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Body: It will be for me a pleasant obligation to awaken your dear spirits to take part in the mitzva of erecting an eiruv in your dear moshav, which we are joyously looking forward to see built, adorned and equipped with all good things.
The erection of an eiruv is positive for two reasons: A. It will prevent the outbreak of a wave of desecration of Shabbat from spreading in your respected, beloved moshav. Besides the inherent holy cause that is included in this, it also impacts the general honor of the moshav. B. It is a great improvement regarding all the needs of life on the holy day in a community that is made up of our Jewish brethren. This reduces dependency on non-Jews.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
156 - Halacha Digging its Heels in Face of Pressure
157 - An Eiruv for Nascent Tel Aviv
158 - Printing of Shabbat Ha’aretz and Preparing for Parents’ Arrival – #246
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Approbation Rather than Hashgacha – #244
Date and Place: 11 Kislev 5670 (1909), Yafo
Recipient: Mr. Lupo, the head administrator of Mikveh Yisrael (one of the first agricultural settlements, located on the outskirts of present-day Holon).
Body: I received your very respected letter, and I am responding with my thanks to your honor, for completing the steps needed to take off tithes [from the produce] as the Torah requires.
Regarding the kashrut accreditation for the wine, I ask your forgiveness that I cannot write a certificate, which I can do only when something is done under my supervision. Last year, I only attested to the signatures of the rabbis who give the certification. I will not hold this back now, as well. However, how can I give my certificate of kashrut, which indicates my specific knowledge in the matter? The following is always the practice. The rabbi who actually supervises the product gives his certificate, and those who need to affirm matters externally assert to the veracity of his signature.
I hope that, in the future as well, you will not cease to fulfill your religious obligations regarding the fruit of Mikveh Yisrael and all its produce. I await your respected response.
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
P'ninat Mishpat Repercussions of a Sale That Turned Out Not Happening – part II
(based on ruling 83045 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Igrot Hare’aya Connecting Disciplines in Torah Study
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook 103 – part III
P'ninat Mishpat Profits from Formerly Joint Swimming Pool – part
(based on ruling 81110 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Igrot Hare’aya Trying to Arrange Purchase of Land in Eretz Yisrael – part II
#229 Date and Place: 13 Tishrei 5670 (1909), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part I
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Refuting Criticism by the Ridbaz – #311 – part III
Date and Place: 19 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya What Requires Protest? – #279
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook Date and Place: 15 Adar I 5670 (1910), Yafo
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
