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We Are Told That The Words Of The Torah Fall Like Rain, Giving Life To Us Even As Rain Makes The Flowers & Plants Bloom. We Are Urged To Seek Wisdom From Our Elders, & Learn From The Generations Gone By. Hashem Is Described As An Eagle, Which Majestically Guards Its Young, Even As Hashem Watches Over Us Eternally.
The Song Also Takes A Darker Tone, As It Warns Us Of The Consequences & Danger Of Forsaking Hashem. Yet Even When We Stray, G-d Will Prevent The Nations From Carrying Out Their Evil Plans Against Us. He Is Our Rock Forever.
What A Perfect Intro To Yom Kippur. For On This Day, We Admit Our Faults & Our Failings Even As We Pledge To Do Better. By Word & Action, Tefila & Fast, We Tell Hashem That We Want To Return To A More Pristine & Perfect Spiritual Life. We Sing, Because Music Emanates From Our Soul & Rises All The Way To Heaven.
But There Is Another Message We Send As Well.
Rav Soloveichik Once Attended A Symphony. He Watched Closely As One Member Of The Orchestra Sat Doing Nothing Until The Very End, When He Dramatically Stood Up & Banged His Cymbals. The Rav Later Approached Him & Asked Him If He Is A Specialist Who Just Comes To Do This One Small Thing For A Brief Moment.
"oh, No," Said The Man. "i Am Every Bit The Musician As Everyone Else; I Get The Same Pay & Recognition. Because Unless I Sound My Cymbals, The Work Is Unfinished, Incomplete, & It Is Considered A Disappointing Failure."
The Rav Wrote About This Experience & Said: "you May Consider Yourself A "bit Player" In The Universe. You May Think That You Make No Difference At All, That The World Can Go On Without Any Need Or Notice Of You. But You Are Wrong; Hashem Is The Master Conductor, & He Needs Each & Every Person To Do His Or Her Part. If Anyone Or Anything Is Absent, Then The World – Even History Itself – Is Diminished & Deficient, & In Need Of A Tikun."
On Yom Kippur, We Remind Hashem That We Truly Desire To Be Part Of The Heavenly Orchestra; The Instrument We Play Is "instrumental" In The Divine Plan For Humanity. And So We Plead, "let Us Return For Another Performance."
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 5- "Proofs of G-d"
This may be the most important class of the entire book, where we finally get to the Jewish proof of the existence of G-d and truth of the Torah. We should follow His own direction where He tells us how to get to Him: through the Nation of Israel: Jewish history, Jewish prophets (and today, prophecies fulfilled), and national reward & punishment towards Am Yisrael.
Ein Aya One Humanity, One Creator, One Jerusalem
Rav Kook innovatively and beautifully explains this aggadeta where our sages say that after Jerusalem was destroyed her cinnamon fragrance is only found locked in a particular kingdom's treasury.
Shlach Lecha "Why So Many Don't Make Aliya?" - Parshat Shlach
This short article deals with the weird phenomena that every single time Am Yisrael is meant to enter the Land of Israel, throughout the Tanach, 2nd Temple and until today, they "chicken out" and look for excuses. What's the problem with this mitzvah that proves so challenging. The article, based on sources, suggests that the difficulties of Eretz Yisrael is precisely her secret and beauty!
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 4
The class deals with Islam and how the Muslim tries convincing the King of the Khazars, and why he was also rejected.
Beha'alotcha JEWISH STATE= GUIDE TO G-DLINESS & SELFLESSNESS
A Jewish State not only is a good idea, but educates us towards selflessness, altruism and G-dliness in our daily lives.
Ein Aya In Zion Even the Smoke of the Bark is Sweet
Just as Jewish nationalism is different from others, so too our capitol of Jerusalem is totally different than other national capitols. Rav Kook beautifully explains the passage in the Talmud that the trees of Yerushalayim were cinnamon trees.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 3
The second speaker invited to convince the Khazar King is the Christian, who presents their beliefs. Even before the questions of the King, "between the lines", the author R. Yehuda HaLevi already begins disproving them.
Ein Aya "Intimacy: Love, Life & Giving or Egocentric Taking & Expiration"
Today, many confuse between intimacy in marriage, based on love, giving and life which are diametrically opposed to empty "sex", pornography and prostitution which destroyed the Beit HaMikdash. The practical importance of clarifying this topic in today's western society is obvious, especially for young adults.