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Body: [We are skipping the first paragraph, which is a somewhat esoteric analysis of a gemara, illustrating the danger of lacking self-respect.]
I come to you this time, my respected, beloved people, with a moral feeling of the need to strengthen self-respect, which is worthwhile for us all to strongly internalize. I refer to self-respect for ourselves and self-respect for our nation and our Holy Land. These are concepts that are accessible and palatable to the heart of every person who lives among us.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
152 - False Accusation of Non-Kosher Soap – #333
153 - Asking Restraint from Insulted New Yishuv – #334
154 - Worse on the Outside, Better on the Inside – #332
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We, who live in this place, which has a great impact on our life course from a special, internal perspective, should feel the greatness of the moment when we hear the sound of the trumpet announcing the coming of the sanctity of the day of Shabbat. This signifies the correct time of sanctity and rest for the Nation of Israel. This system is so pleasant and encouraging, and it is very appropriate for our heart’s great internal desire when it has its intended effect. It should remind our hearts of days of old, in the time when our forefathers lived on this holy soil (the gemara, Shabbat 35b, discusses the practice of ending the week of commerce with shofar or trumpet blasts). Nowadays, too, the blowing should also cause people to make their last food preparations and close their stores.
Shabbat’s sanctity envelopes the whole Land of Israel. Its arrival brings a state of rest. The Jewish spirit is sanctified, as it removes the elements of the mundane weekday and its darkness and we rise toward Shabbat’s sanctity and light.
It is so painful to the soul to see our brothers hardening their hearts to prevent themselves from recognizing the honor and power of this lofty moment [of the nation ceasing work], and instead continuing in their stores and businesses at this holy, pleasant time. This disturbs the pleasant and holy harmoniousness that the whole nation’s spirit and soul strives for, in the public realm, here in the good and holy Land. Only a deafness to feeling and a smallness of the spirit can explain [ignoring Shabbat’s nobleness]. How one belittles our value in our own eyes and the eyes of others!
Therefore, dear brothers, please return and let us sanctify Shabbat, the day of sanctity and rest for Israel. Let us sanctify it as it enters, at the proper time. Give greatness and strength to our great nation, so that its remnant will receive [what the nation was promised]. Brothers, have mercy on the honor of our nation and our Land. We are in a position of weakness; our hands are in shackles, and we cannot act with great power. But at least, respect the great desire that is hidden in the weak speech and tired hands.
The great Name of the savior and strength of Israel, the Greatness of Yaakov and its lot, calls upon us powerfully with grandeur: "Sanctify Shabbat! Refrain from keeping the coffee shop open and from all desecration of the holy Shabbat. Fill yourselves with greatness, the grandeur of eternity, and the sanctity of the light of Israel."
"You shall guard Shabbat because it is holy for you" (Shemot 31:14). "Whoever guards Shabbat from desecration, and holds back his hand from doing any evil. I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer, for My house is a place of prayer for all the nations, as Hashem the Lord, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, says. I will gather them again" (Yeshaya 56:6-8). May it occur speedily in our days!
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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.
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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.
