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Answer: This is indeed an important question for one who is on the road to marriage. People often date because of social pressure, parents, etc., yet they do not really desire to marry. In such circumstances there is very little prospect of making a successful match.
Getting to the point, the need to marry and establish a family stems first and foremost from the Torah commandment to "be fruitful and multiply," and from the words of the prophets, "He created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited" (Isaiah 45: 18; and see Yevamot 62).
Yet, a Torah commandment alone does not satisfy the soul. Therefore we must offer our own explanation, based upon personal viewpoint, in order to understand and arrive at a inner acceptance of the divine command. This we learn from daily experience.
And what do we learn? We learn that "it is not good for man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18) This too is a verse from the Torah, yet it is very close to reality. There are two levels of understanding in this matter. The first, basic level is that a person who lives alone suffers greatly because man is by nature a social creature. When a person enters his home and nobody comes happily to greet him, he feels somewhat superfluous in the world.
Yet this matter can be understood on a deeper and more profound level. It is possible to interpret this verse as coming to teach us that every person possesses some inner good which he must bring to realization. Alone, a person is unable to reveal the good which is concealed within him. This is what is meant by the words "It is not 'good' that man be alone," and this is the opinion of those sages who say (Yevamot 62), "A man who has no wife lacks joy, blessing, goodness," i.e., he is unable to bring this 'good,' this goodness to realization. Only through interaction with a woman does man reach his full potential.
One more general note: The unit which makes up the Jewish people is the home, the family. An individual cannot become partner in bearing the burdens of the the Jewish people. We desire to act together with the entire nation, and to do this we must find a partner with whom we can create the block which will become part of our national building, to realize communal ideals and to bear the burdens of the Jewish people.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
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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.
