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Recipient : Rabbis in the Diaspora
Body : The "practical" settlement of Jews in the Holy Land has been increasing for decades. Before that, the entire foundation of our brethren in the desolate Holy Land was supported by the donations of Hashem’s nation, for whom the memory of Zion and Jerusalem is engraved on the plate of their hearts. They sent their donations to support those who lived before Hashem, who were always living in sanctity in the Holy Land. These inhabitants included influential rabbis, the greatest scholars and the truly righteous, holy and pure, fearsome like angels. There were also people who were involved in Torah study, fine Torah scholars, everyone according to his level, along with other simple, poor people. But all of them lived as one in a sanctity of trust in Hashem, with their hearts and their hands dedicated to Hashem. They raised their voices in praise and prayer to Hashem on behalf of their brethren in the Diaspora who were connected to them and through them to the sanctity of one who lives in the Holy Land, the home of our religious/national life.
In recent times, Hashem arranged that there be a new spirit from the midst of the Land. Affection for Zion and love of the Holy Land, which had been cushioned in sanctity and purity, took hold also in a mundane manner by hands-on people who started to involve themselves in its rebuilding. Through this [Zionist] movement, which is well-known to most of our compatriots, many new inhabitants have flocked to the Land from the dispersion of the Exile. Agricultural settlements and towns have been settled in the Holy Land; farmers and those involved in every possible practical profession have increased. While there always were and are inhabitants of the Land who were laborers who needed and those who still need support from donations, the main basis for their sustenance is their own efforts, as those who love the Land and want to rebuild it to support themselves.
[As one example,] there have been great efforts to produce and sell wine, which is the top source of livelihood of the broad Jewish community of Eretz Yisrael, along with other crops of the Land, which is giving of its fruit, while it is still in its [overall] state of desolation and destruction.
In this new settlement of the Land, and the energetic efforts to grow and expand it, it would be proper that a major part of the leadership would be the greatest people in the nation – the holy, righteous men, the shepherds of flock in the light of their sanctity and righteousness, and the giants of Jacob for whose holy words all of Israel wait. It should have been that these projects would have attracted support from the entire nation, especially the sale of wine, which is presently the most important enterprise [in the practical building]. All the members of the nation, throughout the Diaspora, should have enlisted to buy only the good wine of the Holy Land, which is being cultivated by its sons, who have come to it from all over the world.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
149 - Seeking the Return of Religious Aliya
150 - Appeal to Buy from Religious Winery
151 - Appeal to Buy from Religious Winery
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We continue next time with Rav Kook’s explanation of the phenomenon and his remedy for the situation.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Vol. I, #1 , p. 1-2 – part II
Igrot Hare’aya Connecting Disciplines in Torah Study
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook 103 – part III
Igrot Hare’aya Raffle of Property in Eretz Yisrael for Tzedaka
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: – #220
Igrot Hare’aya Trying to Arrange Purchase of Land in Eretz Yisrael
#222 Date and Place: 2 Elul 5669 (1909), Rechovot
Igrot Hare’aya Description of New Yeshiva’s Goals to a Supporter – #328
Date and Place: 12 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Excerpts of Letter on Shemitta – #289 – part I
Date and Place: 6 Nisan 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.
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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
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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.
