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Everyone must start his development from the beginning. The Torah is not acquired by inheritance. A good family tree does not suffice for anything substantial. Not only is one not assured anything based on who is father is, but one is not even assured anything based on what he himself has accomplished. Every month begins anew. The accomplishments and attainments one has accumulated in the past are not the key. Rather, it takes hard work, industriousness, effort, drive, and the ability to recreate himself. All of this we learn from the moon.
This is also behind the statement, "David, King of Israel, is alive and existing" (from Kiddush Levana). The monarchy in Israel starts specifically from the small. Hashem said, "My firstborn son is Israel" (Shemot 4:22). It is specifically Israel, which is a young nation, that is called the firstborn. Similarly, David, who was the young child in his family, became the king. It is specifically the one who knows how to rise out of his starting point to higher levels who is important.
It is this same idea that Hashem commanded Israel, surprisingly, when they were still involved in idol worship living within a foreign culture. They were to elevate themselves not by using a strong education from their fathers’ houses but specifically from within a defiled atmosphere and a corrupt country. Straight from there, they went to serve Hashem. This is the achievement they attained in the "iron cauldron" of Egypt, where they were formed as a nation.
"I shall remember My covenant with Yaakov and even My covenant with Yitzchak, and even My covenant with Avraham I shall remember" (Vayikra 26:42). This pasuk is found in the context of the Rebuke. It teaches us that we need to set a proper path for ourselves even at a time when the path seems clear due to the actions of the forefathers. In fact, we can learn from them, that each one of the forefathers was his own patriarch, each paved his own unique path, and certainly none of them was willing to suffice with only that which he "inherited" from his father(s).
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
Igrot Hare’aya Trying to Arrange Purchase of Land in Eretz Yisrael – part II
#229 Date and Place: 13 Tishrei 5670 (1909), Yafo
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Multiple Agreements and Parties – part IV
based on final ruling of 80082 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
P'ninat Mishpat Who Breached the Contract? – part IV
Based on ruling 81087 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Igrot Hare’aya Raffle of Property in Eretz Yisrael for Tzedaka
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: – #220
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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.
