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Recipient: Moshe Zeidel, a protégé of Rav Kook. In earlier years, there were several letters to him.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
159 - The Need for Torah Devotees to Write on Jewish Philosophy
160 - The Need for Torah Devotees to Write on Jewish Philosophy
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Body: [This last installment includes very lofty and difficult terminology; I pray that it is translated in a way that makes it (mainly) accurately understood.]
The Nation of Israel’s psychology is especially full of life and purpose. It reaches full strength when the Nation of Israel and its spirit connect to the Land of Israel, which is the soul of the people who live in it. Lightning will flash for those who look forward with all their hearts to see it in its glory. The new literature [that speaks about the Land] with great liveliness shows the strength of this great influence, for the strength of the Lord of the World is hidden within it.
The power of psychological health will remove the diseases of forgetfulness, silliness, and disinterest from the soul of the nation and the world. The national memory will once again give life with all of its light. The periods of light will again serve as life does today before the nation’s eyes and spirit. Clear intellect will teach the nation’s sons and everyone what is possible, and how important it is to rely upon intellect. It also shall show how everyone can find light and life, even people who were previously considered to be dead, for generations, indeed for all of time, throughout the world.
Intellectuality is only an external cloak for the light of the nation’s psychological life, which is assisted by Hashem’s strength. It causes grandeur and strength to be seen. The regular intellectuality cannot give life to those who seek it; only the Spirit of the World will provide the desired result.
A new spirit is doing wonderful things even though the Land was presumed to be desolate. It is unnecessary to explain matters in pieces, a little here and a little there. Rather, there is a great power that gets all of nature to be involved [in the spiritual revolution]. The Jewish truth is coming out of its hiding place; "Justice reveals itself from the Heavens."
Because of the enormity of the justice and the lofty value [of the nation], it is almost impossible to identify the special form of the wonderful defense of the nation against all those who question its value. Now is the time to deal with the generalities – the greatness of healthy ideas. Then the details will work themselves out in a variety of ways, according to the greatness of the spirit and the power of its absorption in the heart of those who think.
Israel is lofty as is its power to connect to Hashem. It does not experience slow growth within the arteries of its soul. It has the power to spiritually jump and skip. At one moment, it can rise up to the stars, as it can fall to the ground, because the storehouse of its greatness is forever internally gathered. The more an idea is characteristic of Israel, the more it approaches its source. Israel is not restricted by the bonds of development. Therefore, the most light-emitting ideas cannot be given over by signs of development that resemble the developments of pregnancy and birth, which is limited in its scope. However, there is room for this theory to follow levels of spiritual power in the elements of the idea, when it is compartmentalized in a manner of study. This is especially so when it comes to influencing life – actions, characteristics, feelings, and knowledge, whether regarding the individual or the communal. Then, we have much opportunity to employ well-based historical wisdom, which is loftier than the general course of nature, which builds its levels based on fleeting conjectures. Rather, it develops its edifice with its internal spirit. The power that finds expression in practical life, in the past and present, based on a clear determination, does not require the hard work of gradual growth.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
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 Connecting Disciplines in Torah Study
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook 103 – part III
P'ninat Mishpat Profits from Formerly Joint Swimming Pool – part
(based on ruling 81110 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Igrot Hare’aya Connecting Disciplines in Torah Study
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook #103 – part II
Igrot Hare’aya Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part III
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Excitement over a Friend’s New Newspaper – #319
Date and Place: 4 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot
Igrot Hare’aya Maintaining a Friendship of the Spirit – #266 – part IV
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook; Date and Place: 11 Shevat 5670, 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.
