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Recipient: Mr. Zvi Henri Frank, one of the lead administrators of the Jewish Colonization Association, which was the conduit for Baron Edmond De Rothschild’s support for the development of the Yishuv in Eretz Yisrael. Mr. Frank was mentioned in past letters as one who was involved in implementing the Heter Mechira over the fields the Baron owned.
Body: I received a telegram from Safed, saying that the administration is forcing farmers from Yesod Hama’ala and Mishmar Hayarden to work the land this year, despite it being the year of Shemitta and that they thereby are arousing great acrimony between brothers and lack of ease in the whole area. I already asked your honor to please instruct the officers who are within your domain that they should allow each person to do what he wants to do. Let us not subjugate anyone to act against his religious convictions.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
189 - A Beit Knesset for Chadera
190 - Allow Farmers to Not Work during Shemitta
191 - Halacha Digging its Heels in Face of Pressure
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I request very, very much of your honor that you will fulfill my request. If there is a need for us to speak in person, I will not trouble you to come to me. Rather, if you will give me a time frame in which I can come to you, I will do so because of the great importance of the matter of removing the coercion on matters of religion and life in Eretz Yisrael.
2. Date and Place: 2 Kislev 5670 (1909), Yafo
Recipient: The Council of Ekron (presently, Mazkeret Batya).
Body: I have the honor to inform you [my opinion] on the matter of those who are keeping Shemitta. Justice, rectitude, and the law of the holy Torah require us to act in this matter with honor and serenity.
Although we must never question the right of our brethren who are compelled to follow the accepted leniency based on selling the land, still we need to know that it is a great and holy thing for some to observe Shemitta according to the halachot. They thereby sanctify Heaven’s Name and cause to be recognizable the Land’s sanctity and the affection for that which is sacred to grow. Therefore, beloved brothers you must not, Heaven forbid, create additional difficulties for those who are keeping Shemitta. Only those damages that will be caused to you by those who are observing Shemitta should come for a hearing in a rabbinical court. Certainly, no favorites shall be played there, and if those who are keeping Shemitta will be causing you damage, they shall suffer for it, and they should give in advance a document of debt as a guarantee.
The matter of how to arrange the voting rights should also be decided by a rabbinical court. [They will determine] if the manner of calculation that is used by the government will be such that those who refuse to work will cause more payment than if they had worked.
I hope that you will all know how to preserve your dignity and the dignity of the Holy Land. You should act with love and friendship, and there should not be any jealousy or tension between you on this matter, as it says: "Your nation are all holy" (Yeshayahu 60:21).
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
Igrot Hare’aya Semi-solicited Advice to Calm Down Petach Tikva
#227 Date and Place: 8 Tishrei 5669, Yafo
P'ninat Mishpat Limits of Interest Rate for Loan with Heter Iska – part I
based on ruling 80033 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 Trying to Arrange Purchase of Land in Eretz Yisrael
#222 Date and Place: 2 Elul 5669 (1909), Rechovot
Igrot Hare’aya Informing a Friend he Is Not Insulted – #320
Date and Place: 5 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot (probably)
Igrot Hare’aya Excitement over a Friend’s New Newspaper – #319
Date and Place: 4 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot
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.
