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In the Torah reading "Acharei Mot" read this Shabbat, we learn about the mitzvah of covering the blood of the slaughtered animal with dirt. The commentators have already wondered about the commandment: if it is not good to slaughter an animal, then it should be forbidden by the Torah, and if it is not a problem, why should the blood be covered as if we are ashamed of it? The answer is that taking the life of a living creature is indeed an injustice, but until humanity rises to the moral level in which we will abstain from eating meat, we cover the blood to remind us of the injustice in this matter.
In other words, justice will indeed appear in the eternal realm– but not immediately (contrary to Bialik's words after the Kishinev pogroms: "And if there is justice, it will appear immediately!"). God is slowly moving His world forward. On the one hand, we should all develop a kind of composure in the face of the injustices of this world; and on the other hand, we should find ways to remember that this is not the ideal situation. For example, after having to catch up on the news, I try to listen to a Torah lesson; hearing those who concocted the Shalit deal preach morality to the national-religious public is a kind of "blood shedding" that requires a lot of Torah to cover it; but in the end, justice appears – in this world or the next; for the most part already in this world. Try and see.
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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.
