what Rav Kook was advocating. Perhaps it was to increase religious aliya; perhaps it was funding for projects in Eretz Yisrael to strengthen the religious community. In any case, the beauty of the letter’s sentiment and style of writing are too engaging to skip over it.
Body : The letter began with a description of the holy people who were in the forefront of inspiring early aliya and the unfortunate change to it moving to people who are far from purity.
We have seen the results of the fact that in the early stages [of the return to Zion], the truly righteous people gave of their splendor to help create the desire to be connected to the holy love for the building of the Holy Land, and the longing to return the captives of the Diaspora to the Land from the lands in which they are scattered. [This spiritual energy] still "nourishes" the holy love that exists to build Zion and implant the root of the salvation of Israel in the Land with truth and justice.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
145 - Jewish Art – The Positive and Halachic Care
146 - Seeking the Return of Religious Aliya
147 - Seeking the Return of Religious Aliya
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There is much to make the heart rejoice and appreciate what the G-d of our salvation, may He be blessed, has done for us. He has shown us "the light that is emerging on the eastern horizon." There are still righteous leaders of Israel who show their love and connect their hearts to their Father in the Heaven, with the sanctity of the love and fear of Hashem, with deep belief in Him and an ability to cling to Him with intellect based on purity and bright light. This comes from the upper source of the soul, which emanates from the sanctity of Am Yisrael, which exists in every generation. This includes the last generations, in which the opening of the hope for salvation has started to emerge, albeit with an opening that is only as wide as the eye of a needle. We shall hope that Hashem will shine light upon us so that we will be able to create wide openings like that of a grand hall (see Shir Hashirim Rabba 5:2). Then the path of the righteous will be like the light of the glow that increases until the appointed day has fully come.
Indeed Hashem has inspired one of the most special among special people, one of the holy rabbis, who had the good fortune to be touched by the sanctity of the Holy Land already from the time he was a special youngster. Hashem’s light appeared upon him in the form of the secrets of the Torah and the storehouses of the fear of Hashem, in the secret places of light in the Land of Life. I am speaking of … [this is the end of the part of the letter that we have].
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
P'ninat Mishpat Payments after a Gradual End of Employment
(Based on ruling 82024 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
P'ninat Mishpat Profits from Formerly Joint Swimming Pool – part
(based on ruling 81110 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
P'ninat Mishpat Repercussions of a Sale that Turned Out Not Happening – part III
(based on ruling 83045 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Igrot Hare’aya Semi-solicited Advice to Calm Down Petach Tikva
#227 Date and Place: 8 Tishrei 5669, Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Maintaining a Friendship of the Spirit – #266 – part III
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook; Date and Place: 11 Shevat 5670, Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part IV
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Informing a Friend he Is Not Insulted – #320
Date and Place: 5 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot (probably)
Igrot Hare’aya Ties to Religiously Controversial Events/Organizations 1. #293
Date and Place: Iyar 5670 (1910), Yafo
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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.
