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The Torah’s account of creation puts great focus on the means of creation – through the Creator’s speech. It is not just that Hashem’s speech preceded creation; rather, speech created, and indeed His speech is the essence of the world. Although we see the world has physical, tangible, and solid elements, these are the external elements. In truth, there is an internal part, and it creates and gives life. As we say in Birkat Halevana, "… Who with His speech created heavens, and with the wind of His mouth [He created] all its stars."
This returns us to "The strength of His actions He Told to His nation..." The secret of creation is a power hidden in actions, and it is handed over to us through the Torah. Only by being party to the secret of existence are we privileged to receive the lands of nations.
Yeshayahu (51:16) prophesies in Hashem’s Name: "I shall put My words in your mouth, and in the shadow of My hand I have covered you, to ‘plant’ heavens and establish the land …" Hashem placed His word, which created heavens and earth, in our mouths. This enables us to emulate Him and create (a distant parallel), so that our actions resemble divine actions.
Hashem is described as "planting the heavens." We perceive that the heavens are far away, with no connection to the ground. However, the power of the Torah plants the heavens, i.e., they create a connection to the ground, so that the heavens are in essence growing from the ground. They should no longer be viewed as distant from each other, as they have an organic connection.
"To establish the land" – It appears that the land is well entrenched, and other things require to be connected to the ground to have staying power. However, this is not true. The land needs support and a foundation, which is achieved by the word of Hashem.
Although the strength behind actions is hidden in the power of speech, it works slowly. This is the basis for all of man’s work.
The Rabbis made an unclear statement (Sukka 52a): At the end of days, Hashem will slaughter the evil inclination before the righteous and the wicked, each of whom will cry. To the righteous, it will look like a tall mountain; to the wicked, like a strand of hair. The righteous cannot understand how they overcame it, and the wicked cannot understand how they fell to it. We can understand this based on the mishna (Avot 5:1) – the world was created with ten utterings, although one was enough, so that the wicked and righteous will receive their due for destroying or maintaining, respectively, a world made by ten utterings. Why is the world any more important by being created in ten utterings, if one suffices?
The idea is that man is created in Hashem’s form, and therefore, like the rest of creation, our actions that set our value do not come about in one moment, but through stage after stage of preparation. Because each part is "like a hair," and it takes strand after strand to amount to something, the righteous and wicked get their reward for each step.
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.
