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The exodus to freedom from physical borders was accompanied by the collapse of the living systems of the land of constraints and limitations (a play on the word mitzrayim, the Hebrew for Egypt). The plagues undermine the basic foundation of life ("blood"); the ability to jump and skip over life's problems ("frog"); the ground under our feet ("lice"); the buffer between the space for humans and animals ("wild beasts"); the property and sense of ownership ("pestilence"); and even the air ("boils") and the sky ("hail"). In Parashat Bo, agriculture ("locusts"); the cosmos ("darkness") and human primacy ("firstborns") are beaten.
There are times in the life of the individual and nation when a complete change is unescapable. What once was, will not be again. Inevitably, the collapse is accompanied by pain, but out of the pain the people of Israel are set free. This was the case in the past and so it is today. There is growth only after the seed rots in the ground. We will soon see the salvation that will emerge from the plagues we are currently experiencing. "Like the days of your exodus from the land of Egypt, I will show [my people] wonders" (Micha 7, 15).
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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.
Chukat "HOW ENTEBBE STOLE THE BICENTENNIAL
The Difference Between Historic & Eternal"
As we approach America's 250th birthday, it's worth remembering her 200th Bicentennial birthday, on Jul. 4th 1976, when Israel "stole the show" by shocking the world & miraculously saving 101 hostages in a foreign continent. As Pres. As Pres. Trump decides which countries get priority in his new Middle-East, it's worth reminding him of the difference between historic events and eternally historic ones. This obviously connects with this week's parsha, as well!
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 6 - The Parable of the King of India
The advantages of testimony over circumstantial evidence or philosophical speculation.
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.
