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Recipient : Rabbis in the Diaspora. We have only 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.
Body : It is my holy obligation to point out and try to inspire all the pure hearts of those who fear and care about Hashem’s Name, whose hearts are touched by Him and think of Hashem and Yerushalayim and are connected with heart and soul to the holy belief in and love of the Land that is desired by Bnei Yisrael and Hashem. We, survivors of the sword, have been drawn individually to come to the place where we have complete lives. Hashem’s Hand enabled us to extricate ourselves from impure soil; He brought us to the sanctity of the Land about whose needs Hashem always inquires, the Holy Land, may it be built soon.
We see and know that the time has come to have mercy on Jerusalem (see Tehillim 102:14). We are witnesses who have seen with our own eyes and can testify for the whole Nation of Hashem that the blossoming of the time of liberation has arrived to build Zion and its ruins. This is occurring, as the flock of members of His nation have gathered in Eretz Yisrael from the four corners of the earth to show love for the holy stones and see grace in the Coveted Land’s soil.
At first, the divine plan was carried out by righteous individuals, the previous generation’s holiest and loftiest people, who lit the holy flame of the love of the Holy Land in the hearts of Hashem’s nation. Their efforts were responsible for the gathering of individuals, survivors of our nation’s travails, turning parts of the abandoned Land into a Garden of Eden.
A large, distinguished influx of representative groups of the entirety of the nation has steadily increased Jewish settlement in the Holy Land. In our time, Hashem is clearly turning towards us with an interest in bringing salvation and mercy. Many difficulties and tragedies, with waves of turbulent seas and blow after blow that the House of Israel absorbed from nations that rose up to swallow, destroy, and consume the House of Jacob in any way possible. All of these matters together inspire all in whose heart "Hashem’s soul" lives, to forcefully call out and fill his hands with activity for holy action for Hashem, and act to strengthen Bnei Yisrael’s emerging hold on the Holy Land, using all possible energies to bring salvation to Mt. Zion and the beginning of the flowering of the horn of salvation and the blossoming of liberation.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
115 - False Accusation of Non-Kosher Soap – #333
116 - Asking Restraint from Insulted New Yishuv – #334
117 - Worse on the Outside, Better on the Inside – #332
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However, in recent times, one by one, the affection for the building of the Holy Land recedes in the truly great and holy rabbis, whether greatness is measured in Torah scholarship, fear of Heaven, sanctity, and understanding of kabblistic matters. To the contrary, the holy building of the Land, which is a clear source of eternal life, for the holy nation and the whole world, is increasingly in the hands of those with a lack of wisdom and weak actions. In the process, the great grandeur of the Desired Land is being trampled due to our sins, and its aura and splendor is significantly diminished.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
Igrot Hare’aya Trying to Arrange Purchase of Land in Eretz Yisrael
#222 Date and Place: 2 Elul 5669 (1909), Rechovot
P'ninat Mishpat Payments after a Gradual End of Employment
(Based on ruling 82024 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 A Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part I
Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Worse on the Outside, Better on the Inside – #332
Date and Place: 26 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part I
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Keeping Shemitta Partially – #272
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook; Date and Place: 2 Adar I 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.
