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Date and Place : Yafo, 5668 (probably still 1907)
Recipient : Rabbis in the Diaspora
Body : [The first part discussed how the early settlers of Eretz Yisrael ranged from simple religious people to the holiest scholars, and that now many of the farmers are irreligious.]
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
151 - Appeal to Buy from Religious Winery
152 - Appeal to Buy from Religious Winery
153 - Celebration of Quarters for Yemenite Community
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There is an internal reason for the minimal connection that the majority of Hashem’s nation have to the holy love of the new community of settlers, which caused this very sad event. It is something we have to work very hard to fix and reconnect the multitudes of Jews with the depth of the heart and soul so that people will follow their leaders and take part in the rebuilding of the Land by her sons, the sons of the King and Savior of Israel, who are in the process of being drawn to her.
The reason is that the true, internal connection of Jews [of the Diaspora] to the Holy Land stands fully on sanctity. This includes the sanctity of Hashem’s Name, the sanctity of the love of our holy Torah, and the sanctity of the deep belief in the Torah and its mitzvot, which should be fulfilled on the Land that Hashem gave to our forefathers from time immemorial. Those settlers who toil in the land and are the builders of the Land in recent years do not know the loftiness of this great foundation of the connection and have taken a turn toward that which is profane. They desire to attach a label of secular to the New Yishuv, instead of the lofty sanctity that actually dwells on it from the sanctity of the Holy Land. This idea of secularism, promulgated by leaders of the New Yishuv, impacted especially the approach to education. It came to replace the sanctity and dependable approach of educating with the light of the Torah and pure fear of Hashem, which is proper for the children of the "holy flock" wherever they are, and especially in the Holy Land, which is Hashem’s estate. The education is led by real educators, filled with Torah, fear of Hashem, and complete belief. Instead, [groups of new settlers] founded schools that are styled around the mundane, which creates blemishes in the upper sanctity and prevents the spirit of Hashem from shedding light on the air of the Holy Land in a palpable manner. It brings on a desensitizing of the new paths, so that "the plant will not make flour," and spirit is missing.
The Nation of Hashem has sensed all of these phenomena from a distance, and the great people within the nation saw these things from afar. This is the reason behind the horrible weakness in support for the New Yishuv. With this fall in spirit, there has also been a lower level of affinity for the produce of the Land, especially the wine of the Holy Land, even those that are guarded and supervised properly with a reliable kashrut certification. This weakness of enthusiasm affected sales and has held back the New Yishuv, which should actually be beloved by the entire Nation of Hashem.
Next time we end off with Rav Kook’s practical recommendation.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
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Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook #103 – part II
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 II
based on ruling 80033 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Igrot Hare’aya What Requires Protest? – #279
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook Date and Place: 15 Adar I 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Involving Baron Rothschild in Religious Efforts – #278
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook Date and Place: 14 Adar 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Description of New Yeshiva’s Goals to a Supporter – #328
Date and Place: 12 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo
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